Wednesday, January 25, 2006

How hard can it be?

Are the Democrats really afraid to make an issue of warrantless spying? Robert Scheer just wrote in You've Got Jail! San Francisco Chronicle 01/25/06:

The bottom line is these guys in the Bush administration are obsessed voyeurs, poking their noses into everyone's business, whether the excuse is squelching pornography or preventing terrorism. They simply do not believe civil liberties and privacy are important. It is an executive branch power trip, and completely anti-democratic.
Is this really so hard a case to make? I mean, hardcore authoritarian-minded Republicans who need Dear Leader Bush to tell them what to do and what to think won't vote for Democrats anyway. But apart from them, why would anyone think expecting the President to obey the law when it comes to spying on Americans is somehow being "soft on terrorism"? When the feds are wasting their time sorting through mounds of useless data, they are taking away time from doing reasonably-focused work on people for whom there is probably cause to think they may be involved in illegal activity.

The President should obey the law. The government should follow the law when it spies on American citizens. How is that a problem for the Democrats to make that argument?

| +Save/Share | |




FEATURED QUOTE

"It is the logic of our times
No subject for immortal verse
That we who lived by honest dreams
Defend the bad against the worse."


-- Cecil Day-Lewis from Where Are The War Poets?


ABOUT US

  • What is the Blue Voice?
  • Bruce Miller
  • Fdtate
  • Marcia Ellen (on hiatus)
  • Marigolds2
  • Neil
  • Tankwoman
  • Wonky Muse

  • RECENT POSTS

  • If we don't close down our democracy, The Terroris...
  • What's up with these short posts?
  • We really need to call this what it is: a serious ...
  • Can't we just call it what it is?
  • VDH Watch 19: Vic prophesies about Iran
  • Rummy does a review
  • Iran War: A look at the options
  • Fundamentalist solidarity event with Israel
  • Neither Liberty Nor Security
  • Thank God they deported her!

  • ARCHIVES




    RECENT COMMENTS

    [Tip: Point cursor to any comment to see title of post being discussed.]
    SEARCH THIS SITE
    Google
    www TBV

    BLUE'S NEWS





    ACT BLUE











    BLUE LINKS

    Environmental Links
    Gay/Lesbian Links
    News & Media Links
    Organization Links
    Political Links
    Religious Links
    Watchdog Links

    BLUE ROLL


    MISCELLANEOUS

    Atom/XML Feed
    Blogarama - Blog Directory
    Blogwise - blog directory

    Blogstreet
    Haloscan


    Blogger

    hits since 06-13-2005

    site design: wonky muse
    image: fpsoftlab.com