Dear Senator
by
Clyde
8:13 AM
Dear Senator,
I am writing to you over the recent decision by the government body in which you serve giving the telecommunications industry immunity from prosecution for the illegal wiretapping of American citizens.
Now you may have thought that the subject of this letter would be either in support or against the action taken by the Senate, but it is not. The fact that the Senate has decided to justify illegal action taken by the Bush Administration and their corporate donors has nothing to do with this letter.
This letter could be about how every election cycle, you and your colleagues promote your visions for the future in order to be re-elected. You speak of the rule of law and nations of men. Of justice for all and the will of the people. Of constitutional rights and the sense of fair play. Yet when it comes time to stand up to the corporate paymasters of your campaigns, you give quid pro quo. But that is not the purpose of this letter.
This letter could be about this country being a nation where the people are no longer secure in their constitutionally mandated freedoms because you and your colleagues saw fit to put the interests of multi-national corporations ahead of the interests of the American people, but it is not.
This letter could be about how the loss of liberty of the American people for the sake of safety for the American people is an affront to all those who have fought and died for this country, yet this is not its purpose.
No, this letter is about the inequality that this legislation promotes. The fact that the American people rarely have the advice of scores of lawyers like the telecommunication giants have, is hardly an excuse for criminal behavior. Yet, is it not fair that those who have been targeted by President Bush and the telecommunication industry's once illegal but now legal acts be granted the same legal reflection?
If the once illegal act now becomes a legal act for one entity, should not that same precedent be afforded those who were caught committing an illegal act by way of the original illegal act?
Would it not be prudent to give immunity to those who were caught by the Bush Administration and their corporate crony's illegal, now legal wiretapping web of surveillance?
Is it not fair to give the same consideration given to one criminal entity as given to another no matter the size of the campaign contribution? After all, it all spends the same.
So in conclusion Senator, I strongly urge that you either put forth or actively support legislation giving immunity to all those who have committed an illegal act from the inception of the illegal but now legal wiretapping program until February 12 2008. Any and all convictions should be overturned and accepted as legal acts just like they would if that person were a multi-national corporation. Any and all proceeds from the once illegal but now legal acts should be given back forthwith. Any and all civil proceedings against those who have committed once illegal but now legal acts should be denied just as if they were large corporate donors.
Sincerely and with respect, (I jest of course)
Clyde
P.S. FUCK YOU - YOU FUCKING FUCKERS!
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