How well does your Congress member stack up for the middle class?

Bwaha (0.00 / 0)

Tell me how telecom immunity/FISA is a middle class issue.

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by: thejayhawker @ Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 20:16:56 PM UTC

Well, I guess I'll save you the trouble of reading the report (0.00 / 0)

Here's what they say on FISA:

Granting retroactive immunity to companies that illegally spied on citizens sets a dangerous precedent for corporations to trample the rights of middle-class Americans without having to face any consequences for breaking the law. Telecommunications companies, at the behest of the Bush Administration, illegally monitored American citizens' private e-mail correspondence, phone calls, password protected web activity, and other communications. Our civil justice system allows regular Americans to hold corporations accountable when they violate cherished rights such as those outlined in our Constitution. Granting retroactive immunity would weaken middle-class Americans' ability to take on powerful corporations for breaking the law. What's more, retroactive immunity would weaken the ability of middle-class consumers to trust that their contracts with corporations will be honored and that the legal system will treat their constitutional rights as more than symbolic. In short, granting retroactive immunity would severely undermine Americans' faith in the legal system. Granting retroactive immunity also sets a dangerous precedent by giving the Executive Branch unbridled power, under the guise of pursuing security interests, to pressure companies into violating Americans' rights with impunity and to protect those corporations from liability for a range of other violations of the law.

I think?

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by: Brian Leubitz @ Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 20:37:15 PM UTC

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Don't you know? (0.00 / 0)

The middle class doesn't care about the Constitution or rule of law, unless you mean guns and "law and order".

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by: jsw @ Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 21:50:08 PM UTC

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Just shows they are hacks (0.00 / 0)

FISA is not a middle-class issue.

It's a paranoid uncle in the attic issue.

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by: thejayhawker @ Wed Apr 01, 2009 at 23:29:13 PM UTC

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That's because you aren't going to be spied upon, right? (0.00 / 0)

The point of the Constitution isn't to get upset when you get spied upon. When one basic tenet of our Constitution is violated, we are all violated. I would stand up to a left-leaning administration that wanted to spy on, say, right-wing bloggers as well. It's the rule of law that is important, not a single instance.

But, you see what you want to see. That's been abundantly clear since you signed up at Calitics.  So be it.

I think?

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by: Brian Leubitz @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 00:13:04 AM UTC

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Me thinks something really, really stinks about this..... (0.00 / 0)

....'poll'. Either that or the citizenry is even dumber than I thought.

DiFi 80%!

Freakin' unbelievable.

No wonder we are in such trouble.

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by: A.Citizen @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 00:01:23 AM UTC

What would you change about the scorecard? (0.00 / 0)

If you don't like the results, what would you change about the formula? Would you change the votes recorded? As it isn't a poll, it is open to debate.  You can find the metrics in the pdf I linked to in the post.

I think?

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by: Brian Leubitz @ Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 00:09:00 AM UTC

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