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newsrackblog.com - 1/10/2009
Ideas for change: Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act
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Change.org’s “Ideas for Change in America” competition is trying to get the Obama administration’s attention — and is likely to succeed: “The Ideas for Change in America competition was created in response to Barack Obama’s call for increased citizen ...
change.org - 1/10/2009
Ideas for Changing America: Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties
— change.org — Update , January 12: please check out Steve Elliot's Get FISA Right: Last Chance To Vote Against... Domestic Spying and consider voting for it on digg FISA and the PATRIOT Act strike at the core of our Fourth and First Amendment Rights and ... (more) Ideas for Changing America: Get FISA Right, repeal the ...

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thomas.loc.gov - 1/13/2009
Death Tax Repeal Act
— thomas.loc.gov — To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes. (more) Death Tax Repeal Act

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change.org - 1/10/2009
Ideas for Change in America
— change.org — The Ideas for Change in America competition was created in response to Barack Obama's call for increased... citizen involvement in government. The final round of voting began on January 5 and is comprised of the top 3 rated ideas from each of the 30 ... (more) Ideas for Change in America

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Amygdala — ... The extremely under-paid-attention-to longtime blogger Thomas Nephew, staunch advocate of civil and human rights for more years than most bloggers have been blogging, since 2002, has more here, including these excellent educational links to follow: ...

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The Sideshow — ... Obama says he wants our suggestions so he can pick the top ten changes we can believe in, and Thomas Nephew thinks we should get behind this one: Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act. So does ...

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