] "There are 51 Republican members of the United States
] Senate. Surely they can find someone to be majority
] leader besides Trent Lott."

NYT calls for the axe for Trent Lott.

Fire Trent Lott

Comparing current government policy to bad television reception.

Technical Difficulties

flynn23 wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] Much like those kids in Florida, this appears to be a case of
] ] someone's paranoia getting the better of them.
]
] Just wait til the secret court system, and the President's
] power to indict US citizens on his own, and the CIA's ability
] to kill any American that is linked to terrorism without a
] trial start kicking in.

Holland is sounding better and better all the time...

RE: Al'Q Software Drama

] "Federal agents late Thursday night raided a Quincy,
] Mass., company that provides critical software to major
] U.S. agencies and is suspected of having ties to Usama
] bin Laden and Al Qaeda terrorists.
]
] But shortly before noon Friday, the government said Ptech
] Inc.'s software was safe, after studying its code for
] evidence it might do anything other than advertised, such
] as allowing insiders to read or steal sensitive data."

Much like those kids in Florida, this appears to be a case of someone's paranoia getting the better of them.

Al'Q Software Drama

] "Canada, Uzbekistan and Vietnam were the only countries
] in which a majority of respondents had a favorable view
] of their nation's condition. Vietnam was the only country
] in which a majority of respondents -- 51 percent -- said
] they had a positive view of the state of the world.

There are several interesting factoids in here... Why is everyone in Vietnam so happy?

CNN.com - Survey of 44 nations shows growing discontent over U.S.

] "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

Or how about "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."

I hope these quotes sound different when they aren't taken out of context!

Famous Quotes - Henry A. Kissinger - Power is the ultimate...

In protest of TIA John Gilmore provides Poindexter's home address, phone number, and aerial photographs of his house!

Eyeballing Total Information Awareness

] "Dr. Hussain [not Hussein] said he had been held in solitary
] confinement for most of that time but that he was able to
] hear the cries of young children being tortured in
] adjacent rooms."

This is fairly grim stuff.

Britain Accuses Iraq of Systematic Torture and Killing

] "Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has declined to
] cite a single specific case in which the consent decree
] hindered a police investigation."

Local guys want the same leeway their big brothers got last year.

Police push for domestic spying

On Tuesday, the Senate voted 90-9 to approve the landmark Homeland Security bill. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., was one of the few senators voting against it, and in an address on the Senate floor, he raised fundamental questions about the need for the new agency and whether it will have the desired impact. What follows is the full transcript of his remarks during the conclusion of the Homeland Security debate.

At least one person in the Senate knew to call the kettle black.

Robert Byrd's Speech on the Homeland Security Bill