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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:29 PM Original message |
Emergency Alert: Senate Set to Cave on FISA |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee we never saw that coming. n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. since when is a press release LBN? nt |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. This is an e-mail not a press release, ... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Congress caves and puts their name to it |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. but they're never held responsible |
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Eagle_Eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. The ballot box is the tool of responsibility |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. if this is so then they are useless! |
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USSPequod (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
70. Lament |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. K & R n/t |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. How many times must I call my Senator |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. This so sucks ass. But call before you leave for those of us staying. Thanks. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Agreed |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. I like the form letters that come back when I bitch about torture or Iraq or impeachment and... |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Democrat-controlled Senate CAVES AGAIN and this is news? eom |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not caving. This is planned |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. The Friday news dump on steroids |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. And water is wet |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well I just wrote to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Write Voinovich instead.... |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is there ANYTHING they've done to serve the people this term? |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Since most of the states had |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. I e-mailed Senator Feinstein. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Good luck with that. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is Reid's idea of Christmas spirit. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why should AT&T and Verizon be allowed to ignore the law for profit? |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. FISA |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. One Party System |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. There's a different story in the rest of the press |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Since Bush does whatever |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. BS this Congress has been enabling Bush with HIS war on Terra... |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. What happened to Dodd's promise to filibuster any |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. He cashed out on that one, It's over. nt |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. Do they ever stand on principle on ANYTHING?!!! |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. Will the Senate sell us out to the Mafia |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Big surprise there. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. they're really a bunch of losers |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. no surprise, that is what they have been doing for the past eight years |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. My reaction from August has not changed |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. The House version lacks telecom immunity. Hopefully there will be an amendment and floor vote |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Does anyone have any verification on this? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. Reid and Pelosi sure love these 'secret' meetings, don't they? |
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jonnyra (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. You can make all the calls you want |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
41. As if emails to Judd Gregg and John Sununu would matter. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I had hopes that Sununu's seat might be vulnerable |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. Give 'em hell Harry!! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
43. All who are surprised, raise your hand |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. Retroactive immunity: It is most likely because a few of them knew as well |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. Good night and good luck..... |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. Where's the smiley with a big ol' middle finger?! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Don't know about a smiley, but I'm backing Sen. Tabby here for Majority Leader |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. MEOW!!!! |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. fuck. |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. E-mail from Senator Dodd for President campaign, ... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. KICK! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. Impeachment off the table for pragmatic reasons is one thing; creating a shield is quite another. |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Color me surprised |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. Reid makes Daschel look like a man of iron. n/t |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. I called my Senator (Clinton) and told her if she flip-flops on FISA, she's lost my vote. (nt) |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. Reid is showing his red next to yellow corporate colors |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Let's all SING TOGETHER: "They are Caving..Oh...they are Caving"... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. right before they cave on calling waterboarding torture. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. Congress shall pass NO ex post facto laws!!!!! nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
62. I swear to God if they don't stop this we need a goddamned purge. And I don't say that lightly. |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. and I agree with that wholeheartedly... really shake up the electorate.. |
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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. Dodd IS enforcing his filibuster threat |
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ghostdancers_way (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
64. Sam THEOCRAT Brownback and Pat (I never knew the Truth) Roberts |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
65. Whats the difference between this Congress and the Last Congres... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. Caving? Our heroic congress? I'm shocked! I tell you, SHOCKED!! |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
69. Do not use AT&T or Verizon. I got rid of Cingular after they merged with AT&T. |
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