Enjoy your Independence Day – it may be the last one without warrantless surveillance becoming the law of the land in spite of the Fourth Amendment.  A month ago, we had both major Presidential candidates pledging opposition to warrantless spying and immunity for telecoms who cooperate in doing it.

Now both Barack Obama and John McCain say they support the FISA Amaendments Act already passed by the House.  Obama has reneged on his pledge to filibuster any bill which included telecom immunity.   The Senate vote is scheduled for July 8.

This vote by the House and the support of the two people most likely to be our next President is especially scary in that they don’t even know exactly what they are granting immunity for.

McCain has made his name as being an independent thinker who didn’t bow to party ideas he disagreed with.  For years he has stated his opposition to Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy, yet he now supports making them permanent.

Obama has based his campaign on the theme of change and ranking the people’s interests above big business interests.

I don’t even like to wear flip flops, much less vote for them.  Looks like I’ll be writing in “None of the Above” again this November…

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