My thought of the FISA bill passing tomorrow.

[ccharles000]

[JDPriestly]

1. A dark day in American history.

[ccharles000]

2. It really is.

[NattPang]

3. The constitution was gutted with the passage of the Patriot Acts

Both I and the II.

I'm still not clear on what this bill does
that the Patriot Act didn't do.

Can someone help me on that?

[jimshoes]

4. This won't be much help but the short answer is

george bush broke the law with his massive spying program. he doesn't want to go to jail so they're passing a law that makes his spying retroactively legal if there is such a thing.

It's good to be the king.

[fasttense]

5. Now the Pinochet laws will be passed to protect the criminals.

There is more to come.

[MiniMe]

6. And * had said that he will veto any bill that doesn't include telecon immunity

In other words, he will not sign a bill if it gives him everything he wants except immunity. As Rachel said last night, he cares more about the telecons than the country apparently.

And my add-on is - not that everything else he wants will make America any safer.

[ccharles000]

7. Bush sucks.