Mr. Rooney. We were very sorry to watch you vote against health care reform. I can promise you that we will not be supporting you in any future election (should you run) unless you prove that you can be trusted by voting for the Affordable Health Care for America Act in the upcoming final House vote. ...more

November 10, 2009

Recently, Nancy Pelosi has put your life and my life at risk. How? By refusing yo renew the government's ability to monitor terrorists' communications overseas. At issue is the Protect America Act passed last August, which allows our intelligence agencies to monitor "foreigner to foreigner" communications without a warrant. For six months the Congress has been aware that this bill would be up for renewal. The Senate, by a bipartisian majority, passed legislation to prevent the authority from lapsing. However, the House Democratic leadership, led by Nancy Pelosi, refused to let the House vote on the bill. Why? Not because it lacked bipartisan support, but because it lacked trial lawyer support. The Senate bill contains a provision granting immunity from lawsuits to telephone compairs that have been cooperating with the government in the war on terror. To keep from puting her fellow Democrats in a position of making them vote publicly for the safety of us citizens or the trial lawyers, she left Washington for a vacation. ...more

February 23, 2008

Once again, politics is rearing its ugly and menacing head in the arena of national security. ...more

February 15, 2008

Thank you Mr. Ludacer for serving as a U.S. Navy radar observer and currently as a self -appointed lookout to express your concerns about things you feel could endanger our country; specifically you're repetitious letters condemning the "Patriot Act." Time changes everything including our methods of defense. I think everyone would agree that a good form of covert intelligence, if it were available then, would have been a much more effective defense than radar or lookouts, even as far back as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

February 7, 2008

President Bush and other Republicans stepped up their attacks on Democratic legislation that would require more oversight of surveillance within U.S. borders that is directed at foreign targets, escalating a partisan battle over the boundaries of U.S. spying. ...more

October 11, 2007