Mr. Dodd goes to Washington

Patrick Henry, ca. 1776





After witnessing the craven cowardice of Harry Reid and others in the U.S. Senate, it is refreshing to see that at least Sen. Chris Dodd from Connecticut has a little fire in his belly! Filibuster away my friend... the telecom giants shouldn't be given blanket immunity for aiding and abetting the Bush/Cheney administration's intolerable invasions of our privacy.





If the good Senator from the Nutmeg State is looking for some rousing words, to fill up the long hours on the floor ahead, he could do a lot worse than Patrick Henry:





Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands... Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.

A nice summary of the issues involved in this FISA bill, and a call to act in support of Sen. Dodd's brave resistance can be found over at Crooks and Liars.