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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 08:26 PM
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Who Will Save America?

Before flinching at my assertion of blackmail, ask yourself why President Bush refuses to obey the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The purpose of the FISA court is to ensure that administrations do not spy for partisan political reasons. The warrant requirement is to ensure that a panel of independent federal judges hears a legitimate reason for the spying, thus protecting a president from the temptation to abuse the powers of government. The only reason for the Bush administration to evade the court is that the Bush administration had no legitimate reasons for its spying. This should be obvious even to a naif.

The United States is undergoing a coup against the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, civil liberties, and democracy itself. The "liberal press" has been co-opted. As everyone must know by now, the New York Times has totally failed its First Amendment obligations, allowing Judith Miller to make war propaganda for the Bush administration, suppressing for an entire year the news that the Bush administration was illegally spying on American citizens, and denying coverage to Al Gore's speech that challenged the criminal deeds of the Bush administration.

The TV networks mimic Fox News' faux patriotism. Anyone who depends on print, TV, or right-wing talk radio media is totally misinformed. The Bush administration has achieved a de facto Ministry of Propaganda.


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11802.htm





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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 08:35 PM
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1. Maybe it's not meant to be saved...
Edited on Mon Feb-06-06 08:36 PM by marmar
Every great country in history eventually falls, right? Rome had its Nero, France and England had their rogue kings, Egypt had Rameses, Germany had Hitler - maybe in the grand scheme of fallen empires, we've got our Bush.
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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 08:38 PM
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2. It's probobly past saving
The greed and corruption just run too deep and things must collapse and we rebuild..........
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nancyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 09:27 PM
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3. Who will save America?
No-one..at least not among the present pack of criminals who are in control. I see nothing in the horizon that makes me feel even slightly optimistic. Seems everyone is just laying down and playing dead.....or maybe no-one much cares at this point. I think this country is doomed. It's already gone.
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