Learn to Love Illegal Government Spying or Get Credo

Just after the 4th of july holiday, the US Senate came back in session and gutted the 4th Amendment. It is the one that gives us citizens the right "to be secure in their persons, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Senators passed the horrendous House bill regarding FISA. This bill, among other things, gave telecoms immunity from lawsuits challenging their actions regarding 'warrentless wiretapping.' In other words the telecoms get to walk away scott free after helping the government violate the 4th Amendment. The Senate capitulated to Bush and in an afternoon ripped the Constitution asunder. In an afternoon 69 cowards gave the president dictatorial powers to continue to spy on any American citizen, anywhere, at anytime, for any reason. The president does not have to ask a court, a judge, Congress, or any person or enitity on Earth in order to spy on you or me. This sounds like Soviet Russia to me, or some other totalitarian regime.

Only one major American phone company said no to the illegal government spying on U.S. citizens-QWEST The CEO Joseph Nacchio refused and was later prosecuted for insider trading.

But now people can sign up with CREDO Mobile They have donated to the ACLU, who has been fighting this horried bill for some time. In 2008 CREDO plans to donate money to groups like Center for Constitutional Rights which according to the Center's web site was "[F]ounded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South . . ." They have also filed a case in this very matter CCR vs. Bush

I didn't find any where on their web site where they say they will make the government follow the law and actually get a warrant. I hope CREDO makes them do this before it allows Dear Leader and his apparatchiks to spy on us. The basic plan with 200 anytime minutes is $29.99 a month. You can add unlimted texting for $9.99 a month. They have plans for fams and biz too. So check it out. do good for yourself and your fellow citizens.

UPDATE: CREDO also recycles old phones and sends phone cards to American Service Men and Women. That is one way to support the troops.

I got a dam email lying about Barack being a Muslim

I've received the email telling me Barack Obama is a scary Muslim. It also hints that is the Anti-Christ. The link above is a close enough copy of what I received. Mine also mentions a Uncle Dick who is a "Bible scholar" and a Mrs. Darlene Millican who the email claims is the wife of the pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Sun City. I guess these two unknown but presumablily upstanding citizens are mentioned to lend a certain je ne sais quoi to the email.

The email claims that this man(Obama) 'fits every description from the Bible of the 'Anti-Christ'!" But the only 'evidence' provided is the claim that the Bible "(W)arned us that 'A man will come from the East...."blah,blah,blah. First that is not a quote from the Bible. I believe that quote comes from Nostradamus. And second while I am not a learned man when it comes to the Bible I do know something about geography. And I know Obama was born in Hawaii. Now I don't know what Uncle Dick and Mrs. Millican know about geography but when I look at a map Hawaii lies to the east of the lower 48 states. Finally the email says that "Snopes.com confirms (the claims in the email are)factual. Check for yourself." Ok. I can do that. And what do I find? Snopes.com actually debunks all of the email claims. EVERY CLAIM IS PRETTY MUCH DISCREDITED!

Anyone who continues to peddle this trashy email is an "elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog! Richard III
Anyone who continues to believe such pernicious slander is not only willfully ignorant they are also a beslubbering, beef-witted, joithead. (hat tip to Shakespeare Insult Kit)

UPDATE: I forgot that as a Catholic I am use to hearing that the Pope is the anti-Christ. Also in the book Jerry Falwell and the Jews Falwell discusses his belief that the Anti-Christ is a Jewish man who is now alive. And the authors of this site claim Prince Charles meets like 25 of the 42 "Signs of the Anti-Christ." All I can say is WOW.