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July 11: Week in Review

July 11, 2008

Talk about a week of ups and downs.  We’ve had another one.  So, what happened this week?
The FDA has warned us about eating certain types of tomatoes.  And, we took heed.  The tomato farmers have plowed under fields of tomatoes, acre after acre.  Now the FDA isn’t sure that the salmonella poisoning is a result [...]

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Civil Liberties Remain in Peril as Senate Votes Bush FISA Bill

July 9, 2008

Barack Obama stopped by the Capitol today to vote for the reconditioned FISA bill.  Regardless of his explanation and the defense he offered for his vote to give the telecoms immunity from prosecution, it was a sad day for those of us who still believe in civil liberties.
Only 28 senators voted against the FISA bill [...]

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Barack Obama Responds to and Defends His FISA Decision

July 3, 2008

This is the note directly from Barack Obama and posted at his request on his website.
I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to those of you who oppose my decision to support the FISA compromise.
This was not an easy call for me. I know that the FISA bill that passed the House is [...]

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Obama Lets Us Down on FISA

June 25, 2008

I suppose Obama can’t be perfect.  Losing John Edwards was a blow to the people and many of us, myself included, threw our support behind Barack Obama.  Today, I add my voice to those who are more than disappointed with his FISA position.  That leaves me with the problem the rest of the world sees.  We [...]

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The House Gave the President a BIG Going Away Gift: FISA

June 20, 2008

Well, it’s now up to the Senate to preserve our rights.  The House compromised away most of what we thought the Democrats would stand for today.  In doing so, it is safe to say that they made the President smile, and any time Bush smiles these days you know he has successfully taken another cookie [...]

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Spy Rules?

June 9, 2008

Turning our attention back to the rules of spying, there seems to be an impasse at this time.  Does that mean we will have new spy rules or will we revert to the old rules?  Or, as the present administration sees it, will they have to play by the rules?
According to the Washington Post the so-called [...]

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April 5: The Week in Review

April 5, 2008

The week began with Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader, still making decisions on his own, something we have been waiting for him to do.  He proved in less than a week that he isn’t capable.  So, after he sent the Iraqi “army” into Basara to take on the al-Sadr Madhi militia and after a few hundred deaths, a [...]

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