http://netvouz.com/HugoDrax/tag/fascism?feed=rss HugoDrax's bookmarks tagged "fascism" on Netvouz http://scholarsandrogues.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/fisa-failure-demonstrates-why-we-need-real-progressives-in-congress/ I'm still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled Bush to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans' privacy yet--legalizing an illegal program, and making it stronger to boot. Why did this happen? Why did Democrats in both chambers of Congress roll over and give Mr. 28% carte blanche to spy on Americans without any recourse? Why throw away all the political capital that could have been gained from opposing him? As I said in my previous post about the FISA collapse, it wasn't just Democrats who helped push this ugly bill into law--many of the supporters were newly-elected netroots Democrats, who came to Congress on a platform of change and opposing Bush on his draconian usurpation of the rule of law. It's not the first tim HugoDrax Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:43:15 GMT