Compare our country to other super powers like the old USSR and China and tell us that our country sucks. Yes, over the years we've gotten into the grey area of the Bill of Rights, but for the most part we've upheld it pretty well.
We tried to compensate the Japanese for the internment camps. The fact that you're able to criticize the government is proof that our BoR still applies. Too many people take those rights for granted.
The Bill of Rights is a list of laws and rights, not a law of physics. They can be broken, just be thankful we live in a land that at least tries to right the wrongs.
BTW, look up the Alien and Sedition Act if you think infringing on the BoR is a new fad.