Comments on: No Comment http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/20/06/51/no-comment-9/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:57:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Susie http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/20/06/51/no-comment-9/#comment-136858 Susie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:24:47 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/20/06/51/no-comment-9/#comment-136858 You know, I would ask you to post here regularly if I thought I could get you to use capital letters when warranted. You know, I would ask you to post here regularly if I thought I could get you to use capital letters when warranted.

]]> By: snuzy mandrake http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/20/06/51/no-comment-9/#comment-136852 snuzy mandrake Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:26 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/20/06/51/no-comment-9/#comment-136852 david kurtz at TPM <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/179125.php" rel="nofollow">summarized the decision</a> best: <blockquote>You can't sue us unless we tell you that we were breaking the law, and we can't tell you that.</blockquote> as <a href="http://upyernoz.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-bush-wants-telecom-immunity-so.html" rel="nofollow">i mentioned</a> a few days ago, this is really what the telecom immunity push is all about. it's not about scratching the back of campaign contributors as much as closing the only avenue left for courts to review bush's warrantless wiretap program. david kurtz at TPM summarized the decision best:

You can’t sue us unless we tell you that we were breaking the law, and we can’t tell you that.

as i mentioned a few days ago, this is really what the telecom immunity push is all about. it’s not about scratching the back of campaign contributors as much as closing the only avenue left for courts to review bush’s warrantless wiretap program.

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