Comments on: The Perfect Exchange

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:19:13 +0000

I borrowed a little from myself (my last posted comment) and I put together a statement when I signed the ACLU’s ‘Moving Freedom Forward’ petition. Here is what I said…enjoy:

People might have already seen this, but I think its worth pointing out:
News Flash:
“In the first federal challenge ever argued against the Bush administration’s NSA spying program, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor rules that the program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of millions of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional. Calling for a halt to this abuse of presidential power, Judge Taylor states that “[t]here are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution,” so all the president’s “inherent powers” must derive from the Constitution.”

I like that judge…so I read a little from her decision. I like this quote she used:

“As Justice Warren wrote in U.S. v. Robel, 389 U.S.258(1967): ‘Implicit in the term ‘national defense’ is the notion of defending those values and ideas which set this Nation apart…It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of…those liberties…which makes the defense of the Nation worthwhile.’ Id. at 264.”

Justice Warren’s statement is compelling to say the least. I think all should heed his wisdom!

Judge Taylor’s last sentence is nice too:
“Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear in this matter: It is the upholding of our Constitution.”

Thankyou Anna Taylor, atleast someone recognizes our Constitution is in threat of being thrown away as if it were only paper.

The situation occuring today brings me to my point: Oppression of anybody is something to be feared by everybody. In his essay, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. said that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The American population is quick to forget the tyranny of the government during the communist scare in the 1950s and the liberties that the government can take in the name of security. People need to bear in their minds that fear and threats of terror are tools that the government uses to support their need for more restrictions (and thus more control) on the people. People should not just roll over and give up their liberty for the government to protect them.

With America being the land of the free, our government’s actions are a blow against everything that is America. The American people need to recognize this obvious hypocrisy of civil liberties and stand up for their rights as human beings. We must stand together or fall separately. We can not allow this monstrosity to happen to our fellow brother or sister, lest we too should befall the same fate. In closing, there is a poem by Martin Niemoller that is something everyone should spend some time contemplating before we allow such hypocrisies as racial profiling to exist.
“When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I did not speak out; I was not a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.” – M. Niemoller

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:25:24 +0000

You might have already seen this, but I thought I would share it with you and your readers…

News Flash:
“In the first federal challenge ever argued against the Bush administration’s NSA spying program, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor rules that the program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of millions of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional. Calling for a halt to this abuse of presidential power, Judge Taylor states that “[t]here are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution,” so all the president’s “inherent powers” must derive from the Constitution.”

I like that judge…so I read a little from her decision. I like this quote she used:

her last sentence is nice too:
“Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear in this matter: It is the upholding of our Constitution.”

Thankyou Anna Taylor, atleast someone recognizes our Constitution is in threat.

Sorry if I wrote a little too much, and about an unrelated topic. I just really wanted to share.
-mm

By: erik

erik — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:26:32 +0000

I find web based chat often makes for the best tech support. There is less bs involved for some reason. Sadly though lack of an internet connection is usually my main reason for contacting tech support, thus ruling out online chat as an option. But if I have a billing question for my cable company I always use online chat to get the answer.