It is hard to fathom what they are thinking in the Senate. I mean, I've heard of the dangers of the slippery slope. And we've certainly experienced it the past many years.
We've gone from "We Do Not Torture" to "We Torture A Bit" without the requisite uproar. We should be in the streets burning things, should we not?
Because it is clear, absolutely clear, that our Government has sold our rights down the river. This is not the America I grew up in: these days, I no longer know what exactly my rights are or what the government can do to me without anyone knowing or having the right to find out. Wherever we turned the corner, the corner is turned. Maybe it was yesterday when they cast the vote to immunize our telecom providers from illegally spying on us, and now to continue to do so. It might as well be today that we mark as the day that our leaders failed, finally, ultimately, to lead. They betray us, and they betray their common solemn oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.
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