&otFrom The Onion's "American Voices; (man in the street interviews)
Congress Approves Surveillance Measures
The Democratic-controlled House passed a bill that will allow wide-ranging domestic and foreign eavesdropping that would be authorized by a secret court. What do you think?
Ed Albaugh, Elevator Repairman
"You won't need to eavesdrop to hear this: I voted for you assholes because you said you were against shit like this."
Is this really satire?
More like this
Ever since the arrest of a bunch of suspects in the UK and elsewhere in a plot to bomb several airplanes, the White House and their apologists have been united in their talking points: A) that this proves the need for warrantless surveillance and B) that those who oppose warrantless surveillance
Things look better on the FISA front: the Democrats, in an uncharacteristic fit of intelligence, agreed to compromise by attaching provisions that allow telecommunications companies to present evidence to
Eavesdropping Nuthatches Appear To Understand Chickadees In Distress:
Satire is obsolete
Coin - I think the damn politicians are hoping the Constitution goes obsolte too. Assholes.
CNN sidebar headline at that Onion story says, "Miners will be found dead or alive". Is this really satire?
A read that one fifth of Democrat Congressmen voted for the bill. 80% did not. Divide and conquer works again.