Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
H. L. Mencken


I guess I should have seen this coming. Lawyers for Padilla et al are now seeking to have their cases thrown out because of this illegal surveillance. Unfortunately this does not cheer me, rather it makes me think that the law will be changed.

Each week, little by little chips are falling away from whatever freedoms we have left. And once again by and large we remain silent on the matter.

I should have seen this coming from the muted reaction to the torture allegations out of Abu Ghraib earlier this year. Perhaps it's because people still, stupidly, believe that this is just happening to a few arab malcontents, I don't know how to break it to you Bucko, it's happening to more than just a few eyrabs, it's happening to organizations like PETA and apparently a native school up north.

What we have to be careful of, very careful, is that this chipping away will not stop until the whole structure collapses.

If these court cases are dismissed, blame will be put on the messengers, and the process it will not be placed in the lap of the people who committed, and those who ordered this illegal spying.

For crying out loud people, GET MAD.