A copy of an e-mail sent to Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins:

Subject: I Strongly Oppose Changing Senate Filibuster Rules

Dear Senators Collins & Snowe,

Greetings from Yarmouth, Maine and an acknowledgement that both of you woman are working hard to accurately represent the interests of Maine citizens during extremely complex and partisan times. I write to you to express my strong opposition to changing the Senate rules regarding filibusters and urge you both to carefully consider the long-term ramifications of supporting Frist and the Republican leadership of the Senate.

I proffer that America's strength derives from our embrace and acceptance of minority opposition - not our repression of it. Frist's "Nuclear Option" flies in the face of this conviction and in my opinion blatantly exposes the dangerous and irresponsible hubris of the Republican leadership. Please stand up and be counted among those Republican Senators who hold that defending strong checks and balances is necessarily more important than the confirmation of any specific set of judicial nominees.

- Thank you for your attention and thought on this matter.

Allen Holub's column in this month's SD Times is worth a read. Right on Allen! Check out The Terror of Code in the Wrong Hands