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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:54 AM Original message |
Senators sound alarm over Patriot Act extension |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I shudder to even imagine how this would be used with a Teaparty majority across gov. n/t |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You're either with them or against them. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Now I wonder if the FEMA camps are as much of a conspiracy as thought by many. n/t |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. They do exist but supposed to be refuge rather than prison(fema camps) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Can you say "Republic of Gilead"? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That sure is a pretty good synopsis of it all! n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I just noticed the The Handmaid's Tale is on You Tube. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Welcome to the Fascist States of Amurka, folks. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. we've been there... |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stop the act! |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. More change we can believe in! |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You got that right! |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Years ago I heard a wise man say ... |
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Dont call me Shirley (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Exactly why he was axed from the senate |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exactly. Welcome to DU. (n/t) |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. +1 |
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blackbart99 (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Bin Laden is dead....but.... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. The worst of the terrorists are running our government and our 'news' media |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. +1 |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. I couldn't agree more. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. This is government by organized crime -- i.e., "national security state" --- |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. "The people have a right to know everything about our government" |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Emergency Laws" prompted the revolutions in N. Africa and the Middle East. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks Russ Feingold. The only Senator to stand against this! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. He WAS my Senator. Too bad more of us here didn't get out to vote last Nov. n/t |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just what one would expect a POLICE STATE to do. - K&R n/t |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Obama, constitutional scholar that he is, will obviously refuse to sign this extension. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Do you know of PATRIOT being used to catch people evading customs taxes? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. OMG what an alarming and utterly WRONG interpretation of the Constitution. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No links, no explanation, just a "you're wrong"? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I'm not going to respond to Wikipedia as a legal authority. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. If you have a radio station, and you're not encrypting/encoding it... |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Who's talking about a radio station? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. "Broadcasting" was the word I used. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Missed the email reference line on the first go around. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. Wrong smilie, there, I think. nt |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. that gave me the best laugh... |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bernie Sanders voted yes? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Bernie Sanders voted NO. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thank you for that. 18 and 1, 4 Republicans..better than I had interpreted the OP. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Stunned, but not stupid. Treasonous lawmakers be warned! |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. Just had the opportunity |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Funny. I just got a fundraising letter from the DSCC today. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree . . . |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Lol! |
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TatonkaJames (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Clever name for it |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wow. These people are REALLY behind the times. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. If only our President was capable of sounding such alarms |
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JEB (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. "Patriot Act" |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. HUGE K & R !!! |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. Next time sound the alarm before the vote |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Some did and received anthrax letters as a reminder of where they *really* stand. (n/t) |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
52. ... and the President responds |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
53. A military industrial complex needs an enemy. With the fall of the Soviet bloc, a new era of |
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liberalmuse.com (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. This is blatantly illegal. |
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