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Showing posts with label retroactive immunity for telecoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retroactive immunity for telecoms. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

thank you thank you thank you

for ripping up and spitting on our constitution. for destroying our rights. for initiating the destruction of our country. does THAT sound right to you? it sure doesn't to me

i want my constitution back. i want our rights back. I WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK
Bush Says Americans Should "Thank" the Telecoms for Illegally Spying on Them
Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
The Bush administration has launched an aggressive campaign to pressure the House into passing retroactive immunity for telecoms that participated in the government's warrantless wiretapping program.
Because they complied in illegally wiretapping their customers, telecoms currently face around
40 lawsuits. Yesterday in a speech to the National Association of Attorneys General, Bush sharply criticized Americans who are suing the telecoms:
Now the question is, should these lawsuits be allowed to proceed, or should any company that may have helped save American lives be thanked for performing a patriotic service; should those who stepped forward to say we're going to help defend America have to go to the courthouse to defend themselves, or should the Congress and the President say thank you for doing your patriotic duty? I believe we ought to say thank you.
Bush is implying that Americans who oppose telecom immunity are unpatriotic. But the American people don't owe the telecoms any gratitude. These corporations chose to break the law and profited greatly from doing so. (At least one company
refused to comply with the Bush administration's request because it knew the actions were illegal.).........