Michael Savage LIVE Thread!!! Thursday May 11, 2006

[fishtank]

Dear Mr. President, Please defend our borders! Ask Congress to make English the solitary official language, and then sign the bill! Help us to maintain the distinctive American culture! Legal immigration: yes!

Say "No!" to open borders, illegal aliens, globalism and the America-Mexico-Canada-NannyState!

[mwp99]

Indiscriminately tracking domestic phone calls (i.e. those with NO international component) is certainly not "connecting the dots". Don't conflate the two programs.

I'm all for the so-called 'Terrorist Surveillance Program', where calls with one end outside of the country and tied to a known terror entity are surveilled without warrants. But, I draw the line when the NSA starts tracking all/most domestic calls with no terror connections whatsoever.

[seamus]

So the goverenment is supposed to track terrorists without looking? Got it.

[don-o]

Brave New World - rant on

Just tooooo much. How do you Savageheads process all this? I might could; but, I'd need some herb to help - which I have not indulged in for many years.

[mwp99]

Tagging all/most domestic phone calls is not "tracking terrorists", unless all US citizens are suddenly suspects in the War on Terror.

[MaineVoter2002]

Mohammed Atta made calls from my city to Al Qaeda in New Jersey just before he boarded the plane in my city.

[mwp99]

So that makes all US citizens suspects?

[rockabyebaby]

LOL! It takes a special kind of person to process Savage! I felt like you a while back but now I love Savage, I'll take 10 of him over one Limbaugh!

[xcamel]

wrong-o. Eschelon has been doing that (including content) since Klintoon took office - This NSA program only tracks two things: the dialing number, and the number dialed. nothing else. People are such morons.

[mwp99]

lately Savage has become a Bush-basher only for the sake of attracting liberals

Attract liberals? He goes after liberals with much more fury than he does Bush.

[MaineVoter2002]

So that makes all US citizens suspects?

No, the US government is NOT listening to domestic or international calls. They are looking at DATA to/from US to nations such as Pakistan, Syria and other countries known to be Al Qaeda friendly. If before 911 they had done this they may have caught Mohammed Atta's number calling Afghanistan and a red flag may have been raised. From there they could have looked further and maybe (just maybe) they could have saved atleast one of the twin towers.

[rockabyebaby]

Savage has become a Bush-basher

Bush needs bashing IMO, he's doing a terrible job when it comes to ILLEGAL INVASION, if enough of us bash him maybe he'll get the message to do SOMETHING about this INVASION.

[seamus]

OK. Let's put it this way, comparing this search to the searches we endure at an airport.

As I walk toward the gate, I am selected by the government "at random" to step to the side. Government agents rummage through my bag, touching and looking at all the contents. They swab it for explosives. They make me take off my shoes. They ask probing questions. They wand me a few more times. "Well, nothing here. Move along your way."

That is arguably a violation of our 4th Amendment protection against warrantless search and seizure because they looked inside my bag without probable cause.

The NSA in this case is merely looking at the bag. Big Effin' Deal, and not even close to violating the 4th Amendment.

[mwp99]

Did you read the USA Today article?

"As a result, domestic call records — those of calls that originate and terminate within U.S. borders — were believed to be private.

Sources, however, say that is not the case. With access to records of billions of domestic calls, the NSA has gained a secret window into the communications habits of millions of Americans."

I understand they're not listening; it says so in the article. But, these are strictly domestic calls with no international component.

[mwp99]

You won't find me defending the TSA, I can assure you of that.

[MaineVoter2002]

Attract liberals? He goes after liberals with much more fury than he does Bush

The libs in San Francisco have been trying to get him off the air for quite some time. They have slowed down and been less harsh on Savage since he began with the Bush-Bashing and the republican bashing. They dont care if he's bashing Bush from the right as long as he's bashing Bush and against Iraq. If he's the enemy of their enemy, then he's a friend to them.

Bill O'Reilly did the same thing (only O'Reilly Bashed him more from the left)

Savage will lose listeners (not because he bashes Bush) but because he's all over the map.

He's against the Iraqi War which he supported around the time the libs were trying to get him off the air. Suddenly he's against it and the libs have backed off. They know he's become their useful idiot.

It's a shame because I use to like him a lot...I like extreme conservatives on the air...it helps the movement and makes other right-wingers appear to be more center. It's healthy. But it's unfortunate he's bashing Bush and republicans for ratings. There's plenty to Bash Bush about...but to go against the Iraq War and Connecting the dots...that's where I had to draw the line.

[mwp99]

Thanks for the infantile name-calling. It adds so much to the thread.

[MaineVoter2002]

Bush needs bashing IMO, he's doing a terrible job when it comes to ILLEGAL INVASION, if enough of us bash him maybe he'll get the message to do SOMETHING about this INVASION

As a matter of fact I agree 100% with you and Savage on this issue. I check in with Savage to see if he's touching on this issue.

[xcamel]

The "moron" comment wasn't directed at you. This NSA program has been discussed many times over. "people" meaning the suckers out there that believe what is said in the press.

[MaineVoter2002]

I understand they're not listening; it says so in the article. But, these are strictly domestic calls with no international component

Yes, but that data is then put into a computer that pulls out the suspected international calls.

[mwp99]

My apologies. I misinterpreted.