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

[sevun.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link to flexyourrights.org, the recent searches have really made me angry. I live in Brooklyn, which is about an hour (by train) from my work and school, and I would rather walk home than be subject to that kind of invasive crap. It's surreal to see the cops all over the place, almost every station and major intersection. Hard to believe that just a few weeks ago it wasn't this bad. Not sure what else our dear wonderful government will implement.