While the program will now become law, most of it’s provisions remain secret from the public and most lawmakers, although the administration will now be required to place all international surveillance activity under the authority of a secret court created to consider the so-called FISA cases.
Mmhmm. A secret program, overseen by secret courts, approved by a Senators who “don’t even know what [they're] voting on.”
“Faced with two unsatisfactory options, I chose to give law enforcement the extra power to fight terrorism even though I would have preferred a different balance on protecting constitutional rights,” [Senator Arlen Specter] said in a paper statement after the vote.
Read: “Faced with two unsatisfactory options, I chose the least satisfactory of the two even though I’ll tell everyone I would’ve preferred the more satisfactory choice.”
What the fuck does that even mean? Clearly, had Specter honestly preferred one solution to the other, he would’ve cast a ballot in that direction. Any rationalization to the contrary should be viewed as an outright lie.
In related news, the only thing Obama apparently wants to “Change” is his mind, as in, John Kerry ain’t got nothing on this son of a bitch:
Sen. Barack Obama, who is the Democrats’ presidential candidate, had pledged earlier this year to support a filibuster of the bill. But while Obama voted in favor of the doomed amendments to strip the immunity clause, he did not vote in favor of filibustering the bill and supported its final passage.
Read: “I’ll tell you what you want to hear, when you want to hear it, and I have no intention or obligation to stand by my commitments.”
Yeah. Let’s give this guy a fucking country to run.
Now now, nevermind all that! Obama is *magical*, didn’t you know? When we make him Emperor, he will only use his dark powers for good, like creating ponies that fly and fiat currencies that don’t inflate.
What’ve you got against *magic*, anyway?