The Lemmings are Marching to the Cliffs

There are two items I am posting now- the first is an editorial by Harry Browne and this is a very small excerpt:

"I ask which leader is it today that has the vision, the willpower and, yes, the backbone to best protect us? [applause]

The clear answer to that question has placed me in this hall with you tonight."

Go and read it here.

The second, is something that should rile the blood of every American to boiling, but I know it will not:

'No-fly' list should be expanded, panel says

"WASHINGTON -- The government should convert its "no-fly" list of suspected terrorists into a "no-transport" list that applies to cruise ships, Amtrak and other forms of travel besides air, the Sept. 11 commission staff recommended in a previously unreleased report.

Distributed to Congress this week, the staff report buttresses the commission's transportation recommendations and provides much greater detail -- including suggested deadlines for such improvements as classes in self-defense for flight attendants.

Transportation security should be elevated to a national defense issue, complete with its own version of war games to detect vulnerabilities, the staff concluded. More intensive protective measures should be applied to trains, ships and mass transit, while remaining loopholes in aviation security should be closed. The staff offered no cost estimates, but such an ambitious program could cost billions of dollars."

Remember united States President Thomas Jefferson's letter to William Smith:

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants."

It is coming, and coming quick...

--WP