Alison Stewart, filling in for Olbermann, reports on the battle which took place on the Senate floor Monday. Jah bless Chris Dodd for being the only senator running for president who took a stand against the FISA bill to keep it from coming to a vote in the full Senate. The bill was approved by the oxymoronic Senate intelligence committee in early October, and plans to give immunity from lawsuits to telecommunication companies who assist the government in their warrantless domestic wiretapping program. Warrantless searches are in violation of FISA, and more importantly, something called the fourth amendment.

Kennedy is correct in stating that the president is more interested in protecting the phone companies than American lives. America is not a democracy, it’s a polyarchy where the public is excluded from the decision making process which occurs between the political class and big business. Corporations are the real constituents. Our participation is limited to electing one of two nearly identical leaders. Were we living in a true democracy, the will of the people would not be facing such tremendous opposition from both the Democratic and Republican elites who move against our interests at every opportunity.