Comments on: You Know What You Can Do With Polls

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:40:35 +0000

What makes it even more “annoying” is that same people who are trolling through everyone else’s phone records refuse to release any information about who is involved in major policy decisions, like the energy task force.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:35:54 +0000

The whole point of formally enumerating rights in the Bill of Rights is not to restrict rights to only those listed, but to put at least a few basic rights explicitly beyond the reach of the “tyranny of the majority.” Policy matters are subject to a vote, by the public or their representatives. Rights aren’t.

Somebody needs to give Bush, Cheney et al a refresher course in the particulars of that Constitution they swore to uphold and defend. Considering how often they are violating it these days, I wouldn’t mind if they learned those lessons while serving jail terms. Criminals, indeed.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 16 May 2006 12:44:36 +0000

Exactly…this was a FAB piece. These are not *negotiable* as the underlying basis for our Country’s civil rights. And those that advocate abrogating them absent the appropriate process are not Patriots nor supporting our country…they are only propping up this evil sham-President and their own party-power aspirations.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 16 May 2006 04:37:23 +0000

It’s a game, Jack. You see it in your area on forest issues, and I see it on coastal issues. They word the question to get the answer they want.

By: Jack K.

Jack K. — Tue, 16 May 2006 04:26:25 +0000

…what is fascinating is that a concurrent Newsweek poll that said that a majority of Americans weren’t all that cool with the idea of their phone records being turned over to the NSA. As usual, how you ask the question makes too much of a difference to trust any one poll…