Lazenby: The Shadow Supreme Court
America’s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court has become in essence a parallel You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Perhaps Judge Walton’s payback to the white establishment for stopping him simply because he was black is to make sure their rights are brought down to the level of his rights in the ’60s
As they say in Bethune, SC, revenge is best served on a cold plate
Wow, champion comment OWB. Further, you slipped in a Kahn quote for nerds like myself…5 stars.
‘La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froide’
Never knew it was a French proverb originally until your quote. Thanks for da edumacation.
I ain’t that bad
Perhaps Judge Walton’s payback to the white establishment for stopping him simply because he was black is to make sure their rights are brought down to the level of his rights in the ’60s
As they say in Bethune, SC, revenge is best served on a cold plate
Wow, champion comment OWB. Further, you slipped in a Kahn quote for nerds like myself…5 stars.
‘La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froide’
Never knew it was a French proverb originally until your quote. Thanks for da edumacation.
I ain’t that bad
Hey Lizenby: that Gargantuan and hot glow behind you…is your country burning down…
Clue: If you EVER want true relevance as a writer (not just pats onn the back from the corrupt and dull) you cannot lower yourself down into the rut, that milions of others have worn bare…Your headline tells what and who you are, because the cliche is so common and prevelant…
Find the under-served, maligned and neglected, and they wil beat a path to your door. As it is, you are just another in a line of tired pack-thinkers….
I disagree with you stating it’s a blame Bush scenario. He may have started by signing with the Patriot Act, but FISA took it upon themselves to abort our constitutional rights and Obama EXPANDED the Patriot Act much, much more than Bush. So, it’s not a “blame Bush” scenario. I’m laying the blame where it belongs: the Supreme Court, FISA,and this administration.
You’re new here, right? You should probably read a few more of T’s posts. This guy jizz’s his britches at the name of any Repuklicrat. He’s not real found of the Demlicans though.
So tell us your position on the spying on Americans by their government. Should there be limits, or not. Or do you agree with what Rush Limbaugh openly said, that it is right or wrong based on who does it?
Obama has ABUSED the Law so wildly, that he should be prosecuted…Under Bush it was a much-needed and reasonable key-word monitoring system directed toward foreign Terrorists on Jihad…I, or no one, should have any problem w/ the program used as it was conceived…
Now that Obama has been caught spying on innocent Americans, Liberals are trying to make the system the culprit, not their lord-god Obama. Obama has perverted it to creep on, and punish, his political enemies…
We have an American version of Stalin in the White House….These leftists, like Lizenby, are running a Red Herring game to get the focus off the corrupt Obama Administration…That is the whole story and the end of the story…
We are choosing safety over freedom and getting neither. Any administration charged with the awesome responsibility of protecting civilians from terrorist attacks is bound to rely on their presumed superior knowledge in balancing our freedom versus our security. And any administration is bound to err on the side of security. It is not a partisan issue, but a non-partisan problem.
I agree. The Repuklicrats and the Demlicans are not partisan. I agree, they are the problem.
We are choosing safety over freedom and getting neither. Any administration charged with the awesome responsibility of protecting civilians from terrorist attacks is bound to rely on their presumed superior knowledge in balancing our freedom versus our security. And any administration is bound to err on the side of security. It is not a partisan issue, but a non-partisan problem.
I agree. The Repuklicrats and the Demlicans are not partisan. I agree, they are the problem.
Obama has ABUSED the Law so wildly, that he should be prosecuted…Under Bush it was a much-needed and reasonable key-word monitoring system directed toward foreign Terrorists on Jihad…I, or no one, should have any problem w/ the program used as it was conceived…
Now that Obama has been caught spying on innocent Americans, Liberals are trying to make the system the culprit, not their lord-god Obama. Obama has perverted it to creep on, and punish, his political enemies…
We have an American version of Stalin in the White House….These leftists, like Lizenby, are running a Red Herring game to get the focus off the corrupt Obama Administration…That is the whole story and the end of the story…
What a Joke you are. Bush and his Republican Cohorts not only abused the law they broke the law and illegally spied on innocent Americans. Then when they were caught they pushed through the changes in the law we have today to make what they were doing illegally, legal.
If people don’t like the law they should push Congress to change it. But stop shifting blame from where it belongs. Bush and the Republicans pushed through the changes that made the spying legal. They spied illegally before the law changed and after the law changed they did the exact same thing the NSA is doing now. In fact NSA has been doing what they are doing this since 2004.
Is what they are doing Constitutional? We don’t know, because most of the facts surrounding the programs are secret. The simple solution is to do what the ACLU pushed for in the first place. Revise the law to clearly set the standards for intercepting data on an American Citizen so the standard is openly debated and leaves no room for interpretation by a court.
Bill said: “Is what they are doing Constitutional? We don’t know, because most of the facts surrounding the programs are secret.”
Bill also said: “Bush and his Republican Cohorts not only abused the law they broke the law and illegally spied on innocent Americans”…
If it’s SO SECRET, how do you KNOW Bush abused it????…
Are you people liars..or just total Dumb@$$#$…who think everybody is as stupid as you have to be????
Because dumb ass, they were caught and sued. The court found the spying was illegal. Look it up. Then congress changed the laws so they could continue doing what they had been doing before.
What I said is we do not know if the way the new law is being utilized is Constitutional or not because what they are doing is secret. That is why we need to change the law.
Some IDIOT Judge claimed someone during Bush’s term wiretapped a Saudi (foreign-based) Charity linked to REAL Terrorists, you STARK RAVING DUMB-@$$….That is something ALL Americans should HOPE we are doing…
That is NOTHING like what Obama has been already CAUGHT doing. Obama’s using IRS data do persecute True American-Citizen Politcal enemies of his..or spying on a Fox News reporter and his parents…
You cannot be that F*#%ing Ignorant….Can you???
I’ve just got to count to ten and realize you can’t fix stupid!
You’re just not used to anybody slapping your ignorant @$$ upside the head w/ the Truth…
From FITS and CNN to The State newspaper and MSNBC, you brain-dead Dumb@$$#$ are told you are right, only becuase they suck off Obama…and so do you…
I just put my Foot up your imbecile @$$…and most leftwing spoiled brat idiots whine like babies when that happens…
This is very similar to cold war propaganda of the 50’s and 60’s,urged on by paranoia and ,’what if’,conspiracy ‘thinking’.Let the fucking G O V E R N M E N T surveil me all they want,whatcha gonna do???
Go build a fallout shelter,and live in fear for the rest of your miserable life.If you’re buying into this BS,that’s what you deserve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0OnobqlDlY
This is very similar to cold war propaganda of the 50’s and 60’s,urged on by paranoia and ,’what if’,conspiracy ‘thinking’.Let the fucking G O V E R N M E N T surveil me all they want,whatcha gonna do???
Go build a fallout shelter,and live in fear for the rest of your miserable life.If you’re buying into this BS,that’s what you deserve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0OnobqlDlY
I used to like ,Abraham Lincoln.Now,I HATE him,but Ms. Lazenby,daughter of the first Bond replacement(?),has inspired some brilliant ,uh,dialogue,but be kind to the help,my white relatives always said….Just remember,Fits and his blog are very important(he says).This will eventually PAY OFF(yeah,that’s the ticket…).
I used to like ,Abraham Lincoln.Now,I HATE him,but Ms. Lazenby,daughter of the first Bond replacement(?),has inspired some brilliant ,uh,dialogue,but be kind to the help,my white relatives always said….Just remember,Fits and his blog are very important(he says).This will eventually PAY OFF(yeah,that’s the ticket…).