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		<title>By: SilentPatriot</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616927</link>
		<dc:creator>SilentPatriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Don’t forget the most underreported aspect of the entire story. Back in February 2006, when he signed into law the renewal of the Patriot Act, Bush &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/&quot;&gt;issued a signing statement&lt;/a&gt; that said he didn’t feel compelled to abide by the Congressional oversight provisions that were crucial to the bill being past in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In other words, the FBI was recently caught violating the very rules President Bush said he didn’t feel he had to follow. Greenwald has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/09/fbi/index.html&quot;&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don’t forget the most underreported aspect of the entire story. Back in February 2006, when he signed into law the renewal of the Patriot Act, Bush <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/">issued a signing statement</a> that said he didn’t feel compelled to abide by the Congressional oversight provisions that were crucial to the bill being past in the first place.</p>
<p>In other words, the FBI was recently caught violating the very rules President Bush said he didn’t feel he had to follow. Greenwald has <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/09/fbi/index.html">more</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; Senate Launches First Major Effort To Rein In Use Of National Security Letters</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616830</link>
		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; Senate Launches First Major Effort To Rein In Use Of National Security Letters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[…] UPDATE: More at FireDogLake. […]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: LSK</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616802</link>
		<dc:creator>LSK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I put a link up on DU to this hearing, hope some folks will follow it there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=389x626776&quot;&gt;DU link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I put a link up on DU to this hearing, hope some folks will follow it there.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=389x626776">DU link</a></p>
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		<title>By: raven</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616787</link>
		<dc:creator>raven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616782&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;debit @ 146 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616747&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mommybrain @ 143 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LOL.  No.  Regan was elected when his life was in a bit of turmoil (unruly teenagers -including me-, uncertain job prospects, the suicide of his father) and I think he wanted the comfort and security of the moral absolutes Regan and his party promised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt; The 60’s scared the shit out of a lot of people. It’s one reason I never had any kids.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-616782"><em>debit @ 146 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-616747"><em>Mommybrain @ 143 </em></a></p>
<p>LOL.  No.  Regan was elected when his life was in a bit of turmoil (unruly teenagers -including me-, uncertain job prospects, the suicide of his father) and I think he wanted the comfort and security of the moral absolutes Regan and his party promised.</p>
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<p> The 60’s scared the shit out of a lot of people. It’s one reason I never had any kids.</p>
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		<title>By: debit</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616782</link>
		<dc:creator>debit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616747&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mommybrain @ 143 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LOL.  No.  Regan was elected when his life was in a bit of turmoil (unruly teenagers -including me-, uncertain job prospects, the suicide of his father) and I think he wanted the comfort and security of the moral absolutes Regan and his party promised.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-616747"><em>Mommybrain @ 143 </em></a></p>
<p>LOL.  No.  Regan was elected when his life was in a bit of turmoil (unruly teenagers -including me-, uncertain job prospects, the suicide of his father) and I think he wanted the comfort and security of the moral absolutes Regan and his party promised.</p>
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		<title>By: Mandrake</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616776</link>
		<dc:creator>Mandrake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616728&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;conniptionfit @ 140 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616701&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;debit @                134              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Peterr @ 100, heh.  I knew something of the sort couldn’t be too far off when my father glumly said (over Easter) he’d been abandoned by his party and his president.  “He’s not the man I voted for.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I bit my lip and did not bring up the times he screamed at me for daring to question Bush’s wisdom.&lt;br /&gt;
————&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, I’m in the same kind of place with my Dad. ‘cept, he’s angry at Bush, so he won’t talk to ME.  It’s like he’s blaming me for Bush’s failure to live up to his expectations.  And I have never once even hinted at “Told ya so!”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dang, if that were me, I’d have a scar where my lower lip used to be!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-616728"><em>conniptionfit @ 140 </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-616701"><em>debit @                134              </em></a><br />
Peterr @ 100, heh.  I knew something of the sort couldn’t be too far off when my father glumly said (over Easter) he’d been abandoned by his party and his president.  “He’s not the man I voted for.”</p>
<p>I bit my lip and did not bring up the times he screamed at me for daring to question Bush’s wisdom.<br />
————<br />
Yeah, I’m in the same kind of place with my Dad. ‘cept, he’s angry at Bush, so he won’t talk to ME.  It’s like he’s blaming me for Bush’s failure to live up to his expectations.  And I have never once even hinted at “Told ya so!”</p>
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<p>Dang, if that were me, I’d have a scar where my lower lip used to be!</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Schacht</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616762</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schacht</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616551&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Peterr @&lt;br /&gt;
                11              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the hearing announcement website, it lists Bob Barr as a former member of Congress and also “Chairman, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.checksbalances.org/&quot;&gt;Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances&lt;/a&gt;.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just been poking around that site a little bit, and it looks pretty good. Who could have anticipated that the Bob Barr of old would now be joining forces with folks like the ACLU?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And Al Gore– in his January 2006 speech at Constitution Hall.&lt;br /&gt;
Bob in HI&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-616551"><em>Peterr @<br />
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<blockquote><p>On the hearing announcement website, it lists Bob Barr as a former member of Congress and also “Chairman, <a href="http://www.checksbalances.org/">Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances</a>.”</p>
<p>Just been poking around that site a little bit, and it looks pretty good. Who could have anticipated that the Bob Barr of old would now be joining forces with folks like the ACLU?</p>
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<p>And Al Gore– in his January 2006 speech at Constitution Hall.<br />
Bob in HI</p>
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		<title>By: Mommybrain</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616747</link>
		<dc:creator>Mommybrain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616740&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;debit @&lt;br /&gt;
                142              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;conniptionfit @ 140&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What kills me is that my dad used to be as close to being a hippy as you can get without actually smoking pot.  He wanted to build a dome house, he read Mother Earth News, he was a nut for recycling.  Then along came the 80’s and he fell in love with Regan and after him Georgie and…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Needless to say, he’s a different man.  But, baby steps.  Maybe he’ll see his way back to the side of the light.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Was he mugged?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-616740"><em>debit @<br />
                142              </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>conniptionfit @ 140</p>
<p>What kills me is that my dad used to be as close to being a hippy as you can get without actually smoking pot.  He wanted to build a dome house, he read Mother Earth News, he was a nut for recycling.  Then along came the 80’s and he fell in love with Regan and after him Georgie and…</p>
<p>Needless to say, he’s a different man.  But, baby steps.  Maybe he’ll see his way back to the side of the light.</p>
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<p>Was he mugged?</p>
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		<title>By: debit</title>
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		<dc:creator>debit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;conniptionfit @ 140&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What kills me is that my dad used to be as close to being a hippy as you can get without actually smoking pot.  He wanted to build a dome house, he read Mother Earth News, he was a nut for recycling.  Then along came the 80’s and he fell in love with Regan and after him Georgie and…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Needless to say, he’s a different man.  But, baby steps.  Maybe he’ll see his way back to the side of the light.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>conniptionfit @ 140</p>
<p>What kills me is that my dad used to be as close to being a hippy as you can get without actually smoking pot.  He wanted to build a dome house, he read Mother Earth News, he was a nut for recycling.  Then along came the 80’s and he fell in love with Regan and after him Georgie and…</p>
<p>Needless to say, he’s a different man.  But, baby steps.  Maybe he’ll see his way back to the side of the light.</p>
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		<title>By: newspaperbrat</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/11/secure-the-blessings-of-liberty/#comment-616732</link>
		<dc:creator>newspaperbrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-616623&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gnome de Plume @              63              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;So it would be Gnome de Blume?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;  You are as bad as Punaise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NOTHING gets by the eagle eyes and wit of punaise or egregious!  ;~)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<blockquote><blockquote>So it would be Gnome de Blume?</p></blockquote>
<p>  You are as bad as Punaise.</p>
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<p>NOTHING gets by the eagle eyes and wit of punaise or egregious!  ;~)</p>
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