MSNBC is reporting BUSH & Senate reach agreement on Patriot Act

[kpete]

MSNBC is reporting that the President and the Senate have reached some sort of agreement, allowing for a temporary extension of the Patriot Act so that civil liberties can be ironed out over the holiday recess. Guess it's tough to keep that game of chicken going when people are pissed at you on so many fronts at once.

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/

[hlthe2b]

1. sounds like DEMS stepping up is showing the results we hoped...

I hope it reinforces their continuing to do so.

[MrModerate]

2. Yeah, I've always thought the development of a backbone . . .

Lent one an evolutionary advantage. (Sorry for those proponents of ID out there, but you lost, so get over it).

Anyway, nice to see some dems making use of their vertebrae.

[madeline_con]

5. ".... you lost, so get over it ..."

You're SOOO unfair, turning their election mantra against them!
:rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

9. LOL

Too funny. I'm glad to hear this news. Boy Bush has been rolling over lately. What's the deal?

[MrModerate]

14. To continue the theme . . .

REPUBLICANS with backbones . . .

[notadmblnd]

3. If he can renew authorization for spying on us every 3 months

he can sign of on the temporary extentions of the PA every three months too, no?

[madeline_con]

7. He will now...

his buddeis read DU, ya know. :eyes:

Stop giving them ideas!!! :think:

[tledford]

8. The (no longer) secret spying must be renewed every 45 days. n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Well, I guess gwb and friends will have to postpone whatever dire

event was planned to prove how unsafe we all are without the PA. MKJ

[madeline_con]

10. Curses! Foiled again!

:tinfoilhat:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

13. LOL, I guess all the doomsday talk from the repubs and their spinmeisters

just got to me.

:hi: MKJ

[KoKo]

6. Good News! Dems said they think there might be other "things" in the bill

which need time to be gone over...hidden things... (And we can bet there are a bunch of them).

So...Good News!

[FreedomAngel82]

11. Yep

Go Russ Feingold!

[helderheid]

12. thank GOD. I was worried what * would do without it.

[helderheid]

15. Snotty is acting like this isn't the case

[helderheid]

16. has anyone confirmed this???

[helderheid]

17. I ask again, has this been confirmed? Snotty McMoonface made it clear Dems

were "playing politics" and either the illegal version passes (which won't happen - already voted on and failed) or it will die Dec. 31st. Would not confirm anything about a 3 month extension.

[kpete]

18. Just a cut and paste from firedoglake

They are a very reliable source (Nobody's perfect) but I sure trust them.

[helderheid]

20. thank you - I hope it's true. I don't trust * as far as I can spit and not

that far.

[Javaman]

19. wow, I guess moron* NOW does nuance...n/t