What complete pussies

Once again, the Senate Democrats cave to the all-powerful Bush and fail to defend your Constitutional rights. This is just fucking embarrassing. Why on God’s green Earth does our side cower when the Administration requests to curtail further our protections under the Fourth Amendment? WTF?

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The founders’ intent could not be any clearer here. The government cannot legally tap your phone or seize your records without a goddamn warrant, period. Yet the Democrats have allowed, even supported, this and more. And what is worse, they do it out of fear that the Republicans will call them weak on national security. Well, newsflash dickheads, they are going to do that anyway. So why not stand on principle and say NO? It is shameful. As has been said before, we need more and better Democrats.

There is a lot of talk the Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) may place a hold on the bill, effectively killing it before it reaches the floor for a vote. Here’s to hoping that Mr. Dodd does the right thing when his colleagues will not. If he does manage to stop this bill, I am going to write him a check ASAP. We need and deserve that kind of leadership from our President.