Comments on: The NSA Bill Is Introduced

By: dmac

dmac — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:36:03 +0000

I believe that’s the ShakeShakeSenora/Banana Boat/BushTerrorist/RiceHouseSlave/CheneyEvilDarkLord Song, Part Deux.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:38:53 +0000

The Four Horsemen of the Constitutional Apocalypse – isn’t that the name of the new Harry Belafonte album?…

By: Tom Maguire

Tom Maguire — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:26:59 +0000

I would have said that Snowe and HAgel are two of the left’s favorite mioderates and mavericks – I’m just disappointed the Lincon Chafee didn’t join in.

Georgia10 at DKOS has a great lead, BTW:

Meet the four horsemen of the Constitutional apocalypse: Republican Senators Mike DeWine, Olympia Snowe, Lindsey Graham, and Chuck Hagel. “Apocalypse, what hyperbole!” you say. But how else to label the fact that these four Senators will bring to the Senate a billowing white flag of surrender, and a crown for their King?

A billowing white flag and a crown for their King – poetry. Whatever happened to “On your feet or on your knees”?

By: Ryan Bonneville

Ryan Bonneville — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:55:15 +0000

It’s amazing how little credit Snowe and Hagel get, because I’m pretty sure the entire point of this bill is to job the Democrats. It essentially changes nothing, but it’s a “compromise”. Brilliant.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:11:46 +0000

With an option on a step 3…

By: Fargus

Fargus — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:47:16 +0000

So the bill proposes this, essentially:

1) They can do whatever they want for 45 days.
2) If they say they really need to, really nicely, they can do whatever they want for another 45 days.