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The 4th Amendment and your representative...

Sun Aug 05, 2007 at 09:16:04 AM PDT

What now?
I haven't been active in contacting my Representatives lately; I'm glad that Washington State has its hands clean regarding FISA but I admit that I can't take the credit.
But what now to do with your Representative? And what to do with all of these now-useless copies of 4A sitting around?
...

Grab your copies of the 4th Amendment. You won't be needing them for at least the next 6 months.
Tear them in half, then into quarters.

Grab some envelopes and stamps and address them to your Representatives and Senators. Include anyone else in The Hierarchy whom you would like to acknowledge (DLC)(DNC).

If your Representative is in Meteor Blades' list on the front page, write THANKS FOR NOTHING on the 4A quarters.
Include a printout of a Voter Registration Form with the party affiliation conveniently changed to Republican - your Representative is busy and may miss this important step.
Feel free to add any other personal note that feels appropriate, such as
"Please refund the money I wasted on your most recent electoral campaign"
"Good luck with your next primary - you'll need it."
A picture of a DINO. (Dino?)
I could go on but you get the picture and I'm getting a headache.
Put your correspondence in the envelope and resist the urge to spit disgustedly instead of licking - it's not the envelope or stamp's fault.

If your Representative is NOT on The List, enclose your quartered 4A and a note that says "Thank you for voting against this. In 6 months, I expect you to take the same position, or else I'll be working against you in the next primary." Seal and mail.

Tags: FISA, Democrats, Constitution, DINO, DLC, capitulation, primaries, Blue Dogs (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

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  •  you may have a good idea....however, (1+ / 0-)

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    whenwego

    with the new FISA "rules"....ALL of those letters could be "intercepted/checked/trashed" if Bonzo/Gonzo decided they could be a "terra" threat....

    Gimme an "O", gimme a "B"...oh hell, just gimme some "OFFENSE"....

    by left my heart on Sun Aug 05, 2007 at 09:12:57 AM PDT

  •  The Constitution (1+ / 0-)

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    neroden

    is objectively pro-terrorism.

    Despite agreeing with Orin Kerr on the inapplicability of the 4A to most FISA controversies, the current legislation / practice does seem to step over the line.  I'm also not the type to renounce my (D) affiliation anytime the Congress bows to what it sees as political expediency (being a R/realist in all things), but unless they're cooking up some good legislation to have ready 6 months hence at the sunsetting of this awful law, I may have to ditch DKos for want of ability to support democratic candidates.

    •  Ahhhhh.... (2+ / 0-)

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      burrow owl, neroden

      Unfortunately we have to go to the Restoration with the party we've got, not the party we want. At the Federal level, we only have reds and blues as choices that are going anywhere in the short-to-medium run.
      With that as a given, what better can we do than keep adding our own momentum with every political act we make, to keep the Democrats moving forward (and honest), and to sweep the path clear between the Republicans and the cliff that Dubya's leading them toward?
      Patience, wannabe revolutionaries... think of your struggle on a Nelson Mandela timescale!

  •  Let's take a closer look at the DINOs to see (0+ / 0-)

    just what they have in common.

    Of the 41 House Democrats who voted to roll over on the eavesdropping amendment that the White House demanded be added to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 30 were Blue Dogs. The bill, Orwellianly named the Protect America Act, passed 227-183, with 181 Democrats and two Republicans opposed.

    These are the House Dems who ... failed us. Who failed our country.

    Jason Altmire (4th Pennsylvania)
    John Barrow (12th Georgia) Blue Dog
    Melissa Bean (8th Illinois) Blue Dog
    Dan Boren (2nd Oklahoma) Blue Dog
    Leonard Boswell (3rd Iowa)
    Allen Boyd (2nd Florida) Blue Dog
    Christopher Carney (10th Pennsylvania) Blue Dog
    Ben Chandler (6th Kentucky) Blue Dog
    Rep. Jim Cooper (5th Tennessee) Blue Dog
    Jim Costa (20th California) Blue Dog
    Bud Cramer (5th Alabama) Blue Dog
    Henry Cuellar (28th Texas)
    Artur Davis (7th Alabama)
    Lincoln Davis (4th Tennessee) Blue Dog
    Joe Donnelly (2nd Indiana) Blue Dog
    Chet Edwards (17th Texas)
    Brad Ellsworth (8th Indiana) Blue Dog
    Bob Etheridge (North Carolina)
    Bart Gordon (6th Tennessee) Blue Dog
    Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota) Blue Dog
    Brian Higgins (27th New York)
    Baron Hill (9th Indiana) Blue Dog
    Nick Lampson (23rd Texas) Blue Dog
    Daniel Lipinski (3rd Illinois)
    Jim Marshall (8th Georgia) Blue Dog
    Jim Matheson (2nd Utah) Blue Dog
    Mike McIntyre (7th North Carolina) Blue Dog
    Charlie Melancon (3rd Louisiana) Blue Dog
    Harry Mitchell (5th Arizona)
    Colin Peterson (7th Minnesota) Blue Dog
    Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota) Blue Dog
    Ciro Rodriguez (23rd Texas) Blue Dog
    Mike Ross (4th Arkansas) Blue Dog
    John Salazar (3rd Colorado) Blue Dog
    Heath Shuler (11th North Carolina) Blue Dog
    Vic Snyder (2nd Arkansas)
    Zachary Space (18th Ohio) Blue Dog
    John Tanner (8th Tennessee) Blue Dog
    Gene Taylor (4th Mississippi) Blue Dog
    Timothy Walz (1st Minnesota)
    Charles A. Wilson (6th Ohio) Blue Dog


    source

    ...And according to Zodiak Ironfist over at Democratic Underground, the following are Dems who capitulated in the Senate to grant Gonzo the power to tap your cellphone and read your email without a warrant...

    Lincoln (D) - DLC
    Pryor (D) - DLC
    Feinstein (D) - DLC
    Salazar (D) - DLC
    Carper (D) - DLC
    Nelson (D) - DLC
    Inouye (D) - DLC
    Bayh (D) - DLC
    Landrieu (D) - DLC
    Mikulski (D)
    Klobuchar (D) - new senator DSCC's chosen candidate.
    McCaskill (D) - new senator Vice-chair of the Third Way
    Nelson (D) - DLC
    Conrad (D) - DLC
    Casey (D) - new senator DSCC chosen candidate
    Webb (D) - new senator DSSC chose candidate

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