Now I won't be able to call my friends in Columbia.

Now I won't call my friends in the US.

Now I won't be able to call the Psychic Hotline.

Now I won't be able to call my best friend's wife.

Now no one will be able to call me.

Meh, nobody calls me anyway.

that's possible?

Now I won't be able to call all those terrorists I know.

/I don't know any terrorists
//hopefully the SCOTUS throws out this piece of shiat
///unanimously

I'll just answer every phone call "Allah Akbar!"

/You'd better believe it's a trap, telemarketers.
//"Would you say your product has explosive sales potential? Man, it sounds like it'll take off like a rocket."

We get the government we deserve.

This is another free pass by the dim wits who say things like "If I'm not doing anything wrong, I don't have anything to worry about."

PeriRies

And let's not forget the people that actually trust the government to some degree, not to mention the ones that ignore the government altogether.

Kent Conrad is really starting to irritate me. He has voted in favor of most of this crap. At least Dorgan has gotten smart and started voting against this stuff.

/ND needs new Senators.

I find nothing amusing about any of this.

Stick a fork in it kids, your Republic is cooked.

neenerist:Stick a fork in it kids, your Republic is cooked.

And we don't even get a decent empire in exchange.

You rang...?

Now I won't be able to call the magnetic voices in my acidic head that goes round and round while the shiat fairies play with the japanese spin cycle.

And that's the code to go, and that's the code to go, and that's the code to go to

Weaver95:I find nothing amusing about any of this.

LOL!

and Obama signed it liek it was nothing....suprise! He's already pulling back on his comments about withdrawing from Iraq. I think we're going to have a 3rd term Bush either way.

Change-y candidate is changing.

farc:Now I won't be able to call my friends in Columbia.

South Carolina?

I figured I'd pop into an internet forum and show my disapproval for the FISA overhaul, which I guess is more than Obama and McCain did. Where's that "why didn't you listen to me?" Ron Paul picture?

I always vote Libertarian, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

I say, everyone who supports the new FISA bill is a coward.

Part of the cost of freedom is security, or it should be. I will never willingly sacrifice liberty for security.

This law will cripple the work of those of us who as reporters communicate regularly with people overseas, especially those in the Middle East.

Okay. I see your point.

It will intimidate dissidents, human rights activists and courageous officials who seek to expose the lies of our government or governments allied with ours.

Interesting, tell me more.

It will hang like the sword of Damocles over all who dare to defy the official versions of events.

... And now you sound like a crazy person.

We are in serious trouble. Obama has lost the little confidence I had in him. I was going to vote for him. Now I am thinking I may just leave.

scottapeshot:You rang...?

Now, now ... it's not fair to single out John Kerry in this.

fred_chan:
... And now you sound like a crazy person.

Which makes you sound like a George Orwell novel....

I know. Real freedom is actually too scary for some.

So with Democrats holding a majority of congress and the senate, this still passed. And OBAMA, the change candidate, voted for it. What does that tell those who are democrats?

Obama supports FISA (new window)

fred_chan:... And now you sound like a crazy person.

Really? How far of a slide down that slope is it from wiretapping "terrorists" to wiretapping "political dissidents"?

But, but, but, Obama voted for it, he's infallible!

The only thing I find amusing about this is that it takes something this repulsive to unify the truly rational people on both sides against the idiots in the middle who created and enacted it.

For cryin' out loud. FISA is for wiretapping calls coming from foreign countries into the US, especially the calls that hit the birds in space.

When Osama calls his buds in the Hamptons, he'll stand a chance his call will be monitored. Even then after the call has been intercepted, a court order will be needed to use the information. When Christiane Amanpour calls her hubby from Jordan, someone will just say "meh...it's just Christiane Amanpour" and will pull the plug.

To quote Jeff: Get over it.

Well, at least the interweb is made of tubes. This only covers wires.

The role call for the Senate vote on this:

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---69

Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---28

Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3

Kennedy (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Sessions (R-AL)

That's right -- this illegal spy bill got more support from Obama than from McCain.

CaesarSneezy:I figured I'd pop into an internet forum and show my disapproval for the FISA overhaul, which I guess is more than Obama and McCain did. Where's that "why didn't you listen to me?" Ron Paul picture?

It was shouted down by all the Farkers that think civil liberties are for crazy basement dwellers.

camelclub:For cryin' out loud. FISA is for wiretapping calls coming from foreign countries into the US, especially the calls that hit the birds in space.

When Osama calls his buds in the Hamptons, he'll stand a chance his call will be monitored. Even then after the call has been intercepted, a court order will be needed to use the information. When Christiane Amanpour calls her hubby from Jordan, someone will just say "meh...it's just Christiane Amanpour" and will pull the plug.

To quote Jeff: You'll get over it.

Jeez, at least get the quote right if you want to be taken seriously.

Of course it's worse. Penis Cheney thought it was a good idea therefore, well, you know the drill.

Now how am I supposed to contact Ahmed about our next happy fun time attack?!

but...but...but...Obama was supposed to make everything in the world perfect! he is supposed to be leading us to the promised land where everyone in the world loves America, nobody has to pay any taxes, health care was free and $100 bills grew on trees!

X-boxershorts:I know. Real freedom is actually too scary for some.

Don't get me wrong--I don't think wireless wiretapping is a good thing. However, I think a lot of people who aren't convinced that it's wrong will stop reading the article right about there.

I had started to question voting for McCain simply because I heard that Obama would call off the DEA marijuana dogs.

That is relevant to my interests.

Now I see that he is no better than McCain at all, which I knew before.

/teach me to have thoughts

CerealCode:The role call for the Senate vote on this:

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---69

Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---28

Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3

Kennedy (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Sessions (R-AL)

That's right -- this illegal spy bill got more support from Obama than from McCain.

Nice to see that McCain chickened out on the vote.

McCain DIDN'T VOTE.

CHICKENshiat.

Guess I'll be writing a lot more letters. Good thing I stocked up on Forever stamps.

I wonder, did it even occur to all the neocons who pushed and pushed for this to consider that once the political winds change, this law could be used AGAINST them?

Or are they all planning on skipping the country like Rove did?

camelclub:For cryin' out loud. FISA is for wiretapping calls coming from foreign countries into the US, especially the calls that hit the birds in space.

When Osama calls his buds in the Hamptons, he'll stand a chance his call will be monitored. Even then after the call has been intercepted, a court order will be needed to use the information. When Christiane Amanpour calls her hubby from Jordan, someone will just say "meh...it's just Christiane Amanpour" and will pull the plug.

To quote Jeff: Get over it.

You are actually mistaken.

Digital communications (which is anything riding on fiber) originating within the united states are collected enmasse and without filter, then stored for search and sift at nearby facilities by NSA and FBI resources.

This FARK post is being archived.

But since this post says nothing about bombing DC I got nothin to worry about? Right?

/Oh shiat...someone just knocked on the door...