Albany, NY -- Repeat After Me: "Has a 34% Approval Rating"
I don't really have time to be posting once tonight, let alone twice, but I just had to share this great post from Kos:We're living in a PowerPoint world. We've become a bullet-point-dependent society. If it can't be summed up succinctly in a handful of slides, then it must not be worth saying. If you're a Member of Congress with a dozen issue briefings to get through every day, then you're more reliant upon the bullet point than anyone.
In that light, let's try a new approach in information presentation to our representatives:
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The President
Has a 34% approval rating
Authorized and continues to authorize wiretaps by NSA of Americans in the United States without obtaining the court orders required by FISA
Has a 34% approval rating
Failed to inform the full congressional intelligence committees about this program, as required by the National Security Act of 1947
Has a 34% approval rating
Lied to Americans prior to the public disclosure of the NSA surveillance program by saying his Administration was relying on court orders to wiretap suspected terrorists inside the US
April 20, 2004: "When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so."
July 14, 2004: "the government can't move on wiretaps or roving wiretaps without getting a court order"
June 9, 2005: "Law enforcement officers need a federal judge's permission to wiretap a foreign terrorist's phone, a federal judge's permission to track his calls, or a federal judge's permission to search his property. Officers must meet strict standards to use any of these tools."
Has a 34% approval rating
Just a bit of a reminder that many bloggers are much, much better than I am!
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