Watch this and see what the ‘Democrat’ ‘leaders’ of the Congress are thinking….
I got a question for ya Conyers ya balless piece of buzzard-bait.
Chairman of exactly what?
A Congressional Committee more concerned with re-election than with their sworn Constitutional duty? Nice of you to admit it on TV but then you have nothing but contempt for the American citizenry.
Well, I hope everyone who sees this posts it to their blog so a lot of people can see what you reall are: Spineless Polecat, Sir. That’s what you are.
Yeah, that J. Krebbs in there speaking out against the ‘SellOut’ Dems. Watch…..
And here’s the linky to FDL where they are working on FAXing the Senate. Christy says:
‘We have a window to demand accountability and adherence to the rule of law. Again. Your constitution and the rule of law need your voice — and your FAXes. Today. Let’s welcome the Senate back from the weekend with a pile of FAXes saying, unequivocally, that we expect a NO vote on cloture.’
sunny d will be picking a cool YouTube clip for us every week for your amusement and amazement1
Right sunny?
Hey sunny d! sunny….sunny?
What’s that? Oh….
It seems sunny is in the wilds of The South on an unexpected tour! So…His debut will be delayed.
Flash Update: Thru the miracle of texting and the InnerTubes sunny d has sent this to all his fans!
Groove with it!
I picked something before I got the text from sunny d and since I’m still in a Yardbirds frame of mind so….
Here it is:
Whoops! This ain’t Yardbirds…hey, sue me. And think about this video still being right on the point….40 years later. Yo! Barrack, Hillary, Bill, John….whas up wit dat?
‘The Senate (reportedly still under Democratic control) seems determined to help President Bush violate Americans’ civil liberties and undermine the constitutional separation of powers. Majority Leader Harry Reid is supporting White House-backed legislation that would expand the administration’s ability to spy on Americans without court supervision and ensure that the country never learns the full extent of Mr. Bush’s illegal wiretapping program.’
Meanwhile Senators Cackle and Compromise have nothing much to say and don’t seem to be planning to be in the Senate on Monday. Busy ya know….
Here’s John Edwards:
‘When it comes to protecting the rule of law, words are not enough. We need action.
It’s wrong for your government to spy on you. That’s why I’m asking you to join me today in calling on Senate Democrats to filibuster revisions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that would give “retroactive immunity” to the giant telecom companies for their role in aiding George W. Bush’s illegal eavesdropping on American citizens.
Granting retroactive immunity is wrong. It will let corporate law-breakers off the hook. It will hamstring efforts to learn the truth about Bush’s illegal spying program. And it will flip on its head a core principle that has guided our nation since our founding: the belief that no one, no matter how well connected or what office they hold, is above the law.
But in Washington today, the telecom lobbyists have launched a full-court press for retroactive immunity. George Bush and Dick Cheney are doing everything in their power to ensure it passes. And too many Senate Democrats are ready to give the lobbyists and the Bush administration exactly what they want.
Please join me in calling on every Senate Democrat to do everything in their power — including joining Senator Dodd’s efforts to filibuster this legislation — to stop retroactive immunity and stand up for the rule of law. The Constitution should not be for sale at any price.
Thank you for taking action.’
John Edwards
January 24, 2008
Fire up those phones folks. Last week you crashed the Obama and Clinton campaign’s servers on this issue can you do less than bring Congress’s phone system to a halt?
This a last minute invite and get together, we expect a great turn out! I have been busy getting this event organized with my colleagues from our Drinking Liberally cohort in Oakland.
I spoke to many of you early in the week about a public open forum Drinking Liberally is holding, hosted by the owner of the Grand Lake theater at his site in Alameda, Auctions By the Bay. It should be exciting and citizens have shown interest in doing a discussion and open forum studying the potential candidates for the Democratic Nomination.There are still so many undecided voters.
We at Drinking Liberally, Oaklandin the grip of the excitement of the first CA primary which will have an actual effect on the national race are putting together a special event for all progressives who would like to take part. It will be an open forum where you the citizen will be able to discuss the issues of the day and have a chance to get some feedback on your questions from staff members of the three leaders Obama, Clinton and Edwards.
The format will be to ask the audience 3 questions, right now from initial discovery it looks like those questions for Oaklanders are around: The Economy, Health Care, and an exit strategy in Iraq and on the Environmental strategies of each candidate’s platform.
The idea is to facilitate questions and answers in a way the truly pulls forward the issues, and we hope to send a strong message to each candidate what the people ofthe East Baywould like to hear from their candidate. Much of the discussion I hope will lean toward the mechanisms to make make each platform come alive during their future presidency.
Super Tuesday is upon us!
The Citizen’s Forum on The California Primary in the Democratic Party will be on:
Now that would not be hard, on the face of it….heh…heh…., and as all know I’m not a fan of Senator ‘SellOut’ much but the post from mcjoan, teh fabulous mcjoan, of dKos
Apologies for the lack of updates since the drama went down in the Senate — I was trying to get my facts straight before writing.
Here’s where we stand right now to the best of my knowledge.
There will be a cloture vote at 4:30 on Monday. There are two potential outcomes here.
a.) Republicans get 60 votes. In which case, there will only be one amendment pending to the final bill, and that is Feingold/Dodd on blanket warrants, I believe. That will get tabled quite easily (much like Judiciary was today), and then the Intelligence Bill as we know it will get a a vote for final passage.
b.) We stop Republicans from getting 60 votes, and we’re right back where we left off today — with no agreement on whether or not there is a 50 or 60 vote threshold to pass amendments.
Why is this a big deal?
Well, because there are a number of amendments out there that would serve as "poison pills," forcing a presidential veto. One or two of those might even get 50 votes (Feinstein’s call to make FISA the exclusive means of electronic surveillance).
It’s also worth noting that Dodd will object to any requirement that 60 votes be needed to pass an germane amendment, which would further muck up and extend the process.
Finally, I am hearing that we will have the votes necessary to stop the invocation of cloture, if only on the grounds that there has been no debate or opportunity by colleagues in the Senate to offer amendments.
But that’s when it gets even more interesting …
Monday is the State of the Union, and you can be sure this will be a major topic of the speech. If one were cynical, they might conclude that Republicans wanted the President to go into the speech without a FISA revision for political purposes.
What’s more … without an extension, this thing goes black on the 1st — that’s next Thursday.
If we are able to ward off the cloture vote, there is almost no way in hell a bill gets passed before that deadline. None. Not with all the amendments, debate, and Dodd filibuster pending. Which makes it all the more likely that one of two more things will happen.
a.) There will be an extension of some kind. Maybe a month, maybe two weeks … we shall see.
b.) We have a real showdown on our hands: No bill has been passed because Dems don’t want to eavesdrop on terrorists vs. Republicans think its more important to give telecoms a free ride than to eavesdrop on terrorists.
Even more drama? Ok. Presidential style …
Everyone is going to be in D.C. for the State of the Union Address, that is a given. Which means, Obama and Clinton will actually have to vote (that’s novel!). What’s more, they can show some real leadership by convincing their endorsers in the Senate (McCaskill, Nelson, Bayh) who voted to table Judiciary to stop the Republicans on Monday.
And if Republicans do manage to get sixty votes, a filibuster is certain to ensue in the subsequent 30 hours. Which of them will stick around into the next day to support that effort?
So, that’s what I think I know right now. Will update with any additional information.
Hearing now that Reid filed a 30-day extension and then filed cloture on that extension. If cloture is not invoked on Monday at 4:30, we’ll then vote on invoking cloture on extension.
This latest shows that you, yes you are being heard, hey! How about we all yell a little louder!
Tip: Hit that Courage Campaign linky and give DiFi the gotdamn word on this. Eden and his posse are the real deal and the more we can get behind him the clearer what we are saying will be heard!
We at Drinking Liberally, Oakland in the grip of the excitement of the first CA primary which will have an actual effect on the national race are putting together a special event for all progressives who would like to take part. It will be an open forum where you the citizen will be able to discuss the issues of the day and have a chance to get some feedback on your questions from staff members of the three leaders Obama, Clinton and Edwards. Note: The Obama and Clinton campaigns have committed to have a spokesperson there as of this hour. We are still trying to contact Edward’s staff; if you know someone local have them email us at: oakland@drinkingliberally.org.
We are still organizing but the time and venue have been set:
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