Any American who's been to London in the past 15 years knows the lengths their society goes to, to get security across as a habit among native and tourist alike.

"Cheerio. Hip-Hip, And all that sort of rot."

The airport in Europe that scares me most is Schipol in Amsterdam. Soldiers openly patrol the concourses there with machine guns, armored personnel carriers patrol the ramps, and there are two levels of security screening, one at the entrance to the concourse and another at the entrance to each departure lounge area. There are curtained cubicles at the departure lounges for strip searches.

If we ever get to that point, the terrorists have won. There are signs we are headed that direction, too.

At the Anchorage airport, they just announced that they are closing off a couple of entrances to the airport. Now everyone has to go around to the main entrance. Not sure what they think they are going to accomplish doing that except inconvience the people who work and do business in those areas.

PING!

Measures that are taken in times of emergency have ways of becoming permanent, and the natural inclination of government — even with the best of intentions — is to broaden its power.

This is extraordinarily true and the main thrust that the apologists seem to miss entirely. Tell me, was the Federal Income Tax 'supposed' to be permanent?

This is extraordinarily true and the main thrust that the apologists seem to miss entirely. Tell me, was the Federal Income Tax 'supposed' to be permanent?

I wish more people would realize this.

Where were you when I actually wanted to get married? LOL!

Where were you when I actually wanted to get married?

Probably taking that long walk that resembled the Bataan Death March myself. LOL

Probably taking that long walk that resembled the Bataan Death March myself.

I hope that your husband doesn't read this!LOL

ROTFL. No, he doesn't, but he is used to my sense of humor. He doesn't like it or get it but he's used to it. LOL

You mean that you are married to a non-FReaker? How in the world do you stand it? Actually, how does he stand it? LOL!

Actually, how does he stand it? LOL!

He has the patience of Job. And, a healthy dose of fear doesn't hurt, either. LOL

The bad news is that, as Nat Hentoff has usefully explained, "Americans have only the dimmest notion of what their constitutional freedoms are — and what it took to get them [and] the willingness to surrender what we're supposed to be fighting for is a recurring part of our history."

You have no idea how unsettling it is, to be agreeing with you, more often than not....
(now if you would just come halfway at election time ...LOL)

I do nothing halfway. The middle of the road is a good place to find yourself run over.

You would be implying, that i am over on the left...I would like to see you edge in from the shoulder, and get you on the steady right...LOL

No, you want to see me in the wishy-washy middle where convictions come and go with the latest poll numbers and fads du jour.

Your primary God given right ....is to Be Free. The rest, while important are lesser to one degree or another.

And subject to re-negotiation (temporarily) while struggling to defend the primary.

That is sooooooooooooo untrue. You know me better than that.

I would just be tickled to see.........reasonability...LOL

I am extraordinarily reasonable. You don't want to see reasonability, you want me to cave on my principles.

I am extraordinarily reasonable.
Tell me that was in Jest....Please.

You don't want to see reasonability, you want me to cave on my principles.

No...just be willing to do what it takes to Advance them