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[GOPJ]

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[Lauren BaRecall]

Among the very interesting things one can find on the net:

From the Congressional Record - Senate, November 7, 2003:

Senator Kyl:

...I would like to take just a moment to try and explain why some of us feel so strongly about this. I served on this committee for 8 years. There is a rule that a Senator can only serve for 8 years because we never want this to become a politicized committee. We never want it to be a source where power is gathered around people who maintain their position. This is supposed to be a place where a Senator comes in, gets expertise, serves time, and then moves on. I had the honor and privilege of serving for 8 years.

One of the things that always stuck with me was the fact that it was not bipartisan, it was nonpartisan. The staff was selected primarily from the intelligence community, people who were experts in matters of intelligence. When I first came in, I said I had a member of my staff who used to be with the Intelligence Committee. He has the top clearances, and I would like to have him on staff to help me on this committee. Bob Kerrey, the former Senator from Nebraska and distinguished former chairman referred to by Senator Roberts, made the point at the time: No, we cannot do that because we do not want there to be any suggestion that there is influence in the committee from the private staff of individual Senators. This is professional intelligence community staff, and if it ever were thought to be otherwise, we would never get the cooperation of the intelligence community providing us with secrets that are the most significant, important secrets of our Nation.

Our committee staff of the Select Committee on Intelligence has the complete knowledge of the most significant, serious secrets of this country. They have to be above reproach. Think for a moment what would happen if it were perceived that they were political staff just like all the other committees. There is nothing wrong with political staff, but we all understand they have a substantive and a political dimension to the work that they do. We all operate within that understanding. But here, think about what a Senator could do knowing all of these secrets if they decided to use them for partisan political advantage....

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r108:18:./temp/~r108q5VBkw:e31935:

Hot stuff!

[ZULU]

Thanks.

Done.

[sultan88]

"Hot stuff!"

Indeed it is! Bump!

[Alamo-Girl]

Great catch! And very important. Thank you!

[Lauren BaRecall]

Maybe if people knew what their govt. officials actually said within those "hallowed halls," voters would actually THINK at the polls! LOL!

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[Lauren BaRecall]

(curtsy) :o)

[ducks1944]

I read all the time that we should not contact senator that are not from our State. But I do and I tell them I have friend and family all over this country. Just because we don't live in there State does not mean we can not hurt them. I also tell them I will e-mail everyone I know and let them know what there senater is doing. Also tell them you will tell people not to give them or there party money.

[ducks1944]

I read all the time that we should not contact senator that are not from our State. But I do and I tell them I have friend and family all over this country. Just because we don't live in there State does not mean we can not hurt them. I also tell them I will e-mail everyone I know and let them know what there senater is doing. Also tell them you will tell people not to give them or there party money.

[ducks1944]

I read all the time that we should not contact senator that are not from our State. But I do and I tell them I have friend and family all over this country. Just because we don't live in there State does not mean we can not hurt them. I also tell them I will e-mail everyone I know and let them know what there senater is doing. Also tell them you will tell people not to give them or there party money.

[ducks1944]

I read all the time that we should not contact senator that are not from our State. But I do and I tell them I have friend and family all over this country. Just because we don't live in there State does not mean we can not hurt them. I also tell them I will e-mail everyone I know and let them know what there senater is doing. Also tell them you will tell people not to give them or there party money.

[DanTheAdmin]

So, is this a dead issue now? I'm not hearing much about it in any form. Another Dim victory?

[Krodg]

Now 1301

[DarthVader]

Signed and bumped. Put me in a room with some of these DU scum and a baseball bat and I'll teach them some civics and manners Soprano's style.

[jmstein7]

Did you notice all the anti-semitic comments from the dems/libs and the anti-semitic URLs the put in the petition?

[Krodg]

I couldn't get all the way the replies....it was like a visit to DU. They are the most vile and disgusting creatures that have ever been born.

[apackof2]

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[Lauren BaRecall]

Where do you read this? I'm very curious. If that's the case, I could only *bother* "The Big H Herself," and "UpChuck."

I think that's a complete fallacy. Politicos are aware (or increasingly becoming so) of the great power of the internet. (Which is why there are some who want to give control of the net to the UN.) In a sense, we're not only in one big state, we're all in the same room.

Remember also that we're on the verge of Election 2004. Thank God the founding fathers gave us the Electoral College! If Senators aren't aware that each of them are beholden to every voter from sea to shining sea, they are either arrogant or ignorant, or both. And as such, they do not deserve their seats.

I do believe we can win back our country, one office at a time, if need be.

[Lauren BaRecall]

IMO, the "get Rummy" fight is a diversion, among other things.

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[RGVTx]

Bumpin' for more signatures. Shine the light on Dem treason.