"I do not blame those determined to control, but those so eager to submit" -Thucydides

You guys probably found this by now (but not where ya oughtta):

The 60-28 roll call by which the Senate voted to temporarily give President Bush expanded authority to eavesdrop on foreign terrorists without court warrants.

On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to give Bush that authority and a "no" vote was a vote to deny him that authority.

Voting "yes" were 16 Democrats, 43 Republicans and 1 independent.

Voting "no" were 27 Democrats, 0 Republicans and 1 independent.

Alabama

Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.

Alaska Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.

Arizona

Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Not Voting.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.

California

Boxer (D) Not Voting; Feinstein (D) Yes.

Colorado

Allard (R) Yes; Salazar (D) Yes.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (I) Yes.

Delaware

Biden (D) No; Carper (D) Yes.

Florida

Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) No; Inouye (D) Yes.

Idaho

Craig (R) Yes; Crapo (R) Yes.

Illinois

Durbin (D) No; Obama (D) No.

Indiana

Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Not Voting.

Iowa

Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Not Voting.

Kansas

Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) Not Voting; McConnell (R) Yes.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) Yes.

Maine

Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.

Maryland

Cardin (D) No; Mikulski (D) Yes.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) Not Voting.

Michigan

Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) No.

Minnesota

Coleman (R) Yes; Klobuchar (D) Yes.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) Not Voting.

Missouri

Bond (R) Yes; McCaskill (D) Yes.

Montana

Baucus (D) No; Tester (D) No.

Nebraska

Hagel (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Nevada

Ensign (R) Yes; Reid (D) No.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) Not Voting; Sununu (R) Yes.

New Jersey

Lautenberg (D) No; Menendez (D) No.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) No; Domenici (R) Yes.

New York

Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No.

North Carolina

Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) Yes.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Not Voting.

Ohio

Brown (D) No; Voinovich (R) Yes.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.

Oregon

Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.

Pennsylvania

Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.

Rhode Island

Reed (D) No; Whitehouse (D) No.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) Yes.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) Not Voting; Thune (R) Yes.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) Not Voting; Corker (R) Yes.

Texas

Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.

Utah

Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.

Vermont

Leahy (D) No; Sanders (I) No.

Virginia

Warner (R) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.

Washington

Cantwell (D) No; Murray (D) Not Voting.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) No; Rockefeller (D) No.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) No.

Wyoming

Barrasso (R) Yes; Enzi (R) Yes.

Since when do we have to rely on non reliable and an unaccountable news media outlet to do what our tax dollars pay for?

A nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves.

So long as so much of the public buys the "if you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about" line then pretty much anything will go.

The sad fact is that fascism is an appealing philosophy. Silence and complacency are much easier than protest and activism, sophistry easier than logical argument.

If the public is willing to give up their rights, then the government will be happy to take them.

"I do not blame those determined to control, but those so eager to submit" Thucydides (oft quoted on antiwar.com)

Also, not a moment to soon, Bush Signs Law Widening Reach for Wiretapping

Congressional aides and others familiar with the details of the law said that its impact went far beyond the small fixes that administration officials had said were needed to gather information about foreign terrorists. They said seemingly subtle changes in legislative language would sharply alter the legal limits on the government’s ability to monitor millions of phone calls and e-mail messages going in and out of the United States.

They also said that the new law for the first time provided a legal framework for much of the surveillance without warrants that was being conducted in secret by the National Security Agency and outside the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the 1978 law that is supposed to regulate the way the government can listen to the private communications of American citizens.

“This more or less legalizes the N.S.A. program,” said Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies in Washington, who has studied the new legislation.
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The law also gave the administration greater power to force telecommunications companies to cooperate with such spying operations. The companies can now be compelled to cooperate by orders from the attorney general and the director of national intelligence.

Democratic Congressional aides said Sunday that some telecommunications company officials had told Congressional leaders that they were unhappy with that provision in the bill and might challenge the new law in court. The aides said the telecommunications companies had told lawmakers that they would rather have a court-approved warrant ordering them to comply.*

In fact, pressure from the telecommunications companies on the Bush administration has apparently played a major hidden role in the political battle over the surveillance issue over the past few months.
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*hahahahahahah...