kdubken's Blog

Nancy Pelosi is on our side - the Americans.

I was talking about you kdubkens

kdubken: I am part of the problem? Who in the hell made you God? Bring it brother.

To kdubken This bill is to protect the communication companies from prosecution for releasing records. Our government is not asking to change laws, prosecute its own people illegally, or much else except protect these companies from legal battles over records. How hard of an issue is that to understand and then to block it after the Senate approved it. Plus it was already in effect for some time. This is government at its worst.

I see this more as a bipartisan issue, not a democratic issue. There are sections of the 2008 Act that have been approved and sections that have failed a vote. Other sections are still being worked on.

While we need to ensure that we can perform effective survellience overseas, we have to remember that what happens when that conversation is held on both the foreign soil and American soil? How can the 1st and 4th Admendment rights of Americans be protected?

I think it is too complex of issues to grasp in its entirety or to label it a republican or democratic issue.

According to The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues Order Code RL34279

Senator Reid (D) sought unanimous consent for consideration of the House-passed bill, H.R.
3773, but Senator McConnell (R) objected.

Senator Rockefeller (D), for himself and Senator Bond (R), proposed an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 2248 (S.Amdt.
3911).

On January 29, 2008, both the House and the Senate passed H.R. 5104, a 15-day extension to the sunset for the Protect America Act, to allow further time to consider, pass, and go to conference on proposed FISA legislation, while ensuring that the intelligence community would have the authority it needed in the intervening period. Pursuant to an agreement and order of January 31, 2008, S.Amdt. 3909,
S.Amdt. 3932, and S.Amdt. 3960, each as modified; and S.Amdt. 3945 were agreed to, while other amendments were scheduled for floor debate. S.Amdt. 3930 fell short of the requisite 60 votes, and was withdrawn on ebruar

kdubkinz u sound like that nut hoghd and ur right around his age quit hiding. ur colors are shining too bet ur old lady loves it when you get outta the house on a chore.

Good to hear from ya exerciser. Have no old lady,but them old widow women love it when I do my chores.

How u dooin biker2? never said I b edumacated and I don't spell well. Don't need new tricks when the old ones work so well. Not a widower just Xs. Some old widders ignore me; others smile a lot. Don't have enough time on this earth to be wrong,so, is Palosi fer US or agiin US.

In sworn testimony before the senate armed service committee Mike McConnell and Gen. Michael Maples expressed the urgent need for the house vote on the protect America act. These 2 men are directors in defense intelligence community.

In spite of the urgent need for the vote the house is on vaction as per orders by speaker Palosi.