Well, that is that. America is toast. We have decided that living in a police state is better than living in the insecure world of freedom. Our representatives in the Senate have taken it upon themselves to protect us by spying on us. Goodnight, George Orwell, sleep tight.

Yesterday, the Democratic controlled Senate, led by Jay Rockefeller and Harry Reid, passed what can only be described as George Bush’s wet dream. Did I mention this is a Democratic Senate? That must be why this widely disliked president gets whatever he wants. And you can see the uproar in the streets. The media has people whipped into a fury at this outrage of outrages!

Yes, indeed. Yesterday the Senate approved a bill that will forever end any efforts to investigate any illegal spying during the Bush administration. Illegal spying that began before 9/11. It’s over. The lobbyists shoved piles and piles of money at our Congress, and our lawmakers gave the president the greatest gift of all: They retroactively rendered crimes committed by Bush’s illegal spying program totally cool and the stopped any chance of a judicial ruling about the programs legality – stopping all pending lawsuits by Americans against telecoms.

Back in the '70s we tossed Nixon out on his ass for much, much less. This is a new America, one in which when confronted by profound lawbreaking, we endorse it, stop any attempts to investigate it and bring justice to a grinding halt. And the media does their job, explaining to Americans the frightening security measures that are now in place.



The Dodd/Feingold amendment would have removed telecom immunity from the bill, but it lost by a vote of 31-67. That is an asskicking. The reason for it is the 18 Democrats who joined Republicans to defeat the amendment. Their names are Bayh, Inouye, Johnson, Landrieu, McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Stabenow, Feinstein, Kohl, Pryor, Rockefeller, Salazar, Carper, Mikulski, Conrad, Webb and Lincoln. Hillary Clinton couldn’t be bothered to show up. Obama voted for.

Many people say that the Democrats don’t have a majority, so they can’t get the bills they want passed. Oh, I guess that is why the Republicans always get what they want passed. Take a look at the majority party.

Democrats -- 31-18

Republicans -- 0-49

Now that is wielding some fucking power. This happens on every bill, it is now a boring story. Meanwhile, our country is being eroded, power taken from the people and given to security forces. Don’t worry that no government in the history of the world has ever given up such powers once it acquired them.

And don’t worry that the bill allows the president to pretty much do whatever the fuck he wants. The Senate only passed a bill that says it is okay if the president decided he didn’t like the law and wanted to make up his own. YES, this is true. They literally passed a surveillance law, which the president is not required to follow. Thankfully, the media is there to make us aware.

The final passage of the bill was actually worse than the vote on immunity. 19 Democrats joined Bush’s Republican horde to vote in favor of warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty. Democrats took incredible steps to protect an amazingly weak president and stop justice in its tracks. They did so because they are corrupt and because the old Democratic Party is deceased. These people are right wing nuts. No one else would do such a thing.

The battle isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, it is between Democrats and Democrats. And one side is losing, badly. Thankfully, our media, which relies on advertisers like AT&T, is here to warn us of the potential dangers we face.

Indeed. Let us all worry about the trouble Roger, ex-baseball player, is in, because it seems so very dire.

FearTheReaper thinks if you read this article and don't call or email your Senator to demand that Harry Reid step down as Majority Leader, you are an asshole.