Thank you dear Ted for voting against FISA Amendment

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

Ted Kennedy attacks retroactive immunity for Telecoms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiFKIwffAGs

I will miss your clear voice.

[Lorax7844]

1. good one

k&R

[TexasObserver]

2. Recommend

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. Shameless kick. A must view. This is one of Ted's final

passionate pleas for justice.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. ...

[mdmc]

4. God Bless!

:)

[Dappleganger]

5. The Real Deal Democrat

He will most definitely be missed!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. Ted is the Democratic Party that I grew up and so sad so many in the party morphed

into Republican Light.

[fascisthunter]

8. Indeed...

[upi402]

6. Ted was one of the last defenders of democracy

There are few left. Very sad. Our Bill of Rights is less secure now. I hope the right will get sued by the law of unintended consequences.

[G_j]

10. Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping

Roll call:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll437.xml
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Wednesday July 9, 2008 14:11 EDT

Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping
(updated below - Update II)

The Democratic-led Congress this afternoon voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal, as the Senate approved a bill -- approved last week by the House -- to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminate all pending lawsuits against them, and vest whole new warrantless eavesdropping powers in the President. The vote in favor of the new FISA bill was 69-28. Barack Obama joined every Senate Republican (and every House Republican other than one) by voting in favor of it, while his now-vanquished primary rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, voted against it. John McCain wasn't present for any of the votes, but shared Obama's support for the bill. The bill will now be sent to an extremely happy George Bush, who already announced that he enthusiastically supports it, and he will sign it into law very shortly.

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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/09/fisa_vote/