Tonight the Senate of the United States passed a bloated bailout bill. Yes, I know they called it a rescue bill but that was just a very crude attempt to put lip stick on the pig. No, I am not talking about Governor Palin in any shape, manner or form.

Yet, they tucked crap in there like forcing insurance companies to treat mental health treatment the same way they treat illnesses. I am not going to argue whether that is a good idea or not. But, it has absolutely no damn business in a financial bailout bill!

Both of the senators from my state voted for it, and both are Republicans.

I’m done. I am finished with the whole damn mess.

When I vote this year, I will choose every single Libertarian choice on the ballot with one exception. John Linder is my representative in the House and I will vote for him unless he votes to pass this abomination the Senate passed tonight. If he does, Fair Tax support or no, I will not vote for him either. No, I would not want Bob Barr to be President, but he has zero chance anyway. Who knows? Maybe, John Linder will become a Libertarian. That would be a very good thing.

So, you might be asking why I would “waste” my vote on the Libertarians. Well, it isn’t a waste to help them become viable. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have this country’s best interest at heart. Neither of them accurately align with the interests and issues I see as important.

So there you have it, I am tired of picking the lesser of two evils. Especially when there isn’t a damn bit of substantive difference between them.

Here’s a list of the senators who voted NO on the bailout. I salute them, I just wish my senators had this kind of courage.

Allard (R)
Barasso  (R)
Brownback  (R)
Bunning (R)
Cantwell (D)
Cochran (R)
Crapo (R)
DeMint (R)
Dole (R)
Dorgan (D)
Enzi (R)
Feingold (D)
Inhofe (R)
Johnson (D)
Landrieu (D)
Nelson (FL) (D)
Roberts (R)
Sanders (I)
Sessions (R)
Shelby (R)
Stabenow (D)
Tester (D)
Vitter (R)
Wicker (R)
Wyden (D)