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This is kind of like broadcasting during a power outage: it's hard to tell if anyone will read this, since our blog has been down all day. First and foremost: our sincere apologies. We have come to treat the Internet like a public utility... our lives are predicated on computers... until it all crashes down around us.
Tonight's broadcast has a lot to do with domestic surveillance, sure to be the next hot domestic topic. Mr. Lehrer sat down with the President today and shed some new light on this during the interview. We have a number of great stories in the broadcast tonight... among them Mike Taibbi on an extraordinary New Yorker, and Richard Engel on some palpable changes in Iraq, where hopes are high that we truly could be seeing a new era. It would be nice to know that our fighting men and women would face less danger this holiday season.
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President Bush & Company's refusal to discuss this issue shows us that fear, extremism, suspicion and the hatred it engenders has affected his behavior and flawed his thinking. Civil liberties, our Constitution, and our nation are at stake as we continue to confront the difficult task of balancing the need for national security with that of personal liberty.
Rebecca Penneys, Rochester, NY (Sent Dec 19, 2005 7:38:57 AM)
I TRULY enjoyed the penguin march, and the Making A Difference story actually brought tears to my eyes. Very uplifting. Iran's post election news segment was also appreciated. I throw in the towel on the rest of it. Paranoia has set in and I am now wondering if this blog post is being monitored by the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security. All those blogs disappeared for a while, didn't they?
Mary Brown (Sent Dec 18, 2005 7:48:23 AM)
Our country is run by the Nixon students. They are using the same criminal play book. While Bush is smiling about Iraq, Hamas has won an election so there goes the road map. Our President is dictating to other country, but he should be listening to what they want. We Americans are losing our democary while the President is building other countries. Mark Felt was found guilty for illegally spying, with all the criminal acts Bush has done secret prisons/torture, lying to the UN/American people, illegally spying on Americans,fake documents, CIA leak these are grounds for impeachment. His attitude is the same as a dictator as he thinks he can do anything he wants without approvel. Our country has fallen to an enemy from our own land and thats George W, Bush. We want our country back NOW!
Jackie Rawlings Riverside California (Sent Dec 17, 2005 12:03:49 PM)
Many would argue that spying on Americans is a necessary evil when faced with threats of terrorism. However, when we dissect that theory, it becomes terrifyingly evident that we are cutting off our own nose to spite the face. By removing the Constitutional rights we enjoy, including our right to privacy, we are essentially unraveling the fabric of our nation and everything that it stands for. This is a huge issue - bigger than it would appear on the surface to many.
Jason Galde, San Diego, CA (Sent Dec 17, 2005 11:51:23 AM)
I really thought Mr. Williams would have commented on the comments he received with regard to the Bush interview.
It seems Mr. Lehrer had a different approach when interviewing the President.
The Bush administration continues to believe that they make the laws and are the sole holders of the interpretation of the Constitution.
A vigilant press is the public's first line of defense.
Richard Harris, Boulder Colorado (Sent Dec 16, 2005 11:22:24 PM)
Quakers??? We're spying on Quakers? We sent troops to Iraq without armor or sunscreen, but the President has authorized spying on Quakers... is this a little like the Nixon White House and J. Edgar Hoover spying on that other danger to America - John Lennon?
When Arlen Specter speaks out, there is something serious wrong with his party, his president. This warrants a lot more attention.
Caroline Durham (Sent Dec 16, 2005 11:21:31 PM)
Thank goodness you got your blog fixed. I worried about it all day!
Lois Crook, Waco, Texas (Sent Dec 16, 2005 10:00:52 PM)
Yes Brian, We are out here! It was a bit confussing to see blogs as of the 9th of the month and the rest just evaporated, but all appears to be well again.
It is very unfortunate to once again hear of the low levels of deceit that this administration will go to all in the name of the greater good. The GOP senators might as well line up with the president also, stating "god help us there will be hell to pay if we are attacked while the patriot act is being held up in the senate. What they fail to or just refuse to admit is that one of the main reasons 9-11 was able to be pulled off was that the FBI di not want to jeopardize their case aginst the mafia, so they could not use the information their informant obtained when they were holding a mafia prisoner with an al-qaida operative spilling his guts to a trusted inmate. It truely was the web of legislation and walls that prevented the information from passing from one U.S. agency to another. Four years after that tragic September the Chest pounding between agencies is still not resolved and remains our biggest threat to our security. Katrina showed the country and the world how inept and disfunctional the Department of Homeland Security really is. In short: way to much beuracracy and not enough action.
Paul Ballister, Levittown, PA (Sent Dec 16, 2005 8:36:27 PM)
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