Opponents of Retroactive Immunity Live To Fight Another Day

I have said this before and will repeat until I am blue in the face. Any Senator or Representative who has or will vote for immunity is in violation of their oath of office because such a vote is illegal.



One must only read the First Amendment right to petition our government to know that. Immunity does just that, illegally attempts to block access to the courts. That amendment FORBIDS Congress from doing so. Period. There is no fine print.



I have already told my representative Corinne Brown that because of her vote to grant immunity I will not vote for her next election. I made it clear in faxes to my two senators, Nelson and Mel Martinez the same. Vote against our Constitution and the rule of law and lose my vote forever.



Martinez's response indicates he does not support our Bill of Rights and deserves to be voted out of office as does EVERY member of Congress who voted contrary to their oath of office to defend the constitution of the United States. I suspect most members no longer deserve their seats.
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My Position On FISA

About Barack Obama
I posted my response again on Mr. Obama's site in my blog.



http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/paulkruger



While I still believe Obama to be the best option for America now, I want him to clearly understand that he should consider, as his first priority, not only protecting the integrity of our Bill of Rights and Constitution, but the reversing of prior transgressions made by the Bush administration and restoring us to a fully functional Constitution.



He can start by stating publicly that he will NOT allow warrantless wire taps, FISA not-with-standing. That he will honor habeas corpus. That he will not condone torture and will hold accountable, anyone found to have used torture in the name of America.



I realize withdrawal from the mess we made in Iraq will not be as easy as it was for Bush to get us into that mess, but that must also be a priority. Someone said of Iraq, "We broke it...we bought it" That leaves us with a moral obligation to fix the damage we caused and apologize for Mr. Bush.



We have a bad reputation that needs polished before we can again hold our heads high. Obama can fix it if he will do so.
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My Position On FISA

About Barack Obama
One thing about this immunity issue. The first amendment to our bill of rights specifically denies Congress the power to prohibit citizens from petitioning our government for a redress of grievances.



Law or no law - it is illegal because Congress simply does not have the power to grant immunity that would prohibit people to access the courts to challenge an illegal activity.



Additionally, since is is VERY CLEAR in the bill of rights and Constitution that what they did or may have done would be illegal. Our right to petition for a redress of grievance is guaranteed, a vote for immunity is a vote contrary to the oath of office. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Oath_Office.htm



Of all Senators, Mr. Obama is a scholar of the Constitution and knows better. Perhaps this is a political rather than logical vote. I still support him but he is losing his luster by helping Bush tear down our constitutional protections.



I want to see how he responds to Dodd's amendment to foreclosure bill to require that all American's credit card transactions be reported to the feds.
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McCain Comes Ashore In Pennsylvania

About John McCain
As is always the case at these rallies, people who are mostly convinced show up to offer support. McCain and Obama are mostly addressing their people.



Other than to encourage the already faithful to give in a few more dollars, I don't see the point of being concerned with any such rally.



Some candidates go so far as to invite only their faithful, doing their best to omit any real worry about being hit with a tough question.
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Contra Krugman: President Obama Won't be Another Clinton or another Reagan -- He Won't be Another Anybody

About Barack Obama
WATCH OUT ! The waters are aswarm with pundits and opinions.



All of these comments from Krugman et al are opinions. Each has it's value even if not always factual. They do encourage people to think. ( Ouch, what's that pain in my head? )



While I am disappointed by Omaba's abandonment, so far, of his promise to fight to remove immunity for telcos from the FISA bill, I still support him as being head and shoulders above McCain in over-all trustworthiness as a president.



Never forget everyone's right to express their opinions even if you don't agree. So far neither Congress nor Bush has proposed limiting our opinions to state sanctioned versions. But if they get away with allowing illegal wire taps, can the first amendment be far behind?
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History is Made: New GI Bill Signed into Law

About Iraq War
I love it when Bush is forced to do something right for a change. Too bad Congress did not force him to do more things right in the past.



At least each gets one vote in their favor. Now if Congress would just impeach Bush they could go to sleep with a clear conscience for once.
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Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers

About Barack Obama
Today I posted this letter by fax to my Florida Senators and to Mr. Obama.



http://www.reelectnoone.com/no_immunity.php ( it would not fit here )



The main reason Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain need to stop immunity has nothing to do with their campaign for president.



Right now neither of them are president, however both of them are sitting Senators. Both of these senators need to stand up and state, not as candidates but as current senators, that they believe in and will stand up for the Rule of Law in this nation. The issue is the same, it is illegal to wiretap without a warrant. The FISA bill does not change that fact, it just says we know it's illegal but we will look the other way while you ( Bush and Telcos ) violate our constitutional protections and disrespect every American's rights to privacy.



As senators they both took an oath of office to uphold our Constitution. To deliberately allow Bush and others to break the law and violate the constitution is a violation of their oaths. If they don't respect the oath they ALREADY took to become senators, why would we believe either of them when they swear an oath again as president?



Being a candidate for president does not confer upon either of them the option of ignoring their present oaths of office to vote to allow the breaking of our laws in defiance of our Constitution.
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