Believe me, I don't spend a lot of time trolling around at the Drudge Report, but there was a link to this Al Gore (I know, I know, give it a chance though) speech transcript.
This speech puts me in the mind of a famous quote from Ben Franklin:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
The issues addressed in the speech go far beyond any impulses we might have to barter our freedom for safety and well into the territory of how horrifying it is that those decisions are being made for us, without changing any laws or even admitting that the laws are being broken until they're presented with irrefutable evidence.
Anyone who thinks Clinton should have been impeached over lying about a blow job and doesn't think that Bush should be impeached for lying about weapons in other lands, wiretapping, and torture policies is, respectfully, a looney toon.
I take it back. Bugs Bunny is a Looney Toon (tm) and I don't want to bring an innocent rabbit into this.
Here is an excerpt from Gore's speech (if you click the link above, it's long, yes, but read it) to whet your whistle:
"It is often the case that an Executive Branch beguiled by the pursuit of unchecked power responds to its own mistakes by reflexively proposing that it be given still more power. Often, the request itself it used to mask accountability for mistakes in the use of power it already has. "
A-men brother.
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