After 13-hour Rand Paul filibuster Irish American John Brennan approved by Senate as CIA head

I am not a defender of teh drone programme as usual in your igorance you miss the point. Paul was grandstanding and even members of his own party felt he was an idiot. I do exuse your inability to see the big picture. So maybe in future you will ask for clarity( if you fail to understand) It is much better than putting your foot in your mouth.

Sean O'Melbourne, sometimes your ignorance exceeds your arrogance, but not this time. Sen Paul achieved a victory: the Imperial Presidency acknowledged some limits. The Obama regime picked up the ball from the Bush folks and ran further with the "new" technology of death by drone. This is merely a technological version of using a sniper, but it was important to establish that the government faced the same restrictions, just because the drone is remote controlled does not exempt the operators from the rule of law. Basically it's the difference between "can" and "may."

That is the way a filabuster is supposed to be. It is supposed to get EVERYBODY to ask "what is he so mad about?" And then to start discussing the point! What are all the talk shows discussing? Assasination by drone! It worked. All the recent GOP filabusters have been "cockroach filabusters" with the filabustering Senator hiding like a cockroach in some tiny crack between a cabinet and the wall where there is no publicity, no personal pain, no reputation damage, AND no public discussion of the point just a shut down of our government and denial of what most people what to see happen. It took a LIBERTARIAN (the party that combines the beliefs of the extreme left and the extreme right) to bring back old style debate. Thanks Senator Paul!

Woundedbrain calling me a right winger is oxomoronic you fool.

Oh, so seanomel, our rabid right-winger from down under, thinks targeted killings and water boarding are just fine. Because those are some of the issues Rand Paul raised in his speech.

Rand Paul standing alone in the senate telling a story no one wants to here looking like a clown from some "theatre of the absurd" play.Protesting against the inevitable and gaining nothing.

When you get Rand Paul and Patrick Lahey to agree on an important issue, it's something worth considering.