[walden]

Very well put. Until the editorial board of the New York Times is under arrest, I'm not going to worry about the U.S. being a police state.

I do think, however, that we need to try people like this dirty bomber and the Marin county guy for TREASON. It seems to me that "aiding and abetting" enemies of the United States shouldn't be difficult to prove.

[billybudd]

Don't Let It Happen Here
By Charles Mingus

One day they came and they took the communists,
And I said nothing because I was not a communist.

Then one day they came and they took the people of the Jewish faith,
And I said nothing because I had no faith left.

One day they came and they took the unionists,
And I said nothing because I was not a unionist.

One day they burned down the Catholic churches.
And I said nothing because I was born a Protestant.

Then one day they came and they took me.
And I could say nothing because I was guilty as they were,
For not speaking out and saying that all men have a right to freedom.