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Tell Congress to Make Our Rights a Priority
Target: US CongressSponsored by: American Civil Liberties Union
In recent years, our personal liberties have suffered at the hands of the Bush administration and a Congress that has been afraid to stand up to the administration. As a new Congress begins, its time to set a new course for liberty and freedom.
Now that Congress has settled in after completing its "100 Hours Agenda," we must make it clear that we expect them to address issues critical to freedom-loving people. The important issues that must be addressed are:
Now that Congress has settled in after completing its "100 Hours Agenda," we must make it clear that we expect them to address issues critical to freedom-loving people. The important issues that must be addressed are:
- Restore habeas corpus and due process
- End torture in secret prisons
- Stop warrantless eavesdropping on innocent Americans
- Fix the Patriot Act and bring it in line with the Constitution
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9:01 am PDT, Apr 22,
Christine Marcelino, Philippines
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11:36 am PDT, Apr 20,
Justyna Makola, Poland
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1:10 pm PDT, Apr 13,
Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
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3:17 am PDT, Apr 12,
Can Atik, Turkey
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11:10 pm PDT, Apr 11,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Stop the dissolution of our civil rights.
Stop the dissolution of our civil rights.
# 26,708:
10:04 am PDT, Apr 11,
Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
# 26,707:
2:54 am PDT, Apr 7,
Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
# 26,706:
7:06 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Shiu M. Hung, California
None of the leading presidential candidates are calling for a complete end to the war & occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor are they supporting a Single Payer Health Care- Medicare for All (which would save $350 billion) and provide comprehensive health care security for everyone. The insurance and pharmaceutical industries have enormous power both in Washington and in state legislatures. The electoral process is also privatized, in that insurance/pharmaceutical industries pay a lot of money to campaigns. For example, the Obama campaign is exploiting the ignorance of the voters who are unaware that Obama is receiving tons of money from the very corporations that are causing the problems in the first place. According to the Center for Responsive Politics: Insurance contributions for Clinton: $525,188, for Obama: $414,863, for McCain: $274,724. ( Check out White House For Sale, Center for Public Integrity, Center for Responsive Politics- which are non-partison research organizations- for factual info. pertaining to campaign contributions.) Obama, Clinton and McCain are not pushing to slash the bloated military budget, but rather calling to relocate troops to somewhere else in the Middle East/the Caspian Region to continue the War on Terror. Obama told the Chicago Tribune in 2004: "There's not that much difference between my position and George Bush's position..." He voted to renew the Patriot Act, and did not support impeachment of Bush & Cheney. Obama has ties to the Exelon Corp., the largest operator of nuclear reactors in the US, and one of his most generous financial backers. When Exelon failed to disclose radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants, Obama tried to push through a bill in the Senate last year that required such plants to inform state and local authorities of such cases, according to the NY Times. The NY Times reported that the final proposal was a watered down version of the original legislation that "played into the hands of the nuclear power industry." Obama has gotten at least $222,000 from Exelon employees for his presidential campaign, making the company his eighth largest contributor last year. Obama in fact, received 10 times more than Republican John McCain, who brought in the second largest haul from Exelon.(See Center for Responsive Politics, capitaleye.org for more info.) People are swept up with feel good slogans and empty rhetoric which have no connection to the real world. None of the leading presidential candidates have the courage and fortitude to confront the extremely powerful lobbies. For instance, the insurance/pharmaceutical industries- primarily responsible for lack of health care. The candidates ought to be demanding a Single Payer Plan that would eliminate the tremendous administrative overhead. All three candidates should be asking for govt. mandates- not individual mandates- to provide health care for all Americans as an entitlement for life.
None of the leading presidential candidates are calling for a complete end to the war & occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor are they supporting a Single Payer Health Care- Medicare for All (which would save $350 billion) and provide comprehensive health care security for everyone. The insurance and pharmaceutical industries have enormous power both in Washington and in state legislatures. The electoral process is also privatized, in that insurance/pharmaceutical industries pay a lot of money to campaigns. For example, the Obama campaign is exploiting the ignorance of the voters who are unaware that Obama is receiving tons of money from the very corporations that are causing the problems in the first place. According to the Center for Responsive Politics: Insurance contributions for Clinton: $525,188, for Obama: $414,863, for McCain: $274,724. ( Check out White House For Sale, Center for Public Integrity, Center for Responsive Politics- which are non-partison research organizations- for factual info. pertaining to campaign contributions.) Obama, Clinton and McCain are not pushing to slash the bloated military budget, but rather calling to relocate troops to somewhere else in the Middle East/the Caspian Region to continue the War on Terror. Obama told the Chicago Tribune in 2004: "There's not that much difference between my position and George Bush's position..." He voted to renew the Patriot Act, and did not support impeachment of Bush & Cheney. Obama has ties to the Exelon Corp., the largest operator of nuclear reactors in the US, and one of his most generous financial backers. When Exelon failed to disclose radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants, Obama tried to push through a bill in the Senate last year that required such plants to inform state and local authorities of such cases, according to the NY Times. The NY Times reported that the final proposal was a watered down version of the original legislation that "played into the hands of the nuclear power industry." Obama has gotten at least $222,000 from Exelon employees for his presidential campaign, making the company his eighth largest contributor last year. Obama in fact, received 10 times more than Republican John McCain, who brought in the second largest haul from Exelon.(See Center for Responsive Politics, capitaleye.org for more info.) People are swept up with feel good slogans and empty rhetoric which have no connection to the real world. None of the leading presidential candidates have the courage and fortitude to confront the extremely powerful lobbies. For instance, the insurance/pharmaceutical industries- primarily responsible for lack of health care. The candidates ought to be demanding a Single Payer Plan that would eliminate the tremendous administrative overhead. All three candidates should be asking for govt. mandates- not individual mandates- to provide health care for all Americans as an entitlement for life.
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12:39 pm PDT, Apr 1,
Aaron Lackey, Pennsylvania
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4:20 am PDT, Mar 22,
Art Deco, Maine
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12:16 pm PDT, Mar 15,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
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9:47 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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9:58 am PDT, Mar 11,
James Herald, Indiana
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6:24 pm PST, Mar 6,
Viki Vaughn, Michigan
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6:09 pm PST, Mar 5,
Johnny GILBERT, New Jersey
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8:39 pm PST, Feb 26,
Darlene Davis, Michigan
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1:19 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Kentucky
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11:21 am PST, Feb 24,
Amy Anderson, Illinois
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1:11 am PST, Feb 22,
Terie Jean Carney, Washington
Because Bush is trying to take all that away and make this country an Imperialist presidency! Do you read the papers?! I am sick of people like Bush! His Dad and oh! I just hated Regan! What a weakling! And Bill Clinton was an absolute skirt chaser! but anyway, This is America! This is a Democracy and not a dictatorship! Those who want to bring it down have to be tworted! And this dumb discusting war of aggression and greed must end! So how bout it! Are ya going to listen or WHAT! Impeach Bush and Cheney! And restore our PEACE and ECONOMY! and our civil liberties which our forefathers took great pains to set up for us!
Because Bush is trying to take all that away and make this country an Imperialist presidency! Do you read the papers?! I am sick of people like Bush! His Dad and oh! I just hated Regan! What a weakling! And Bill Clinton was an absolute skirt chaser! but anyway, This is America! This is a Democracy and not a dictatorship! Those who want to bring it down have to be tworted! And this dumb discusting war of aggression and greed must end! So how bout it! Are ya going to listen or WHAT! Impeach Bush and Cheney! And restore our PEACE and ECONOMY! and our civil liberties which our forefathers took great pains to set up for us!
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3:51 pm PST, Feb 20,
Name not displayed, Illinois
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4:52 am PST, Feb 20,
Amber Adkins, Maryland
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5:07 pm PST, Feb 17,
Laura Zanoli, Italy
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5:30 am PST, Feb 17,
James Serrat, New Jersey
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9:44 pm PST, Feb 2,
Erica Fowler, North Carolina
Barack is not the choice if you don't want the NAU. He supports illegal immigration. Ron Paul is the ONLY obvious choice, but the controlled media doesn't give him proper airtime...I wonder why? hmmmm
Barack is not the choice if you don't want the NAU. He supports illegal immigration. Ron Paul is the ONLY obvious choice, but the controlled media doesn't give him proper airtime...I wonder why? hmmmm
# 26,689:
9:40 am PST, Jan 26,
Victoria Mary Stong / VOTE BARACK OBAMA!, New York
VOTE BARACK OBAMA AS HE'S THE ONE THAT W I L L MAKE SURE WE RECEIVE ALL OUR RIGHTS AND LIVE IN SAFETY. BARACK IS BALANCED AND HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF A L L OF US, NOT SOME OF US! VOLUNTEER FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN AT WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM ! GOD KNOWS HE'S THE ONE TO GET US OUT OF IRAQ AND INTO A GREAT ECONOMY! ~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~
VOTE BARACK OBAMA AS HE'S THE ONE THAT W I L L MAKE SURE WE RECEIVE ALL OUR RIGHTS AND LIVE IN SAFETY. BARACK IS BALANCED AND HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF A L L OF US, NOT SOME OF US! VOLUNTEER FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN AT WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM ! GOD KNOWS HE'S THE ONE TO GET US OUT OF IRAQ AND INTO A GREAT ECONOMY! ~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA!~~~~~~~VOTE OBAMA~~~~~~~
# 26,688:
3:04 am PST, Jan 25,
Michael Carlucci, Minnesota
# 26,687:
4:44 pm PST, Jan 21,
Indian Hat, United Kingdom
The rights given in the constitution should never have been subborned in this way they must be reinstated for the sake of world peace you as congressmen/women must stand up and be counted before it is too late. impeach Bush and Cheney et al now and save the world!
The rights given in the constitution should never have been subborned in this way they must be reinstated for the sake of world peace you as congressmen/women must stand up and be counted before it is too late. impeach Bush and Cheney et al now and save the world!
# 26,686:
1:34 am PST, Jan 16,
Carla Licon, Texas
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8:13 pm PST, Jan 15,
Name not displayed, California
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11:07 am PST, Jan 11,
Amanda Berry, Kentucky
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9:07 am PST, Jan 10,
Gale Weaner, Texas
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6:25 pm PST, Jan 4,
Name not displayed, Texas
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10:16 am PST, Jan 4,
Donna Daum, California
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2:46 pm PST, Jan 3,
Cam Hedberg, Wisconsin
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11:02 pm PST, Jan 1,
Andrea Green, Texas
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5:42 pm PST, Jan 1,
Anne Martinez, Arizona
Dr. Ron Paul is our last hope for a free country! find out more at www.RonPaul2008.com "we the people" are speaking - if they won't listen, we'll make them! want to do more? contact: "giving it all for Ron Paul" - theunitedfreaks@gmail.com
Dr. Ron Paul is our last hope for a free country! find out more at www.RonPaul2008.com "we the people" are speaking - if they won't listen, we'll make them! want to do more? contact: "giving it all for Ron Paul" - theunitedfreaks@gmail.com
# 26,677:
6:19 am PST, Jan 1,
Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
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9:58 pm PST, Dec 28,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
Immigrants that want to do the right thing and work to make this country a better place have a say too. Those that just want to sponge off us should be sent back to their own country. The rights of the American people have been needing to be readdressed for quite a while now and it is about time this is done - otherwise there will be an uprising and there are plenty of Americans that will exercise their right to 'bare arms' to ensure that the People come first.
Immigrants that want to do the right thing and work to make this country a better place have a say too. Those that just want to sponge off us should be sent back to their own country. The rights of the American people have been needing to be readdressed for quite a while now and it is about time this is done - otherwise there will be an uprising and there are plenty of Americans that will exercise their right to 'bare arms' to ensure that the People come first.
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9:25 am PST, Dec 17,
Andrea House, Georgia
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10:37 pm PST, Dec 11,
Steven Heaver, New Jersey
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8:17 am PST, Dec 6,
REGINA WIRTH, Germany
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11:42 pm PST, Dec 4,
Damain Hamett, Washington
we the people are the ones who are in charge. you are our employees. we are aware of the crimes against the AMERICAN people by our elected officials every day. we will spread the word, your name may come up. we will not tolerate our birthrights being stolen. chose your side wisely.
we the people are the ones who are in charge. you are our employees. we are aware of the crimes against the AMERICAN people by our elected officials every day. we will spread the word, your name may come up. we will not tolerate our birthrights being stolen. chose your side wisely.
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11:15 pm PST, Dec 1,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
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8:58 pm PST, Nov 29,
Donna Valladares, Massachusetts
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4:16 pm PST, Nov 28,
Bryan Sprowls, Oklahoma
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2:13 pm PST, Nov 28,
David Kaczmarek, California
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8:06 pm PST, Nov 26,
Name not displayed, Maine
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6:04 pm PST, Nov 21,
Eva Lockery, Idaho
Our priorities. Not the priorities of immigrants.
Our priorities. Not the priorities of immigrants.
# 26,665:
4:56 am PST, Nov 21,
Michael Rabasco, Minnesota
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8:04 pm PST, Nov 20,
Barry Dubrow, Maryland
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4:12 pm PST, Nov 20,
Louis Redmond, Connecticut
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11:51 pm PST, Nov 12,
Olivia Geri, New Jersey
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5:18 am PST, Nov 6,
Michelle Mann, North Carolina
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1:51 am PDT, Oct 19,
Name not displayed, Hawaii
Whats even more disturbing is the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, giveing Bush full directional power (marshall law) in the case of a national emergency. That and the idea of the North American Union along with the Amero should be abolished. All bush needs is one more 9/11 type of staged event to declare marshall law over the nation and go to war with Iran.......
Whats even more disturbing is the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, giveing Bush full directional power (marshall law) in the case of a national emergency. That and the idea of the North American Union along with the Amero should be abolished. All bush needs is one more 9/11 type of staged event to declare marshall law over the nation and go to war with Iran.......
# 26,659:
11:04 pm PDT, Oct 18,
Joseph M. Rossi, Connecticut
This is not freedom, this is not the country we want to live in and this is not a place our children will want to live in. Have a heart and do what's right. Don't let the shadow government control America. Please stand up for us congress. Remember you are representing us- the men, women and children of the land. We are human beings, not cattle! You're all we have besides a civil war, and we shouldn't need that. Our rights were stolen from us, and we need them back. Honestly, I'd rather have all of my rights and terrorism run rampant than leave things the way they are in our country, or where they are going. I am not alone here. We have faith in you, you know this because we elected you. You have the power to do what is right, so please don't let us down.
This is not freedom, this is not the country we want to live in and this is not a place our children will want to live in. Have a heart and do what's right. Don't let the shadow government control America. Please stand up for us congress. Remember you are representing us- the men, women and children of the land. We are human beings, not cattle! You're all we have besides a civil war, and we shouldn't need that. Our rights were stolen from us, and we need them back. Honestly, I'd rather have all of my rights and terrorism run rampant than leave things the way they are in our country, or where they are going. I am not alone here. We have faith in you, you know this because we elected you. You have the power to do what is right, so please don't let us down.
# 26,658:
2:36 pm PDT, Oct 18,
Name not displayed, Colorado
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6:07 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Michelle Franco, Texas
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8:38 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Amy Walczyk, New York
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12:08 am PDT, Sep 21,
Wendy Kalthoff, Texas
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7:16 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Chris Anas, California
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6:30 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Michael T. Carver, Washington
Today our nation is in grave danger of going the way of Nazi Germany, which was a terrorist police state under the Nazi Fuehrer Adolph Hitler
Today our nation is in grave danger of going the way of Nazi Germany, which was a terrorist police state under the Nazi Fuehrer Adolph Hitler
# 26,652:
11:29 am PDT, Sep 18,
Kyna Crain, Montana
# 26,651:
2:30 pm PDT, Sep 17,
Jennifer Chambers, California