Something positive has arisen from the FISA bill

[slipslidingaway]

I have already pledged to donate on August 8th...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/08/accountability/index.html

"...The first campaign of this new organization is the formation of Strange Bedfellows, the ideologically diverse coalition we have formed with liberals, libertarians and others who are devoted to the preservation of our core constitutional liberties and the rule of law. Before it has even begun, The Wall St. Journal and numerous online venues have written about this unique coalition.

To initiate and fund our new campaign, we have teamed with the individual who was behind the innovative and extraordinarily successful Ron Paul "money bombs" -- Trevor Lyman, along with Rick Williams and Break the Matrix -- to plan an "Accountability Money Bomb" for August 8. That is the day in 1974 when Richard Nixon was forced to resign from office for his lawbreaking and surveillance abuses. That day illustrates how far we have fallen in this country in less than 35 years, as we now not only permit rampant presidential lawbreaking and a limitless surveillance state, but have a bipartisan political class that endorses it and even retroactively protects the lawbreakers...


To participate in the money bomb and support our new organization, you can pledge to donate here -- or by clicking on the logo above. On August 8, those who pledged will make their actual donations in whatever amount they choose, and the results will then be announced.

This type of ideologically diverse coalition devoted to the preservation of basic constitutional protections and the rule of law -- modeled after the still-growing and increasingly potent left-right coalition that has spontaneously arisen in Britain to fight against their Establishment's corrupt seizure of limitless surveillance and detention powers -- can be a new and powerful force. Those who are responsible for these erosions need to be undermined and the nature of the debate over these issues needs to be changed. A successful start and the support of as many people as possible is vital to launching this effort the right way -- in a way that will enable its presence to be heard and felt in the Beltway precincts that need to hear and feel it..."

[AntiFascist]

1. I've seen similar organizations...

which are promoting the formation of state militias. Be very careful!

:scared:

[slipslidingaway]

2. Here are the groups and blogs that are supporting this...

http://www.accountabilitynowpac.com/sponsors.php


Thanks...always careful, always questioning.

:)

[redqueen]

3. This worries me greatly:

"UPDATE III: Wired's Sarah Lai Stirland has a news article today about the new civil liberties coalition unveiled here, which she describes as "online activists from the right and the left announc an unprecedented campaign Tuesday to hold democratic lawmakers accountable for caving to the Bush administration on domestic spying." The article also discusses the robocall campaign in Steny Hoyer's district. That is but the first step of a soon-to-be-escalated campaign in that district. "


If this is a bipartisan coalition, then ALL lawmakers shoudl be held accountable... NOT just Dems.

[slipslidingaway]

4. Agree that all should be held accountable...

maybe because the offenses were from the Bush administration and Republicans in general, with some willing Democrats.

Democrats complained about the illegal spying and said they would uphold our rights, then capitulated on FISA. Republicans never even pretended???

:shrug:

Just thinking out loud and if this gains any traction, I would expect to see anyone held accountable, regardless of party.

This started with the FISA legislation that Hoyer supported, so I would imagine he would be one of the first targets.

Good point and something to keep in mind.