It's Happening...

This is scary, scary, scary shit. Not so much that it's happening. We expect this now. It's scary that nobody cares. Americans would rather be uninformed of corruption in the government then to have to deal with the responsibilities of living in a democracy.

Thomas Jefferson is puking.

I will say this straight out: I would rather die in a terrorist attack than see America continue to relinquish the freedoms upon which she was founded. I would happily give up my life for the United States of America, as conceived by the founding fathers: a nation in which security would never take precedence over liberty. The terrorists can blow up a building every five years and it never has to jeopardize our freedoms, so long as we refuse to let them scare us into giving up what we cherish. The United States of America today is an embarassment, quietly giving up freedoms for a false sense of safety. Maybe George W and company don't want authoritarian power. Maybe their intentions are good. It doesn't matter. America has proven to the world that our grand ideals are quickly abandoned at the first sign of physical danger. Even if this administration doesn't push us over the edge, the example has been set. Somebody will eventually step in and use the lessons learned in the last five years to finish the job.