Okay then.
This morning, I called Sen. Smith's office and asked if he had changed his mind about supporting the FISA amendments. I was told by his staffer that he was prepared to vote yes on the bill. I informed him that if Sen. Smith voted this way, I would make it my life's work to see that come this January, he'd be looking for a job in the private sector. I, of course added a reminder that he was polling below fifty percent. And I also let him know that I have both a blog and a web show that I distribute on YouTube, MySpace and Funny or Die and that I have begun posting episodes on Daily Kos.
Sen. Smith voted for against all three amendments.
Perhaps mentioning Funny or Die undercut the seriousness of my threat.
No matter. This afternoon, I contacted Jeff Merkey's folks through his website with an eye for working on his campaign. Given that I work nights and tend to sleep during the day, my schedule is limited. But damn it, I gotta due something.
And needless to say, FISA is topic on on this week's show which I should have written by tonight.
On the plus side, word on the streets is that Dennis Kucinich is pushing for impeachment again this week.
(H/T Bill Tchakirides.) And we need to have his back. Which means I have to call Rep. Walden tomorrow and ask him to Back Kucinich.
Considering he's had his nose so far up Bush's ass he thinks the sky is brown, it'll be like yelling in a wind tunnel. But damn it I got to do something.
In the meantime, here are the two most recent episode of "News from the Front"
In this episode, I talk about the five questions that John Conyers asked Code Pink to answer a few weeks back. I also name check a kossack named marktheshark from who's dairy I found the questions from in the first pace.
In this episode, we discussed FISA and the Iran blockade bill.
And there's a delay in the McClellan/Yoo/Addington episode because I'm still collating date. But it will come.
Once again, thank for the kind words about my last diary.