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SPECIAL COMMENT by Keith Olbermann: Bush Puts Telecoms Ahead Of American Citizens

February 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Constitution, Mukasey, News, Politics

Pres. Bush demands a law which would clear phone giants from responsibility for government’s unjustified and illegal spying on Americans

If you like Keith Olberman you will like his latest Special Comment

In a Presidency of hypocrisy; an Administration of exploitation; a labyrinth of leadership, in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma hidden under a claim of executive privilege supervised by an idiot, this one, is surprisingly easy.
President Bush has put protecting the Telecom giants from the laws ahead of protecting you from the terrorists.
It’s bad enough, Sir, that you are demanding an ex post facto law which would clear the phone giants from responsibility for their systematic, aggressive, and blatant collaboration with your illegal and unjustified spying on Americans, under the flimsy guise of looking for any terrorists stupid enough to make a collect call or send a mass e-mail.
If you, Sir, are asking Congress, and us, to join you in this shameless, breathless, literal, textbook example of fascism; the merged efforts of government and corporations who answer to no government, you still don’t have the guts to even say the telecom companies did assist you, in your efforts?

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2 Comments so far ↓

  • KAK

    Bushes head on a platter, Anyone?

  • Edgy

    The sad thing about this latest post is that this guy wouldn’t have a problem if Democrats did the very same thing, as is true in most of the arguments he makes. Differ from your own party’s nonsense once in a while and you might have an ounce of credibility.


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