Obama disapoints with FISA vote

This is old news, but since this blog wasn't around when it happened, I thought I'd make quick mention of Obama and FISA. There was no question that McCain would give the go ahead to the FISA amendment, but Obama promised otherwise. Unfortunately this wasn't the case. Obviously Obama is certainly not the ideal candidate to begin with, but for those voting realistically, he’s the only alternative. Betrayals like this further emphasize the flaws of the two-party system.

The FISA amendment lets shitbag telecommunication companies off the hook for illegally spying on all of us (at Bush’s command) under the guise of post-9/11 security. From Wikipedia:

• The provisions of the Act granting immunity to the complicit telecoms create a roadblock for a number of lawsuits intended to expose and thwart the alleged abuses of power and illegal activities of the federal government since and before the September 11th attacks.
  
• Allows the government to conduct surveillance of any person for up to one week (168 hours) without a warrant, increased from the previous 48 hours, as long as FISA is notified at the time such surveillance begins, and an application as usually required for surveillance authorization is submitted by the government to FISA within those 168 hours.
  

This move created a lot of backlash towards Obama, which is good. Hopefully he’ll get the message.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Bloggers-Slam-Barrack-Obama-on-FISA-Vote/

Sadly, even the shitty things like this that Obama does still make him look desirable in comparison to shitbag McCain. That’s depressing.

(not technology related: at least he was still brave enough to publicly and openly post this, which is impressive.)