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Where can Americans of good conscience turn in these times when even Barack Obama, the supposed candidate of change and hope, is embracing the worst policies of George W. Bush - policies like warrantless wiretapping of Americans and “faith-based” religious kickbacks from the government?

Can we turn to the Green Party, perhaps? I don’t see much good support for that. I searched the campaign web sites of the Green Party presidential candidates: Cynthia McKinney, Jesse Johnson and Kat Swift. I expected to see vigorous opposition to the FISA Amendments Act. What better opportunity could there be, after all, for the Green Party to point out that the Democratic presidential candidate is breaking promises, and turning his back on progressive values?

There was nothing. I couldn’t find so much as a peep about the FISA Amendments Act from any of the Green Party candidates. Not one protest.

The Green candidates have had two weeks now to issue a statement on this issue, and they haven’t lifted a finger. They haven’t even written one paragraph, one sentence on their campaign sites to defend the Constitution.

I don’t think we have anywhere to turn. When even the Green Party won’t speak up for the cause of liberty in America, there are only us independent citizens to do the work.

America celebrates the 4th of July by eating hot dogs, and by completely forgetting the liberty for which the Revolution of 1776 was fought. We are losing that liberty, not with a coup d’etat, or even a great debate, but with a mere shrug.