Balls and Walnuts
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Your evening armchair activism
People for the American Way has an instafax set up to mail the following to your Senators and Representative:
I believe your oath of office, to protect the Constitution, compels you take seriously possible violations of the 4th Amendment and congressional laws by the executive branch, through its program to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens using the NSA, and possibly other agencies.
That is why I expect you to refuse to support current efforts to pass legislation that would rubber stamp these programs and legalize warrantless surveillance by the executive branch.
Sincerely,
If you would like to join in, go to PFAW’s No Rubber Stamp page. If you think this is a worthwhile endeavour and not a circle jerk, post this stuff on your blog, too.
Honestly, I’m not sure any of this does any good. Oregon’s Republican Senator, Gordon Smith, always responds to my letters with a scarcely diluted version of the Administration’s latest talking points. He gets away with this in a state that is so left, Stephen Colbert thinks we’re part of Canada. Although . . . wait a sec. You Canucks aren’t as left as you used to be. We’re even lefter than you!
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Yeah, we elected a Conservative minority government with a thinner lead than the previous Liberal minority government. All the smart money’s on another election inside of 18 months, though, and who knows what will happen then?
Also, please note that Conservative up here is a party name, as is Liberal. The Liberals are right around the center line, and the Conservatives are right of the Liberals, and the NDP are to the left, and the Bloc Québécois just want to have their own damn country, but somehow they’re a federal party. It’s weird. But you learn to deal with it.