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Re: [privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponed to N ext Year
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:07:41 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Paul Ferguson wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:How is postponing the inevitable a victory? I guess you can take what you can get when you have control of both majorities and still want to convince the public you are doing something..I didn't say it was a "victory" -- I was just being the messenger. My own opinion is that this will be a hard fight, and one that will most likely fail -- due to the spineless legislators who cow-tow to the ultra-right wing fanatics who keep saying that "...terrorists are at your door...". Having said that, I think that Sen. Dodd deserves the props he deserves for following through on his promises. He has balls, and I admire that. Personally, I think this is a fight worth fighting. The U.S. Government, law enforcement, and intelligence should, of course have the tools at their disposal to proactively fight terrorism, but doing it without judicial oversight, at the cost of personal privacy, is wrong. Flat out wrong. So, I will not grant you the "inevitability" factor. I still believe in the U.S Constitution. Do you?
Parts of it look like a good idea; maybe someone should try it out. _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
Current thread:
- Re: [privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponed to N ext Year Paul Ferguson (Dec 19)
- Re: [privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponed to N ext Year Drsolly (Dec 20)
- Re: [privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponed to N ext Year Dude VanWinkle (Dec 20)
- Re: [privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponedto N ext Year David Harley (Dec 20)
- Re: [privacy] Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins - Spying Bill Postponed to N ext Year Brian Loe (Dec 20)