Not So Fast with That Patriot Act! Ellison and Grijalva Stand Up for Freedom!

courtesy of
conspiracyplanet.com

More votes that are not about jobs. 

"Taking away liberties and spying on our citizens is not what the American people voted for last November," Ellison said. "Instead of focusing on job number one -- jobs -- the Republican leadership has chosen to take away our freedoms with one hand while handing out pink slips with the other."

News Release from the Progressive Caucus, actually standing up for Freedom, not just giving it lip service:

Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Hail Defeat of PATRIOT Act Reauthorization on Feb. 8 House Vote After Whipping Against Legislation   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2011

Washington, D.C. - Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison, co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), today hailed the Feb. 8 defeat of a measure to reauthorize major portions of the PATRIOT Act.

Politifact.com Fact-checks the O'Reilly Interview with President Obama

As regular readers know, I am a big fan of politifact.com.  Here is their latest on the weekend's chat between Faux News' Bill O'Reilly and the POTUS.  I emphatically agree with the distinction that politifcact.com makes between procedural dismissals and wins or losses on merits.  But I also agree with the Obama side that those 12 losses add to the win side of the administration for the health care reform legislation.  I'm betting that this WILL survive the eventual SCOTUS decision. Too few Americans are aware of those twelve decisions on the plus side, so I'm glad to see them provided here - with links no less.  You're usual good job politifact.com!

Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional."

A Quiz on the U.S. Constitution

Given that our recent discussions have touched on Constitutionally guaranteed rights as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, I thought it would be appropriate, and fun, to offer up this entertaining and informative quiz: Inside the Constitution, Your Government IQ.
Of course, they also are the two groups who want to most dramatically and drastically alter the foundation document of our Constitution.........which I think begs, utterly, the question of following, or honoring, that Constitution.

"The Tea Party and new Republican majority in the House want to more literally follow the Constitution."