[Peace-discuss] Outrageous and un-American

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Although I am not quite sure myself what "un-American" is,
and whether or not (un-American)-ism is per se truly good or bad,
the FISA legislation is certainly outrageous and unconstitutional to me.

Although it ought to be frankly obvious to any sane person that the FISA 
legislation violates
not only the 4th amendment  but also Article 1 Section 9, the issue is
certainly one for the courts to decide,/ mene, mene, tekel, upharsin/.

I also thought it was a good thing for the list to see this even though it
subjected every one to a obviously auto-generated form-letter email,
it provides a possible vehicle for redirection of anger.

The idea of Impeach Them All has a lot going for it.
While recognizing the actual denotation of impeach as "impede" and its 
application as "accuse",
note that a peach has "fuzz" on it, and a tarring and feathering seems 
to be well earned,
and it would be...er...just peachy.




Walter Pituc wrote:
> Indeed, we need to fight back!
>
> -Walter Pituc
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:04 PM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag 
> <mailto:ewj at pigs.ag>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Friend,
>
>     Cowed by the Bush administration's pre-election scare tactics, the
>     Senate passed privacy-stealing FISA legislation undermining your
>     Fourth Amendment rights.
>
>     It's outrageous, unconstitutional and un-American. That's why the
>     ACLU is prepared to challenge this law the moment George Bush
>     signs it -- and you can rest assured, they'll be meeting our
>     lawyers in court.
>
>     The ACLU's lawsuit will send a powerful message to those in
>     Congress who played it safe when they had the opportunity to
>     defend the Constitution.
>
>     In addition, the ACLU will be taking out a full-page ad in a major
>     national newspaper announcing their lawsuit and expressing outrage
>     at this abandonment of our Constitutional principles.  Their goal
>     is to run an ad containing the names of tens of thousands of
>     Americans who believe in the Constitution and want Congress to
>     hear us loud and clear: next time, stand up for our rights.
>
>     You can sign your name to the ACLU's ad by visiting:
>
>     http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/fisaad
>     <http://action.firedoglake.com/page/ic/q6zhqesgvkqbnp/ShVXUgZLFRsDWkNUUAE%253D>
>
>
>
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