Greetings Running Dog!
I understand the concern for what is going to be the inevitable loss of
some of our "freedoms", but I can see the logic in this. I know it is
easy to blame this person or that person for these changes, but the
world is not the same as what we were brought up in. Who would have
thought that people would have used planes filled with good people of
all nationalities as weapons until 2001? That is the rational here.
Most of the people on shortwave I would think probably find that the
major networks are fairly liberal by most standards, yet they didn't
report much of this except that the plane had to be turned around in
mid flight. If they wanted to make Bush look bad they could have. The
topic of terrorism and public safety is too sensitive to anyone,
liberal or conservative. The preamble to the constitution sets the
protection of the people as of the highest concern. I do know that one
day it is going to go too far regarding our personal rights, but the
argument will be that the rights of the many ourway the rights of the
few. I hate slippery slopes and I believe we are on one, but sometimes
someone comes up to you and pushes you down one and there is not much
to do except to try not to get hurt. I wish we could turn the clock
back to a safer time when the world made more sence, but alas. Have a
great week! Jon.