It’s not every day that I can say–and mean–that I’m fed up and won’t take any more. The Bush administration and their enablers in Congress have brought me to that point. The House vote last week to continue the Bush administration’s brand of fascism was the final proof that both parties are broken. Possibly irreparably so.

It’s now all but guaranteed that the Senate will vote to approve the House bill and the “FISA Bill” will be signed into law. They’ve tried to sell it as a bipartisan compromise that will ensure the liberty of US citizens while keeping our nation safe. It is not. It is an evisceration of our 4th Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure of our “persons, houses, papers, and effects.” The Constitution guarantees our right to be free of searches unless we are suspected of a crime and a lawful warrant is issued. Once this bill becomes law, our communications and electronic “papers and effects” will be preemptively preemptively searched and then the government will decide if we are suspected of a crime.

It turns the rule of law on its head. It rolls back the protections that were enacted after the Nixon administration was caught spying on innocent Americans during the Watergate scandal.

There are a few brave souls who are still trying to prevent this from happening. One of them is Senator Dodd from Connecticut. Here is a link to his passionate and powerful speech in the Senate on this topic. I wish Senator Feinstein had his (metaphorical) stones. Or Senator Boxer. Or even the House Rep from my district, Brian Bilbray.

Only ONE Republican in the House voted against this horrible, fascist bill. Only ONE Republican stood up for the 4th Amendment rights of his constituents: Tim Johnson of Illinois.

I’m not just going to complain about this, though. I’m done with the Republican Party. I refuse to be associated with or vote for the party of torture, illegal spying on Americans and all the other crap they have pulled over the last eight years. It has become clear to me that they are bankrupt of morals and ideals and have brought us nothing but war, deficits and erosion of our Constitutional protections. This goes against pretty much every aspect of the image I’ve had of myself and my politics, but this is just too important to lay down and let Bush and his Congressminions have their way.

I’ll be making a donation to the ACLU and finding out what I can do to help Nick Leibham oust Congressman Bilbray. It’s time to donate a little time and money to make things better instead of just being pissed about how things are.