Why our Founding Fathers would cry..... :(

Let me put a few things forward first: I am not a Historian, I am not a Politician, I don't really belong to any "groups" of any kind. I did go to school, and I did pay some attention in Government and US History.
The United States of America grew out of some fairly simple to understand ideals. A backlash against oppression, these men fought for rights. Rights that we seem determined to undermine at every possible juncture. I am having a hard time understanding why we ourselves would want to ruin the amazing wealth of freedoms we all enjoy.
Freedom of Speech is a cornerstone of why our country is so damn wonderful. Try to remember, whether or not you like what a person has to say, it is still their right to do so. And so it is yours as well. It's lamentable how we take this for granted. Your opinion is not the only one that has the right to be voiced.
To Be Secure Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure. When you turn on Big Brother, the terrorists might as well have won. What does it matter when we give up our rights and freedoms and welcome a police state? We allowed our own President to run unauthorized wire taps. And for what? Did you sleep better knowing that The Man could be listening to your next-door neighbor talk to his brother-in-law? Did it really help? Because your next-door neighbor might be up to some serious mischief. It is possible.
No Cruel and Unusual Punishments shall be inflicted. I think Thomas Jefferson and John Adams would have put water-boarding on that list. As far as I am concerned, there is no excuse for this behavior.
Separation of Church and State. This was a big ticket item for the gentlemen that made it all happen. And yet, this is the one that gets ignored the most. You have the Freedom of Religion, so believe in whatever you like. Let your neighbor do the same. Leave it out of politics. I cannot in good faith vote for any politician that uses Religion to garner votes. It doesn't matter if my beliefs differ from theirs. Honestly, it has nothing to do with their job.
I think people tend to forget that these people are hired by all of us to do a job. Just like your gardener. Does it matter if your gardener goes to church? Or does it matter that the lawn is healthy and green?
At any rate, I can only imagine the sobs we would hear from those amazing men that wrote our Constitution with the state of our decline.