In as much as this author firmly believes that to elect a DEMOCRAT is STILL a superior choice to the "Alternative", the dem's leadership would seem to be letting the golden opportunities that the American Voter has afforded them to INFLUENCE "Corrective Changes" and began the long and difficult effort to RESTORE American Rights and Civil Liberties to it's loyal citizens SLIP AWAY INTO THE SUNSET!

SOMETHING has started to really start looking like "Things are VERY un-kosher in Dodge City": Are the Democrats still living in so much FEAR of the Neo-Cons as to choosing ONLY to "Fight the FIGHTS" that are ASSURED VICTORIES?

Ever since a new Congress got elected last November, we’ve been waiting for it to end the violations of the Constitution and lawless behavior of the Bush administration.

It would SEEM that instead of approaching the badly needed defense, protection, restoration of our freedoms from the on-slot of New-Conservative attack, they actually handed the Bush administration vast new powers to invade our privacy with no meaningful oversight from the courts or Congress.

Why did Congress cower to George Bush? Fear not of terrorists -- but of being labeled "soft on terrorism."

It’s EXTREMELY MISGUIDED "Long-term" STRATEGY to ONLY fight the fights that are GUARANTEED "Wins"!!! When our leaders behave like sheep, their constituents need to become PROACTIVE by letting them know it.

The DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP needs to realize (that is assuming that they AREN'T currently acting with the knowledge of fore-though and CAVE without as much as a whimper) that it is SOMETIMES smart to FORCE the other side to PUBLICLY CRUSH "Legislation", or even exercise VETO and thereby show the Voter (once again) that there IS a difference between the two major parties agendas!

It’s bad enough that our congressional leadersundefinedhave caved in to Bush fear-mongeringundefinedWARRANTLESS SPYING PROGRAMundefined

I still don't know what it means other than GWB and his cabinett and circle of advisors. People throw the term around like the term is well defined and has meaning. It has neither.

You are either conservative or you aren't many Republicans are conservative and quite a few are not. Some Democrats are conservative most are not.

This neo-con stuff is just smoke and mirrors nothing more!

Neo-Con: (N) AKA "A New Conservative"... An individual operating under the "Disguise" of an actual conservative of "Yester-year" with one very definable difference. There is NO embracing to genuine and defined "Conservative Values" aside from that which maintains the "Disguise" (See acronyms "Irresponsible" ; "Over Bearing" ; "Lack of Values" ; "Power Hungry" ; "Greedy" ; "Neo-Nazi" ; ect.) [Exists ONLY under the support conditions favorable to "Fright" &/or "Low IQ"]

I can see your attempt at lib humor here. I can see it coming straight from Al Franken's mouth but it still does not give and real meaning or definition to the term.

Post Script / Footnote => "Neo-Con Supporters" are usually easily identifiable as a direct functionally under-informed group that lives is a self-styled environment of "Continuous Denial" of proven & repeating history & unbias facts. News, &/or reality on a whole. [Refer to "Fan" of FOX Network Programming]

rights. Who are these 'turkeys' we elect to Congress that

convince the grass smoking 'dopers' (DEMs) and religious 'kool aide' drinkers (REPs) that

'taking anything' from me is 'giving me something'?

Hate to stereotype DEMs and REPs like that, but it is a

'good start' on how to evaluate these turkeys that want to

'lead us'. How about some 'intellects' instead? You know,

those that read more than the 'BOOK' and don't smoke or

take dope to 'feel something'.

I'm in 100% AGREEMENT!

The point IS especially evident as it may apply to the US Senate! ALL but possibly 4 members of the Senate in fact DO NOT deserve re-election BASED UPON their consistently voting to ATTACK "Civil Liberties" as well as "Constitutional Rights"!

The VOTER would be WISE (on the other hand) to start this badly needed "House Cleaning" by FIRST moving to address the "Worse" of the TWO major INFECTIONS (Rep's)... After this is brought once again into control, THEN "Finish-up" with TAKING OUT THE REST of the "Trash".

Get involved in your party and demand they offer better choices than they have. Or just go on bitchin'.

and for you to 'like it' seems to live on with the 'Congresses' of

Momists and Dadists who want to treat you like their

children. Out with them. Get some 'intellects' in there even

though the American worker does not know what an

'intellectual' is. Thought lawyers could be inteleccts, but they

just turned out to be self-serving sophists.

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• It’s EXTREMELY MISGUIDED "Long-term" STRATEGY to ONLY fight the fights that are GUARANTEED "Wins"!!! When our leaders behave like sheep, their constituents need to become PROACTIVE by letting them know it.

in a Whore House that they ought to change their professions,

especially when there is a demand for the services. The

Liberterian Party was some hope, but seem to be geared to

thinking laced with dope. Hey that rhymes.

Revisiting something that I've previously posted...

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WHY AMERICANS LOST FREEDOM =>

YOU keep electing and reelecting the very people that want to TAKE IT AWAY from you!!! (USAPA-II and NOW the SPECTOR-CHENEY-NSA BILL). It's an every day example of the tendencies of Washington Politicians (REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS a few Democrats, amazingly enough) to fall into the belief that "THEY know better" about what's GOOD for you then "YOU" do.

Is it NOT "More Accurate" to say that "MOST Career Politicians" are of the belief that the American Public is far to DUMB to be entrusted with the custodianship of their own "Freedoms" and therefor they (The American PEOPLE) must be "Protected" from THEMSELVES by a NEVER ENDING AVALANCHE of NEW & more RESTRICTIVE "Laws" before they end-up hurting THEMSELVES or others ("Protected By" those same "Politicians" ; for as much as that creature is in fact a "Corruption Magnet" him [or her] self & actually for-the-most-part end-up catering to SPECIAL INTERESTS well before considering what’s actually in the better interests OF the public?)

Stupidity is a choice, and as much as "Choice" relates to most Neo-Con Supporters... we suffer the results multiple times every day.

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>>Only one of the 1,000 adults polled in the telephone survey could name all five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. Yet more than one in five (22 percent) could identify all five major characters in "The Simpson’s" cartoon family.

Similarly, only 8 people in 100 could name at least three First Amendment freedoms. Four in 10 surveyed (40 percent) could name two of the three judges on the star-making show "American Idol," and one in four (25 percent) could name all three.

"These survey results clearly demonstrate that many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy," Dave Anderson, the Chicago museum's executive director, said in a written statement.

Survey respondents wrongly said that the First Amendment guarantees rights to own and raise pets (21 percent), to drive (20 percent) and of women to vote (36 percent). The first two are not rights at all, and women's suffrage was not enshrined in the Constitution until ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.<<

the illusion that a bunch of sophist lawyers are going to

hoodwinck the 'public' with their 'legal blabber' while the

mail order minstries be-fuddle them with 'bible blabber'.

The only hope is that people still agree (by inspection) that

a flat tire is a tire with no air in it and the rim is close to

the pavement. Although the 'bible blabber' crowd might

ask you to 'believe' that they can pump the tire up with the

'power of prayer' and fight the Law of Diffusion.

Yet another "Previous Posting" of mine that might apply to this topic =>

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SORRY America! YOU CAN'T CALL them "Rights" any more, when your government votes into law the "Individual & Arbitrary DENIAL" of those, WITHOUT THE NEED for due process or constitutional change. (In honor of the passage of USAPA-2, maybe you should think of renaming them "Hopeful Suggestions" or "Requests for Mercy"?)

AKA: YOUR "Civil Rights" can and DO now disappear "ON DEMAND" of an individual or organization that you don’t know, will NEVER know, and will NEVER meet, unless of course your being incarcerated &/or personally interrogated by their low-level representatives.

WORRY NOT, Neo-Bots!!! Your elected leaders will give ALL OF AMERICA their VERY OWN CHANCE to find out EXACTLY what it is REALLY LIKE to "BE BLACK"!!!

WHO WERE these law makers that VOTED for this abomination upon your national freedoms and civil rights, anyway??? OH! YOU probably VOTED most of them into office! (As you will most probably do again without as much as an effort to discover who ACTUALLY stuck it to you)

WHO WAS IT that voted to DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS???

The ONLY "Incumbent Senators" deserving reelection for protecting your First Amendment and Civil Rights from the Neo-Con USAPA-II =>

Byrd (D-WV)

Feingold (D-WI)

Harkin (D-IA)

Jeffords (I-VT)

"Senate Special Mention Award for Cheeseing-out" in the face of controversy & Neo-Con Pressure:

Inouye (D-HI), Not Voting

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...BUT there would seem to be MANY MORE "REAL Patriots" in the House of Representatives...

138 PATRIOTS to be exact. (124 of which were DEMOCRATS!!!)

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You must be an intellect, instead of a DEM 'peace babbler' or

REP 'bible babbler'. Hard to choose what language to speak

when building the Tower of Babble.