Comments on: Republicans Propose Last-Minute Spy Bill http://www.gnorb.net/680/republicans-propose-last-minute-spy-bill Fiction has to be plausible. Reality is under no such constraint. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/680/republicans-propose-last-minute-spy-bill#comment-11142 Gnorb Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:51:15 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/politics/20061115/republicans-propose-last-minute-spy-bill/#comment-11142 All I can say is "Orange Politics" (as in "best the conversation goes there). That said, I still believe that Corruption, Iraq, and violations of the constitution were the primary vote-getters for the Dems. GITMO may not have been that high on the list, save it be by proxy on the whole "violations of the constution" (and, for that matter, the Geneva Conventions). Still: Corruption = #1 issue. How many Republicans have been sent to jail for everything from bribes to voter fraud? Something like 8 in the past year, IIRC. All I can say is “Orange Politics” (as in “best the conversation goes there).

That said, I still believe that Corruption, Iraq, and violations of the constitution were the primary vote-getters for the Dems. GITMO may not have been that high on the list, save it be by proxy on the whole “violations of the constution” (and, for that matter, the Geneva Conventions).

Still: Corruption = #1 issue. How many Republicans have been sent to jail for everything from bribes to voter fraud? Something like 8 in the past year, IIRC.

]]> By: Nathan Smith http://www.gnorb.net/680/republicans-propose-last-minute-spy-bill#comment-11106 Nathan Smith Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:23:58 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/politics/20061115/republicans-propose-last-minute-spy-bill/#comment-11106 What the Patriot Act didn't do enough? History has shown civil liberties always go out the window when a country is at war. This is yet another example. I think the U.S. voters sent a clear message during the midterm elections about the "Patriot" act, abuses at GITMO, and spying on cell phone calling patterns. Whatever is passed before the end of the year will be reversed when the people are in power again in 2007. . Yea! for civil rights (at least until the next war). What the Patriot Act didn’t do enough? History has shown civil liberties always go out the window when a country is at war. This is yet another example. I think the U.S. voters sent a clear message during the midterm elections about the “Patriot” act, abuses at GITMO, and spying on cell phone calling patterns. Whatever is passed before the end of the year will be reversed when the people are in power again in 2007.
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Yea! for civil rights (at least until the next war).

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