Ashcroft Plans MultiCity Tour - Democratic Underground

hippiechick

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Tue Aug-12-03 08:28 AM
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Ashcroft Plans MultiCity Tour

(sorry no link, this is copied verbatim from the "What's News" WorldWide Section of the Wall Street Journal, hardcopy, Tuesday August 12, 2003, Vol CCXLII No.30 Copyright DowJones and Company, 2003.)

www.wsj.com for those with subscription access

"Ashcroft plans a multicity tour this month to promote the benefits of the Patriot Act and call for strengthening government surveillance powers."

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SpiralHawk

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Tue Aug-12-03 08:46 AM
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1. "Bring him on"

Edited on Tue Aug-12-03 08:47 AM by SpiralHawk

Several million authentically patriotic Americans would like to set Johnny A. straight about his and Chimpy's Fascism Act.

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hippiechick

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Tue Aug-12-03 08:51 AM
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2. I'll watch for an itinerary ...

So that 'welcoming committees' can plan to gather to greet the AG.

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MaineDem

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Tue Aug-12-03 09:04 AM
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3. I'm with ya!

Local "welcoming" committees are a good idea.

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dArKeR

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Tue Aug-12-03 09:57 AM
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7. I sure hope we can get large crowds to protest this pig!

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GreatCaesarsGhost

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Tue Aug-12-03 09:07 AM
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4. more like a "duplicity tour"

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wndycty

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Tue Aug-12-03 09:18 AM
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5. Here is a NY Daily News link

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/106872p-96686c.html

Ashcroft tour to plug terror bill

WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft is hitting the road to rally support for the Victory Act, which would further expand his powers to go after Al Qaeda and narcoterrorists, the Daily News has learned.

Ashcroft will starting pushing the Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act later this month in a 10-day, 20-state Victory tour that includes a stop in New York.
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hedda_foil

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Tue Aug-12-03 09:43 AM
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6. What do you want to bet that VICTORY act = PATRIOT 2?

This scares the shit out of me.

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hippiechick

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Tue Aug-12-03 10:28 AM
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8. What specifically is his definition of 'narcoterrorist' ?

... And does it include the BFEE's dealings with South American and Afghani/Pakistani drug lords ?

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Fovea

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Tue Aug-12-03 10:56 AM
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12. I dont know for sure

But I suspect that a narcoterrorist is someone like 41 or the late Bill Casey...

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The Sushi Bandit

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Tue Aug-12-03 10:40 AM
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9. What cities is the bastard going to?

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snooper2

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Tue Aug-12-03 10:42 AM
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10. ?

Where the hell is he going where people support this? The local NRA meeting? Right wing religous wackos?

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Snellius

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Tue Aug-12-03 10:55 AM
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11. Cool! Will it be stadium seating?

Or more intimate venues? I can't wait to hear that great "When Eagles Soar" solo. Maybe Ted Nugent will be the opening act.

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umcwb

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Tue Aug-12-03 11:18 AM
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13. Locking - Dupe

Please continue here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=62211&mesg_id=62211

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