Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-20 Thread Bill Frantz
At 1:04 PM -0800 2/14/03, Trei, Peter wrote: >This comes from another mailing list. >I've confirmed that it's not been reported on by >the NYT, the Washington Post, or the Boston Globe. >> >> http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0212-07.htm FWIW - This speech was reprinted as an op-ed piece in toda

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-19 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:49 PM 2/16/03 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Peter: I think you're right. It's had some, spotty coverage: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22robert+byrd%22+war+iraq+floor&btnG=Search+News One reason why it may not have been picked up (speaking as a political journalist, albeit not one

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-17 Thread Mike Rosing
In: http://www.cnsnews.com/Nation/archive/200302/NAT20030213b.html It says: Leading Democrats also condemned the proposed legislation. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said any sequel to the USA Patriot Act "should be open and accountable." So it

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-17 Thread Harmon Seaver
At least he's already opposing the unpatriot act II -- is anyone else? On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 07:30:16PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: > On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > > > > Most outspoken? Wellstone voted for the Patriot Act. How about Feingold, > > who was the lone dissenter,

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-17 Thread Mike Rosing
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > Most outspoken? Wellstone voted for the Patriot Act. How about Feingold, > who was the lone dissenter, and is still alive and kicking? That's because Feingold voted *for* Ashcroft in the Judiciary committee. He could have voted him down (along part

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 05:58:07PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: >That's no joke. Remember what happened to the most outspoken > member of the Senate, Paul Wellstone. Funny they never came up for > any reason for that crash, eh? Tried to blame it on the weather, but > then all those other pilots

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-16 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 05:50:46PM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 05:58:07PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: > >That's no joke. Remember what happened to the most outspoken > > member of the Senate, Paul Wellstone. Funny they never came up for > > any reason for that crash

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Peter: I think you're right. It's had some, spotty coverage: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22robert+byrd%22+war+iraq+floor&btnG=Search+News One reason why it may not have been picked up (speaking as a political journalist, albeit not one who writes about this area) is that it's not particu

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-15 Thread Jim Choate
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Tim May wrote: > We live in fascist times. People are fascist, not the times. Read your own posts sometime. -- We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going

Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-15 Thread Trei, Peter
This comes from another mailing list. I've confirmed that it's not been reported on by the NYT, the Washington Post, or the Boston Globe. Peter Trei > -- > From: Dave Farber[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:52

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-15 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:29:57PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > > About Byrd's speech, he is protected by the same Bush doctrine. If a > less powerful person made these charges, he'd face a "talking to" by > the FBI. And after PATRIOT II passes with an overwhelming majority, but > after no debate, h

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-15 Thread Tim May
On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Trei, Peter wrote: Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences by US Senator Robert Byrd Senate Floor Speech - Wednesday, February 12, 2003 To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-15 Thread Mike Rosing
The statement is real, it may not have been from the floor tho: http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_newsroom/byrd_news_feb/news_2003_february/news_2003_february_9.html Thanks, I'll send this to Feingold and see if he'll try to get a vote or motion going to force the executive to justify it's actions. Pa