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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce."
-- James Madison, Federalist No. 45
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
-- George Washington
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Obama giving out the Same As We Always Get PoliticsBy Stephen R. Owens - Published: July 7, 2008Updated: July 7, 2008 Presidential candidate Obama has promised us "Change we can believe in." Now would have been a good oportunity for him to prove that he means it. He had a great opportunity to oppose the FISA ammendment act, but yet he responded with the same conservative bull that is handed to us by the republicans. By Obama's responses he has just proven that he dosen't care that he promised, "Change we can believe in." Looks like it would be four more years of "Politics as usual," in the Obama camp. Obama needed to read and understand the original 1976 act before making this statement, "It restores FISA and existing criminal wiretap statutes as the exclusive means to conduct surveillance -- making it clear that the President cannot circumvent the law." Obama you fool. Let us have Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), the most prominent Republican opponent of the compromise bill, expain to you why the "new" exclusivity provision is meaningles, "that specific provision is now in [the] 1978 act." Specter said Bush just ignored existing law in starting the warrantless surveillance program. Hey Obama! Anyone in there? "The government already has "the authority to collect the intelligence it needs to protect the American people." That authority is called FISA, which already allows the Government extremely broad authority to spy on any suspected terrorists. The current law results in virtually no denials of any spying requests. So how can Obama -- echoing the Bush administration -- claim a new law is needed to provide "the authority to collect the intelligence we need to protect the American people" when the current FISA law already provides that?"-- Glenn Greenwald All is not lost. Obama can still change his mind. Read more to find out how you can help. Read More... View Comments (0) |