U.S. House passes spy bill

Saturday 21st June, 04:45 AM JST

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skipthesong at 10:36 AM JST - 21st June

Do you now see what is happening?
SezWho2 at 04:56 PM JST - 21st June

What do you think is happening?
adaydream at 05:13 PM JST - 21st June

Too damn many lobbiest.

Too much control within the government.

It's outrageous that these telecommunication companies will get away with this. < :-)
Sarge at 10:33 PM JST - 21st June

"In a late-term triumph for U.S. Presidentg George W Bush"

Heh.

"the ACLU which has fiercely opposed the legislation"

They would.
SushiSake3 at 10:47 PM JST - 21st June

"the ACLU which has fiercely opposed the legislation"

sarge - "They would."

That's because - unlike you - they are proud and patriotic Americans who have their country's best interests at heart.
Sarge at 11:00 PM JST - 21st June

Sushi - Oh, for cryin' out loud, the ACLU is a bunch of liberals who would ruin this country if they ever came to power.
SushiSake3 at 11:49 PM JST - 21st June

Sarge, sounds like you are almost as scared of the ACLU as you are of The Terrorists :-)

It also looks like you don't give a toss about the civil liberties of your fellow Americans.

All in all, it sounds like you wouldn't have much respect for the U.S. Constitution or America.

Heh, no wonder you are voting for John McCain - he doesn't either. :-)
taikan at 02:48 PM JST - 23rd June

One of the true ironies of the past 50 years is the change in the definitions of "liberal" and "conservative." The very police powers that Sarge (and others who think of themselves as conservatives) support are the same police powers held by the Soviet KGB that were so strongly opposed by Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley and others who started the "modern" conservative movement. Now, so-called conservatives argue that we should expand the powers of the government to make sure that it can peer into every aspect of our lives. And for what? Simply because of a fear that a few terrorists might do us some harm. Imagine how small the United States would be today if the early settlers had been as afraid of possible danger as Sarge and his ilk seem to be.
RedMeatKoolAid at 03:10 PM JST - 23rd June

"a late-term triumph for U.S. President George W Bush"

The Dem-controlled House wants McCain to succeed Bush as C-in-C.