"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)

It seems that on almost a daily basis now, the rights of people living in the United States are being restricted.

Tuesday's news alone first included a directive by the Government to monitor employees in agencies and ferret out those who might have complaints against the Government and might be prone to want to leak classified materials.  Instead of doing the right thing after the scandal resulting from the Wikileaks revelations, which would be to start dealing ethically, morally, and legally with the American people and the peoples of the world, the U.S. Government is only intent on covering up its dirty deeds more thoroughly. And it is we the taxpayers who are paying for this Government's hiding of what they are doing with OUR money!

Then secondly, a ruling in this Government's largest state, California, now
allows police to search cell phones, computers, or other electronic devices
without a warrant. Any evidence they gather from combing through a
person's most personal data can be used to convict them of a crime. Since
this ruling is being appealed to the Supreme Court, with Bush's right-wing
demogogues in the majority, it is likely that this will become the new law
of the land ....

It is a land that, since "those who stand for nothing" didn't even give a
whimper of protest when the anti-democracy PATRIOT act was quickly
rushed through by the Bush regime in 2001, has become more like the
Nazi and Fascist states of Germany and Italy of the 1930s and 40s than
few Americans could ever have imagined 10 years ago.  Who now is
going to stand tall and say, "Hell, no!" this country belongs to ALL
Americans and not just the egomaniacal few who think that all power,
money, and control belongs in their hands and the rest of us are just
slaves to their whims!?