Don't we all want retroactive immunity?--updated

Then we'd never have to worry about breaking laws. We wouldn't even need the Nuremburg Defense.
A screen cap from Daily Kos (click on image to enlarge).

Yes, this is another FISA update. (What? Again? Can't you let it rest, BB? Sorry; no.)

Bush is lying and fearmongering again (quelle surprise!).

21 Blue Dog Dems are busy fellating the President and I want photos for the tabloids, dammit. Rip the "D" off that stands behind their names and replace it with "WHT" (White House Tool). Useless twits. Worse than useless--they're damaging the Constitution and declaring they no longer believe in the rule of law.

How's this for a quote (via Christy at Firedoglake)?

There is a very real and perverse possibility that the NFL will face tougher sanctions for spying on practice squads and covering it up than the telecoms and this President will face for spying on the citizenry and lying about it.

More from Christy:

It isn't over. We are pushing members of the House to stand firm against telecom immunity -- please take a little time to sign the petition here. Have you called your Representative today?

From the same post, the ACLU has talking points for us:

1. Vote NO on any spying bill with telecom immunity. Lawsuits must be allowed to proceed or we’ll never know the truth about what laws were broken and how many Americans rights were violated.

2. Vote NO on any spying that allows the government to spy on Americans without getting a warrant. America doesn’t need a bill that needlessly expands the President’s ability to spy on innocent Americans without a warrant.

3. Don’t let the Senate or President Bush steamroll the House of Representatives. Any bill to regulate spying on Americans must respect the Constitution and must not let phone companies off the hook for warrantless spying.

And you can find your Representative's office here.

As Thom Hartmann says, Democracy begins with you. Tag, you're it.

UPDATE:
In case you ever doubted that they were doing what we've claimed / feared they were doing, Bush let it slip. From Raw Story:

Well, he finally dropped the "allegedly." President Bush at long last admitted what everyone has suspected for years -- the nation's telecommunications companies closely cooperated with the National Security Agency and his administration to implement large-scale spying on Americans.

Bush was praising the Senate for approving his long-sought update to a foreign surveillance law. Critics say the bill legalizes his warrantless wiretapping program, which was implemented outside the boundaries of the law, and frees phone and internet companies from any responsibility for violating customers' privacy.

"The senate bill also provides fair and just liability protections for companies that did the right thing and assisted in defending America, after the attacks of Sept. 11," Bush said.

You know where to find the rest of the story.
--the BB