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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:25 PM
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Byrd on CSPAN 2 - Just pulled out his copy of the Constitution
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:26 PM
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1. Patriot Act?
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:32 PM
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7. yes
he is totally bashing the administration.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:27 PM
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2. Woohoo!
Go, Robert!

If you would, read the clause about treaties being as law just as much as anything else.

How about the Bill of Rights - particularly emphasizing the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments?
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:28 PM
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3. I love Sen Byrd and I love that
little pocket Constitution he carries around in his breast pocket. That man gets fired up and he pulls that book out and waves it around to remind those assholes what freedom is....
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:28 PM
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4. "I believe in America. I believe in America being the great experiment
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 02:32 PM by seafan
of democracy, as said by President Kennedy."

"This administration's America is becoming a place for the strong and arrogant, when the weak are ignored."


(typed as heard on CSpan 2)
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:28 PM
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5. Byrd keeps his in a holster
If not he should.

Which is what I like about him.
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:31 PM
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6. "This administration's actions, when taken as a whole, tell a troubling
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 02:33 PM by seafan
story.

Now we read about this policy of "rendition". The practice of rendition sounds so vague, almost harmless. But the practice of rendition is abhorrent."
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:33 PM
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8. Thanks!
I wish I could type and listen to him at the same time. LOL

Byrd is doing great!
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PurpleChez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:34 PM
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9. Rock On, Senator Byrd!
Stick it to the thugs!
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blue2helix Donating Member (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:35 PM
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10. Memorable
I think as I age, I will most fondly remember Byrd's speeches. I was also lucky enough to watch his speech against the authorization of force which led to the Iraq war.
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:35 PM
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11. "The disgusting and degrading practice by this administration
should be ended immediately! It's not about who THEY are (the adm), it's WHO WE ARE!"

Their thuggish policy has put a blot on America. What is happening? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CHERISHED AMERICA??"
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:37 PM
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14. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CHERISHED AMERICA??
and he said it with such emotional. I am getting goose bumps.
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:43 PM
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19. Yep.
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

peace.
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welshTerrier2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:36 PM
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12. "in my 47 years here, i am proudest of that vote"
he was referring to his vote against the IWR ...
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:36 PM
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13. Senator Byrd is just flat out bringin' IT!
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 02:37 PM by Pithy Cherub
America as seen through Byrd's 80 plus year old eyes. The IWR NO Vote is the vote he is most proudest of :patriot:and thanked Senator Corzine for voting NO along side him.

Have we lost our humanity. What has happened to our fearless America! Just excellent! :applause:
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:37 PM
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15. I KNEW I would see him on the floor today!
I KNEW he would be speaking out against what the idiot has done by SPYING on us.

I love this man. I wish other members would take what he says TO HEART. I think the RW just blows him off..."he's just an old man, ignore him." They NEED to listen to this man. NO ONE knows the Constitution like he does. But, of course, if the idiot looks at the Constitution as "Just a piece of paper" then I can only imagine what the rest of those assholes think of it. :(
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:38 PM
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16. "Their disclaimer that 'the world has changed'; to search private
property? How about that? A sick perversion of our system of justice, and IT MUST NOT BE ALLOWED.

To search my house without my knowledge? Without my wife's knowledge??

Paranoia must not be allowed to chip away at our rights."
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:40 PM
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17. Have we gone Berzerk!!??
I love this old man!
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:41 PM
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18. "Yesterday we heard that the military has spied on ordinary Americans
for expressing their views. And we also heard that the gov't is tapping our phone lines without a court order? Labeling political dissent as "domestic terrorism" is NOT WHAT THE FRAMERS HAD IN MIND."
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:44 PM
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20. The Patriot Act has gone too far.
Thank you, Sen Byrd.

peace.
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:46 PM
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21. "The people are looking to US, you and me Senator, and you and
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 02:48 PM by seafan
me, Mr. President, to protect our freedoms, the freedoms the American people cherish so deeply.

This vote today means that the Senate can STAND UP to ANY PARTY who has sacrificed our liberties, and say NO.

Our military should not spy on our own people. We should secure our country, but not by destroying our liberties.

Thank Almighty God for this Constitution.

Thank God for checks and balances. Thank God for the US Senate, and may it always stand for what is right."
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:48 PM
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23. Thank you for transcribing seafan!
What an awesome speech as usual.
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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:54 PM
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24. You're very welcome! He's the MAN!
Today is such an important day, everyone should hear about it in real time.
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:47 PM
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22. Wow! That was moving.
Thank You Sen. Byrd!
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