Putting aside the validity of your premise, which I think is specious (this nation has a culture that will leave it secure from any such overreaching, and it is that culture that is our most reliable protection), if a suitcase nuke slipped through, and killed a couple of hundred thousand, and poisoned with radiation a million more, your view might lose a bit of traction. There needs to be a balance of course, but it needs to be a tough minded one. That doesn't mean that everything being done is perfecto: much of what the airports are doing doesn't make much sense, and is an overreaction, but that in the larger scheme of things is trivial, except of course for all those airlines going bankrupt.
I am happy to see that you understand the importance of our culture...or actually that we have any culture at all. I'm not sure how you reconcile this critical idea with your lack of concern on how mass immigration is displacing the traditional American Culture but it's nice to know that you think our culture is a check on an over-reaching federal government. On that I agree. I just wonder what might happen when our culture is no longer as dominant as it once was.
The only evidence you have of increased security from the Bush administration is the farce that passes for airport security. There has been no effort to close down the border over which a small nuke can be passed, either. Yet, you willing allow the government to diminish your rights in exchange for nothing whatsoever.
The planners of the attack were Saudi. Most of the "solders" were Saudi. The US retaliates against Afghanistan, and you are content that you are being protected.
Baa.