I hate to get political but seriously...

as much as I *hate* our current administration's policies, the thing that bugs me the most is the administrations 'spin' on almost everything they are trying to get away with. Currently I am writing about the FISA act, where bush & co. want to spy on anyone, anywhere, anytime. And, since this has been going on since Sept 12th, 2001 - can we also make sure that this illegal wiretapping is retro-actively made legal please? (sic)

But bush & co keep saying that the dems on capital hill want to have a vacation (rich considering bush has spent 27% of his elected time ON VACATION) instead of pass this (horrid) legislation. To quote CNN:
"The Democrats have made a decision that their higher priority -- over national security -- is taking another recess," Perino said.

The current laws are set to expire at midnight Saturday. The nation's intelligence agencies then will have to go to court for warrants to listen in on conversations between suspected terrorists overseas. Intelligence officials said that it will cause unnecessary delays, but the government will be able to get permission to conduct eavesdropping through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Even without court permission, agents also can listen in on a suspect's calls without a warrant as long as an application is submitted within three days. Additionally, any warrants already approved are good for a year from when the initial warrant was issued." ----

So in affect, only NEW suspected terrorists conversations would need the warrant AND only have to file the paperwork after three days from the START of said wiretap. How is our civil liberties worth this risk when our physical risk is near zero? I mean seriously, they can wiretap immediately, ask for the warrant THREE DAYS after and the warrant is good for a year. This is placing the country at risk? BS - its about the third largest lobbying group (telecommunications) in washington asking for a favor (ex parte) to keep them from getting sued (currently 40 such lawsuits exist) ex posto facto. bush & co want to grant this favor and the dems (who aren't the major recipient of said lobby cash) are probably waiting for more money from these lobbying firms before they do pass this law.

I see a big game of chicken being played with the American Citizens Civil Liberties in the balance and not one iota of our safety at risk. Shame on our system for this and ridiculous that our administration has been pulling these one liner quips and worse, the apathetic Americans for eating it up. Do your homework people!