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The Idgit Vote

In The Know: Candidates Compete For Vital Idgit Vote

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
- George Orwell

It's Coming...More Buh-Byes To Our Civil Liberties

CNN: "Federal ID plan raises privacy concerns"

The federal government has found a way to control those "lucky" Americans who happen to live in states which "defy complying" with (or so we thought) the federal Real ID Act:

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff told the National Conference of State Legislatures, that NEXT YEAR: If Americans don't have their "mandatory" REAL ID Cards, that they may (will) need to show their passports instead....You know, for “federal purposes” such as—for boarding domestic flights, walking into a federal building or nuclear facility, or for enjoying a picnic in a national park.

Full story at cnn.com

Civil Liberties: Buh-bye!

Last night, by a vote of 227-183, Republicans and Democrats voted against the American people, and our civil liberties.

Congress passed legislation permitting "eavesdropping without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States."

The Senate approved this White-House backed measure on Friday night, and likewise, late Saturday night, the House approved expanding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Here's the CNN article: cnn.com

Were you represented? Here's for the final vote tally

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) sums it up: