Looks like Matt Salmon and Kyrsten Sinema signed Justin Amash's letter to the NSA: https://www.facebook.com/repjustinamash/posts/556394431066634
Eric On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Nathan England <nat...@nmecs.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 6/6/2013 8:06 PM, Patrick Callahan wrote: > > I was in the 3rd grade when the Twin Towers fell. We've been at war > > for what feels like my entire life. We've been chasing after > > 'terrorism' as long as I can remember. I've never gotten onto an > > airplane without having to deal with the TSA. I was born into the > > age of the PATRIOT Act. There used to be a time when they couldn't > > just take you to Gitmo? What is America like? I sometimes feel like > > I've never been. > > > > I know the freedom and justice have always been matters of > > struggle, and here in the US not much of either were afforded to > > many minorities for a long time. In some important ways, especially > > in terms of equality, things are better than they've ever been. > > Still, this kind of news makes me feel so powerless and > > indifferent, and it's all I've been hearing my whole life. I'm so > > sick of it. I loathe the 'post-9/11 world' that has been my > > environment since childhood. > > > > > You know, as a street preacher and believer of the bible, I pray for > situations and responses as yours. What an incredible open door! What > is really interesting is I believe there is a generation of kids and > young adults who are entering society right this moment who have never > heard of Jesus Christ, some may call that progress, naturally I do not. > > While I may have turned off a lot of people in that one paragraph, my > intention is not to begin preaching about Christ, but rather to point > out that a book that was written thousands of years ago suggested a > time such as this would come. Scoffers will scoff and have a myriad of > reasons why anyone could have made such a prediction, but as I believe > the bible, I believe it teaches many people will feel exactly as you > just suggested right now. I believe the bible teaches that in the end > times, which I believe we are, people will be confused, not knowing > which way to turn, people will be crying out for answers, people will > be almost desperate to find something comforting because of the choas > around them. I believe this chaotic, confused, claustrophobic > environment is exactly what the devil wants to create so when the > person the bible refers to as the antichrist shows up and says peace > peace, people will be begging for more. > > Whether you agree with anything I've said, believe it or not, we live > in interesting times. Many would say we are progressing, yet progress > implies things are changing for the better. They do not say we are > "digressing". Progress implies change for good. Yet look around, > things are not getting better. The only possible outcomes for what we > see happening right now are: 1) revolution, which will lead to war. 2) > Loss of all liberties as a police state is created. 3) Anarchy, which > I believe would be different than revolution, which would likely lead > to multiple factions creating multiple police states. > > All of which lead to a time of no peace. A time of extreme bondage. A > time that some would refer to, even now, as "wars and rumors of wars". > > I hope I have not offended anyone, but I appreciate the open door you > left me Patrick! Thank you! > > Nathan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRsVzOAAoJEGZV2y/ev1Zb+QoH/3F5zWU1+VV0ukMpaAcfZctf > u2VW0+rANOWILEtS6NVz76+vlkwLjBuaQPQ2BWof/8dncmBgp3I7huurJp6ywifg > 7p1dJnQFg/jcUEJuwilOpcl0Tq2GhAYTkBetLawpreZ49cV1nwunTBsw0NzSE9Tc > Cg6m6mB67Uamn6l6K9K/cdK98edimekMAkNLjyMB87RPghczcAatuHJ9S9qras5w > mZIsYVg3T1yk8xd85MhscIhsWmgS24KyzZHCW6Ut6K32B35npXLu/B9C+GNQkp/y > 26wmHrdHEW2SXhJEEeyy2ru0DWeWgmVL2g9+7KMYnT8ikXLW0V1Vhk8DYx6RLSU= > =DT5g > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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