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When my oldest son, a Marine, left for war and crossed the border from Kuwait into Iraq in March 2003 I started writing my conscience. After two tours that young combat veteran, my first born son, is now permanently disabled suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and his mother is now an ardent peace activist. Today I am active with Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out and on the board of Rural Organizing Project Also, I am CEO of Rogue River Wind, Ltd and the inventor of a low profile wind turbine incorporating a high bandwidth generator developed with Portland State University.

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Countdown – FISA – Senate forgives Nixon

Rachel Maddow discusses the Senate action on FISA

“What if Congress had responded to Watergate by immunizing the executive branch’s lawbreakers and giving Richard Nixon sweeping new powers to snoop?

“Oh, wait! They just did! They just took thirty years or so to get around to it.”

Video from Rawstory

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”. Benjamin Franklin

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  1. I think most Americans have given up thinking for themselves, how any citizen can watch this and not be up in arms is beyond me. Maybe it’s too late for citizens to actually do anything. I don’t know, I just know most of us don’t even know what they just lost. It’s a very slippery slope from now on out. Just assume your government is listening. Legally spying on you and everything you do. This is not about terrorism, they’ll find out if you’re cheating on your spouse, not paying bills, etc. Americans can’t think that far into this issue.

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