Libertarian Champion Rand Paul Helped Kill NSA Reform Bill

[telemann.livejournal.com]

WASHINGTON -- Rand Paul, a leader of the libertarian wing of the Republican Party, helped kill a bill meant to rein in the National Security Agency. Huh? The USA Freedom Act, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), received 58 votes on Tuesday night -- two short of cloture, the magic number in the Senate that allows a bill to proceed to an actual roll call. The 40 Republicans and one Democrat who voted against cloture mostly did so because they thought the bill went too far. Paul also voted against NSA reform -- because, he said, it didn't go far enough.

More here @ the source.

Mods, could we have a Rand Paul tag, please?

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[telemann.livejournal.com]

Speaking of "seeing."

Rand Paul board certified through the National Board of Ophthalmology since 2005. He is listed as the group's president; his wife, Kelley, is listed as vice president; and his father-in-law is listed as secretary. Paul and his relatives receive no salaries from the organization, his campaign said. He is Board certified from the Board he started.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Pretty slimy sounding. A pure huckster? Or maybe this is just his idea of the wonder of the free market.

[oslo.livejournal.com]

Absolutely - that's how credentialing is supposed to work, in a "free market." Credentialing organizations compete for legitimacy and fees, and the ones whose credentials correspond to the "best" services, products, etc., are the ones that succeed. That's how we're supposed to figure out which food and drugs are safe, as well.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Not going to lie, this is scary as hell since he operated on my eye. Damn it.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Are you joking with us??

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

No. I couldn't afford the surgery so I had to go through a charity called Surgery on Sunday. They were desperate for pro bono work and he wanted to remain certified to practice in KY while running for office (which meant doing so many surgeries or whatever and was the reason he gave to me when he did the examinations *shrug*). I declined to let them film him doing my surgery for publicity.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

He did like 6 of us in one day,

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess he must have some real competence then, right? You don't need a seeing eye-dog, right? ;)

That's wild, though. Small world.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

lol.

I am doing ok. My sight isn't 100% but the operation or surgeon is not at fault for that. It is what it is. I get by, but there are days of frustration.

It is a small world. =)

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/19/1849978/rand-paul-trading-political-rhetoric.html

a short article about the charity and surgery.