Oct 30, 2007

Dear Senator Inhofe,

Oct 30, 2007

Dear Rep. Cole,

Oct 24, 2007

Dear Rep. Cole,

In a recent Associated Press story, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullin, stated that establishing security is critical to giving the Iraq government the ‘breathing space’ it needs to find a power sharing formula.  He goes on to say that political reconciliation and economic growth are equally important to stabilizing Iraq.“ Barring that”, he says, “no amount of troops or time will make much of a difference”. 

  This letter is to urge you to vote against the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that authorizes warrantless (no approval by a FISA court required) wiretapping and other forms of electronic surveillance. The requirement for FISA court approval should be reinstated so that our constitutional right to privacy can be restored.  The FISA court approval provision did not require prior approval before surveillance could begin. It contained a retroactive approval provision that allowed immediate surveillance to begin when time was critical.

Here are some extremely timely quotes on freedom from our fourth President, James Madison:

 I believe that there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded.  No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger real or imagined. The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

This time I called Coburn's OKC office.  After I went off on my rant about receiving the same outdated letter three times, the woman on the phone apologized and said she would have someone call me.  Janice Hogan (?) called me back the same day and again apologized.   She assured me that the letter had been updated just after I received the third letter.  She also told me that Sen.

Again, I'm totally outraged at Senator Coburn.  Today, 9/25/07, I received the same disgusting letter (this makes three total) that still claims that over 3,400 soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq.  What would it take to wake this man up?!?!!   I'm calling his Norman office and sending out new letters castigating him for his total disrespect for the lives of our troops in Iraq as well as his total disregard for the intelligence of his constituents.   

Imagine my anger and disgust when in response to my Aug 28th letter to Tom Coburn castigating him for not keeping up with the U.S.

Suggestions for Postcards/Letters to Congress re Iraq War as of 9/14/07 

We have listened to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker and we have determined that the surge has not brought the Iraqi government any closer to the reconciliation promised by the Iraqi government and the Bu