Did You Know - Democrats Sold Us Out

I'm downright angry at the Democratic party for not sticking to their guns over the recent wiretapping bill that was approved in both the house and Senate. It's going to cost them, at the very least, my next donation.

A new law passed in haste by Congress over the weekend and signed into law by President Bush on Sunday expands the government’s ability to spy on the phone calls and e-mails of US citizens -- no warrants required: 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

From Boing Boing.

Did You Know - Save the Iraqis

If it were'nt so tragic, this would make me laugh. The Iraqi's have done virtually nothing to try to bring peace to their own country, but some high ranking muckety-muck thinks it would be OUR fault if things fall apart when we pull our troops out.

Iraq’s Foreign Minister gave warning yesterday that a hasty US withdrawal could plunge the country into full-scale civil war and ultimate collapse, just as President Bush faces mounting domestic pressure to pull out.

Amid a growing Republican rebellion over the President’s “surge” strategy and intensifying pressure from Congress for a troop withdrawal, Hoshyar Zebari said that the US had to stay the course or face catastrophic consequences. He was responding to reports that the White House was discussing the possibility of announcing a gradual withdrawal of troops from Baghdad before September’s pivotal progress report. The aim would be to halt Republican defections before General David Petraeus, the US ground commander, reports to Congress.

From TimesOnline.