you paranoid too? schizoid they have meds to help with this problem. On Oct 11, 7:49 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the real bankruptcy of liberalism. The US is not a democracy. > It is a dirty, filthy plutocracy--rotten to the core. If it was a > democracy, the president would have been jailed years ago, and you > wouldn't have two presidential candidates advocate more wars of > criminal aggression. > > As if they will be successful in stopping wire tapping which is > intergral to the fascist police state that emerges ever more clearly > day by day. The wire tapping is central to them in identifying and > suppress bourgeoning political dissent. > > You can't expect a criminal plutocracy to pay heed to the laws they > write and abrogate day in day out. > > "That's why the ACLU is acting decisively to bring our > government's behavior back in line with the Constitution." > > The goverment loves pressure politics, as they can just continue to > ignore it, and suppress its more outspoken repressentitives. > > When will you realize that this system rewards the corrupt and the > greedy with power and wealth and the Obama is as big a slime bag as > McCain. The lesser of two evils is still evil. > > On Oct 11, 7:42 pm, "[ a patriotic Republican ]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ************************************************* > > From the Desk of Anthony D. Romero > > Executive Director, ACLU > > Help put an end to out-of-control government eavesdropping. > > >http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=_xkY0BlIEGZnYZKv0F19HQ.. > > ************************************************* > > Dear ACLU Supporter, > > > Reports all over the media yesterday and today confirm what > > we've known all along. Surveillance programs touted as critical > > to protect national security have in fact been used to monitor the > > private communications of innocent Americans abroad, including > > humanitarian workers and U.S. service-members. > > > Two former military intercept operators -- the people at the National > > Security Agency (NSA) who actually listen in to people's calls > > -- revealed the news in an ABC report released yesterday. > > > Contrary to direct assurances from Bush administration officials that > > NSA monitoring was directed at suspected terrorists, the intercept > > operators report that "hundreds of U.S. citizens overseas have been > > eavesdropped on as they call friends and family back home." > > > The NSA even intentionally directed its surveillance powers at > > well-established humanitarian organizations like Doctors Without > > Borders and the International Red Cross. > > > It is outrageous that service men and women and international aid > > workers have had their private conversations needlessly and wantonly > > invaded by our government. > > > That is why the ACLU's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality > > of Congress's expansion of the NSA's surveillance > > authority under the FISA Amendments Act is so critical. Our case, > > Amnesty International v. McConnell -- brought on behalf of an > > impressive array of journalists, human rights organizations and > > lawyers -- shines a spotlight on the devastating effect of unchecked > > spying power on Americans doing indispensable work around the globe. > > > Stand up to warrantless and unnecessary government spying. > > help us put an end to out-of-control government > > eavesdropping.http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=s_G3HWKZ1ILTedSYHLVDQw.. > > > It's more important than ever that you support the ACLU's > > lawsuit and other actions challenging out-of-control government > > spying. > > > Just as we warned -- and as our FISA lawsuit contends -- the > > NSA's new unchecked surveillance powers invade the privacy of > > innocent Americans and fundamentally undermine human rights workers, > > journalists and attorneys doing important work around the globe. This > > dragnet spying is ineffective, intrusive, unnecessary and most > > certainly unconstitutional. > > > The FISA Amendments Act -- rushed through a timid pre-election > > Congress -- gives the government nearly unfettered access to > > Americans' international communications without any meaningful > > judicial oversight. > > > As this week's news demonstrates, with unchecked and > > unaccountable spying powers, NSA officials will quickly run amok. > > That's why the ACLU is acting decisively to bring our > > government's behavior back in line with the Constitution. > > > We will not yield until we bring this reckless spying to an end. > > Please stand with us > > today.http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=cyoC4dvNetiL7VmflS_aeA.. > > > Sincerely, > > > Anthony D. Romero > > Executive Director > > ACLU --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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