A Brief Political Note
I was recently inspired to write my first letter to one of my elected officials. It turns out that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) voted to grant retroactive immunity to telecom companies that assisted the Bush administration in illegal, warrantless wiretaps and surveillance of American citizens. The legislation is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and it passed the Senate this week with the help of 18 Democrats, including Bayh, Inouye, Johnson, Landrieu, McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Stabenow, Feinstein, Kohl, Pryor, Rockefeller, Salazar, Carper, Mikulski, Conrad, Webb and Lincoln.
I don't usually get into politics here, but anything that makes domestic surveillance easier really gets my goat. I'll also be writing to my Congressperson about this. Anyway, here's my letter. Can you tell I'm annoyed?
Dear Senator Feinstein,
I have never written to one of my elected officials in my life. One of your recent votes has so infuriated me that I can no longer remain silent.
Thank you for being one of the 18 Democratic Senators to vote for providing retroactive immunity to the telecom companies who violated both the spirit and letter of the Constitution by spying on American citizens by request of the Bush Administration.
Your vote on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has helped to increase the power of President Bush at the expense of the American people. Your decision to side with AT&T and the administration is ethically bankrupt. They broke the law, and they should not be absolved of that crime, nor any future crime.
It saddens me to see you voting time and again with the Bush administration on matters of security. What use is a Democratic "majority" if you and other "democrats" continue to rubber stamp the policies of the current administration? I almost wish the Republicans had retained power. At least that way I'd KNOW my civil liberties were going to be violated, instead of being constantly disappointed by people I trust to know better.
You are the sort of person that term limits were made for. I look forward to voting against you in any future race, although I rather suspect that you'll find a nice cozy spot at The Heritage Foundation.
I don't usually get into politics here, but anything that makes domestic surveillance easier really gets my goat. I'll also be writing to my Congressperson about this. Anyway, here's my letter. Can you tell I'm annoyed?
Dear Senator Feinstein,
I have never written to one of my elected officials in my life. One of your recent votes has so infuriated me that I can no longer remain silent.
Thank you for being one of the 18 Democratic Senators to vote for providing retroactive immunity to the telecom companies who violated both the spirit and letter of the Constitution by spying on American citizens by request of the Bush Administration.
Your vote on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has helped to increase the power of President Bush at the expense of the American people. Your decision to side with AT&T and the administration is ethically bankrupt. They broke the law, and they should not be absolved of that crime, nor any future crime.
It saddens me to see you voting time and again with the Bush administration on matters of security. What use is a Democratic "majority" if you and other "democrats" continue to rubber stamp the policies of the current administration? I almost wish the Republicans had retained power. At least that way I'd KNOW my civil liberties were going to be violated, instead of being constantly disappointed by people I trust to know better.
You are the sort of person that term limits were made for. I look forward to voting against you in any future race, although I rather suspect that you'll find a nice cozy spot at The Heritage Foundation.
coughed this up at 5:33 PM
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