My mind is bleary from alcohol, but have you noticed all the recent pushes to “desensitize” you to government intrusions? The TSA patdowns are only an example. I try to make the case that this is a one party effort, I do get the point across about 25% of the time.
“One party effort”
Before the Kerry election, I was surveyed by some guy about issues. It became apparent that he was a real Leftist type from a fringe organization. He asked me about my thoughts on there being one party. When I shot back at that idea with a polite version of WTF, he just laughed, at which point I held the phone in front of my face, off to the left, and looked at the phone speaker.
It is the tone and tenor of that laugh that I remember. It felt like he was onto something. I remember ending the conversation and looking at the phone before hanging it up.