It's Time to Grant 'W' Permanent Spy Powers

Doesn't that just chill your blood? That's what's going to happen, though.

"Protect America" Act is about to be made permanent. Get ready to share your phone calls, emails, etc. permanently with your kindly Republican Big Brother. (You know him, the one who says interrogation is not torture, unwarranted listening is not spying, the Constitution is just a bunch of words.)

Won't that be fun, kids? And don't forget to tell your local FBI agent what your parents are up to. "Protect America" means opening wide. Your government is obscenely curious. I know I sound like a libertarian here, but I've been around long enough to know that the government tends to spy on it's perceived political enemies rather than the real bad guys. It just works that way if there is no oversight.

So everyone, here's how to join the government spying fun in your neighborhood.

What's to fear? Really. Our beneficent telecom industry has been working nicely with Big Brother these past months. The Director of National Intelligence said so in August - the telecom companies have played a key role in NSA eavesdropping. And, of course, we don't need to know these troublesome details. If it weren't for Congressman Ed Markey demanding to know how much big telecom cooperated in domestic spying, you wouldn't have known squat. (Thank him, will you?)

The big news is, you still won't know how much telecom and agents of the cabal have cooperated. The FCC declined to investigate.

OMG, if the coup isn't real, I don't know what is.

Do Liberty a very small favor. Write your Senators and Congresspeople and tell them what a bad idea it would be to continue the "Protect America" Act without fixing it. This is URGENT. Key votes are coming up this week.

Call Senator Reid (202 224 3542) and House Speaker Pelosi (202 225 4965). Tell them the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) must be fixed, not expanded. Warrantless domestic spying must be ended.

Get involved. Be creative. Get tough. The freedoms you lose will be your own. This is your time to stand up and deliver.