So I'm followin' the news about the FISA Bill which just passed the Senate with a 68-29 vote. This Bill (which has not passed the House, which has a difficult chance as the House Bill is much, much better) applies a blanket immunity to telecommunications companies for previously spying on everyone in the USA, and we won't even get to find out what they did...or who told them to do what, which also convieniantly insulates the Bush administration from any investigation into their own wrongdoing.
This means that 68 fjucking Senators of the U.S. of A decided that spying on you without a warrant was just fine, and in fact, even when they did spy on you before it was fine, is pretty okey too. Jeebus Christo! I'm as aware as anyone that fjuckling hi-skool Civics class was as much indoctrination as it was information. However, there were a few things I took to heart about our fair nation.
1) No man is above the law.
(Which means even the President of the US is held to the same standards as the lowest of citizens.)
2)Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
(Which means if you broke a law and didn't know you were breaking the law at the time, does not excuse you from punishment for breaking the law.)
It appears 68 elected Senators didn't get the same Civics class that I did, and it pisses me off!
I was thinking about a post in regards to the Presidential elections titled, "I'm Voting For Superman!" Which would have read something like,
"The reason I'm voting for Superman is because he stands for Truth, Justice, And the American Way! And those are three things I haven't seen for a while."
I'm not writing that post today, or any day apparently, as 68 elected representitives in the highest legislative branch in the United States of America, clearly have a different opinion of what "The American Way" is, and it fjucking sickens me.
I used to think the American Way was a good thing...sadly, I wonder now, if it ever was.
-Tusnami-
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It is sad.
We had similar laws passed a while back - allowing more invasion of privacy with less cause. Basically, they can spy on anybody as long as there is a little evidence.
Basically, can spy on anybody.
Since I have written this - I'd say they have enough cause.
I believe pretty much all your conversations online or on phone pass through filters, searching for words and such.
Yeah, you dudes go hit with a nasty right-wing bug too! But with Peter Garret (who I luckily saw perform twice) an actual member of yer govmnt, I'd say yer back on a better track. Of course, unless they reverse these previous laws, it don't mean a damn thing.
Thats true, but I think its commonly accepted that he has sold out his "green" buds.
He has made green sacrifices I guess to be in a position were he can make a difference - to the green way.
Time will tell i guess.
So, all I hear in Aus is Barrack vs Hillary and the other bunch. Hope you get less of that there, but I doubt it.
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