second and third that.

[kaigou]

I seriously heart the Rude Pundit. Today he's writing about the random searches in NYC [read more about what to do if you walk into one], and observes:

This is the warped logic of our discussions of civil liberties: if you are a good, lawful person, then you shouldn't mind having yourself probed, spied on, and frisked. Principles like the Fourth Amendment are merely covers for the guilty.

Read the whole thing.

And this, I want stapled on the forehead of every politico on the hill, right where they can see it and can't frickin' miss it, no matter what:

In an ideal America, government should be open to the sunshine and air, and citizens' lives should be private. But the Bush administration has reversed this foundational principle.

Which in a nutshell sums up the majority of what has me so uncertain about the state of our nation, these days.

Comments

[kaigou.livejournal.com]

True, but the connection here is the contrast between teh WH's secrecy and their insistence that we submit to invasion of our privacy. Clinton may have been part of a line of presidents chipping at our privacy, but outside his private life (assuming, for a moment, that a President has such a thing), he was still as open as his predecessors when it came to the administration's take on things.

Boy, never thought I'd say this, but I almost miss Bush Sr. He was certainly a far cry better of a president than his son.

[christeos-pir.livejournal.com]

Ironic, neh?

Sure wish Barbara had run instead.