When the ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ thing turned out not to be true, I expected the American People to rise up… well they didn’t. Then when the Abu Grab torture thing surfaced, reveled that our government participated in Rendition, a practice where we kidnap people and turn them over to regimes who specialize in torture. I was sure then the American People would be heard from. We stood mute. Then came the news that we jailed thousands of so-called “terrorist suspects”. Locked them up, with out the right to a trial, or the right to confront their accusers. Certainly we would never stand for that, we did. And now it’s been discovered, the Executive Branch, has been conducting massive illegal domestic surveillance on it’s own citizens. You and me. And I at least consoled myself that finally, finally, the American People will have had enough, evidently we haven’t. In fact, if the people of this country hap spoken the messages, were okay with it all. Torture, warrant-less searches seizures, illegal wire tapping, prison with out a fair trial, war on false pretenses. We as a citizen are apparently not offended. There are no demonstrations on college campuses, in fact, there is no clear indication young people even seem to notice. We’ve lost the right to even protest, Secret Service can now declare ‘Free Speech Zones’, to contain, control and in effect criminalize protest and the Americans right to express it. At rally or speeches, if you have a supportive T-shirt you can be there. If you are wearing or carrying something in protest, you can be removed. This in the United States of America, this in the United States of America! Are you embarrassed? Every-time some declare they don’t support a government action they are deemed un-American and shunned. Freedom of Speech is just that, free, Free for you, free for me. I object a government abusing it’s power to squash the Constitutional freedoms of it’s citizens. and God for bid anybody challenge it. Today it’s the cloak of anti-terrorism. It’s far easier to fight for principals then to live up to them.