Ask your senator to vote against HR 6304 (right now please. thanx)

[netmouse]

To quote Novapsyche's post, there is still time to call your Senators regarding the capitulation on FISA (aka, the evisceration of the 4th Amendment).

The bill is H.R. 6304 and i have seen it described as a confirmation of the legal king model of government since it basically protects people (in this case, telecommunication companies) from being prosecuted for illegal activities because the president asked them to do them.

I would prefer to live in a country where presidential fiat does not make it ok for people to break the law, especially regarding the privacy of citizens, and in order for that to be true, we need to defeat this bill. please call your senator now.

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[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

Both Levin and Stabenow voted against it.

Obama, who everyone keeps telling me is such a wonderful, hope-bringing, progressive voted for it. I was hoping I'd finally get to vote for a presidential candidate instead of just against the other one, but not this year.

[arkaycee.livejournal.com]

Obama is beginning to disappoint me more and more -- just as at one point, even though I am more liberal than conservative, McCain did. I really thought he might be a voice of common sense a few years ago.

[cos]

Even the very best Presidents have had some really big flaws. No candidate can ever be perfect. FDR made this a much much better country than it was before him, was responsible for creating much of the middle class... and had all Japanese-Americans rounded up and put in concentration camps for several years. Obama has the potential to be a great president. He has some serious problems. I support him with great vigor while also fighting against things like this.