09 Jul
The Senate FISA vote is in. The totals were
YEAs - 69
NAYs - 28
Not Voting - 3
The partisan count is even more telling:
Republicans: 47 of 47 Voted Yea
Democrats: 21 Yea - 27 Nay
Independents: Lieberman-Yea - Sanders-Nay
Of Note: McCain couldn’t be bothered to show-up, and Alabama’s Pro-Torture Senator, Jeff Sessions, weaseled off somewhere, as he’d been around [...]
Posted in BiPolar Polity, Compromised, ContemporaryCons, FISA, Fourth Amendment, Liberty, ProgressiveLibs by: PdSa
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30 Jun
A few more glossy-eyed Paulifried, passing disinformation trash without even a fucking clue.
Ron Paul DID NOT speak out against the FISA Bill on the House Floor on June 20, 2008. In fact, Ron Paul wasn’t even on the House Floor June 20, 2008. He was in Missoula, Montana to keynote at the State Republican [...]
Posted in Compromised, FISA, Legislation Proposals, Liberty, Paul In The News, RonPaulBottery, When Pauls Collide, absenteeism by: a_r_k
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29 Jun
Conservatives used to possess honour, standing their ground come hell or high water, upon the firm foundations of their immutable principles. Conservatism, as a political theory, has become noxiously contaminated over the last two plus decades. This is attributable to the Republican Party’s ends-testing for only electoral wins, which fomented The Big Three-Ring [...]
Posted in Compromised, ContemporaryCons, Due Process, FISA, Habeas Corpus, Liberty, Original Intent, Relativist-Right, SCOTUS Interrupt Us by: AS
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28 Jun
It’s fascinating to watch how disinformation gets fed into the datastreams. It also offers instructive lessons for any who actually believe that truth should triumph over “truthiness” wherever it is encountered, except on the battlefield of comedy. {One - Two}
On June 26, 2008, this blog published the following Congressional Records reprint verbatim:
Congressional Record: June [...]
Posted in Compromised, FISA, Paul In The News, RonPaulBottery, When Pauls Collide, absenteeism, libertarianism by: a_r_k
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26 Jun
Ron Paul says he would have voted against the FISA Amendment, if he would have been attending Congress the day of that vote. Ron Paul did however have a nice ditty entered into the the Extensions of The House Congressional Record four days later, so he could claim he was against it, even though he [...]
Posted in Compromised, ContemporaryCons, FISA, Paul v The LP Platform, Relativist-Right, RonPaulBottery, When Pauls Collide, absenteeism, libertarianism by: PLSeaM
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