I ain't got no problems. Retail friends from Louisiana--those inland at least--ain't got too many either. But those in New Orleans, those from Jackson and Gulfport, MS--THEY got problems.
40,000 homes in east New Orleans--GONE! Businesses, banks, malls, stadiums, neighborhoods, power plants, phone lines--GONE! GONE!
"It will never look the same again," says my good friend Brent Caplan from Alexandria, LA. Sewage and debris-laden storm water now inhabits the French Quarter and beyond. "Biblical historic proportions" is no over-statement.
Every glad handshake and warm embrace here at the convention is punctuated with worry about our cajun friends. What if OUR houses, OUR towns, OUR businesses and sources of income were GONE? GONE!
There but for the grace of God go we.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Sunday, August 28, 2005
United, We Stand
Just arrived in Vegas for the world’s biggest men’s apparel trade show, M.A.G.I.C. This is an acronym for Men’s Apparel Guild In California, but the show is just too big for anything Los Angeles can handle, so for the last 15 years it’s been held in Vegas.
Checked into my very nice room at the Paris, unpacked and turned on the TV. What looked like a happy-go-lucky type of day, with that giddy anticipation of shopping the market and seeing old friends was suddenly drowned out by the now-Category 5 Katrina, about to bury Louisiana with unprecedented fury.
I empathized best I could with the million or so who have already clogged the roads. Some to other families or friends, some to whatever hotels that may still be available, and others to shelters. I thanked my lucky stars I am not in their position, forced to flee their homes that may never withstand this hellish storm.
Whether you are prayerful or not, I implore you to join me in a thought of good will and that somehow, some way, they are spared the sting of this beast. You probably join me in this feeling of helplessness, thus the ONE thing we can do is focus our POSITIVE thoughts and prayers for them. Let's do it NOW, creating a massive laser like beam of hope.
United, we stand.
Checked into my very nice room at the Paris, unpacked and turned on the TV. What looked like a happy-go-lucky type of day, with that giddy anticipation of shopping the market and seeing old friends was suddenly drowned out by the now-Category 5 Katrina, about to bury Louisiana with unprecedented fury.
I empathized best I could with the million or so who have already clogged the roads. Some to other families or friends, some to whatever hotels that may still be available, and others to shelters. I thanked my lucky stars I am not in their position, forced to flee their homes that may never withstand this hellish storm.
Whether you are prayerful or not, I implore you to join me in a thought of good will and that somehow, some way, they are spared the sting of this beast. You probably join me in this feeling of helplessness, thus the ONE thing we can do is focus our POSITIVE thoughts and prayers for them. Let's do it NOW, creating a massive laser like beam of hope.
United, we stand.
Friday, August 19, 2005
Tears From the Garden
Saw the picture of the Israeli soldiers forcibly evicting the Gaza Israelis from their homes and my heart sank. Regardless of the impropriety of HOW they came to be there, from their perspective that was rightfully THEIR home. To have that taken away, to be forcibly relocated to some new place must be devastating.
Such are the snarled weeds of injustice and the pain of unraveling them.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/international/middleeast/18arabs.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1124453233-m19iLh9zkCzIY0PCp1MAbA
· Some Arabs See Withdrawal as Hollow Victory
By HASSAN M. FATTAH NY Times
Published: August 18, 2005
AMMAN, Jordan Aug. 17 - The images of Israeli soldiers clashing with settlers in Gaza have left many Arabs in the Middle East ambivalent about the significance of the pullout. While some see it as a resounding victory for the Palestinians, crediting them with pushing Israel out of the Gaza Strip, others say it will do little to settle the core issue of Palestinian sovereignty.
"There's a mixture of victory and failure here," said Hassan Abu Taleb, assistant director of the Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo. Dampening the sense of victory is that Israel maintains control over Gaza's borders, Mr. Abu Taleb said, while the West Bank, the most contentious part of any settlement, is not even a subject of discussion.
"There remains a principle governing the Arab view of Israel: comprehensive peace will be followed by completely normal relations," he said. "But so far, the Israelis have not achieved the comprehensive peace."
Still, the evictions of Israeli settlers have brought change. Instead of victims, Palestinians appeared on Arab television screens as victors, a notable shift in tone after five years of violence and hardship.
Almost all the major Arab channels poured resources into covering the pullout.
"We think this is a very big event," said Nakhle al Haj, director of news and current affairs at Al Arabiya. "It was historic and deserved a lot of attention."
For many Arabs, the winner is Hamas, the militant Palestinian group. Like Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite movement that undertook a fight against Israel in southern Lebanon that lasted decades, Hamas has capitalized on the Gaza withdrawal to build its image and vie for influence with the Palestinian Authority. One of the group's leaders, Mahmoud Zahar, was prominently featured on most Arab broadcasts in recent days, emphasizing the success of the Intifada and encouraging Palestinians to celebrate their victory.
On Wednesday, Khaled Meshaal, a Hamas leader based in Damascus, held an unusual news conference in Beirut, vowing that Hamas would keep up the fight, sending the kind of message that resonates with many Arabs.
"We made it clear - you scare us, we'll scare you," said Ismail Mustafa, 28, a Palestinian living in the Gaza Refugee Camp about an hour's drive from here. "Whatever is taken by force can't be won back without force."
Yet whatever brief elation was felt in the early days of the pullout was exceeded by fear that Israel's move might in fact hamper the longer term prospect for a Palestinian state to be created in Gaza and the West Bank. The pullout may have put pressure on Arab governments, which will find it hard to demand further concessions from the Israeli government soon.
"Sharon trumped them," said Mohammed al Ameer, political editor at the Saudi daily Al Riyadh. "The Arabs are in a difficult position now because they have been presented with an olive branch and must do something in return."
The pullout also hampers the propaganda war in the Arab world. Gaza, the site of some of the most violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis, has become synonymous with the Israeli occupation, images of which have been beamed into Arab homes nightly. With ostensibly fewer confrontations and fewer images of violence in Gaza, the Palestinians' case against Israel becomes less telegenic, if not less immediate.
"The pullout was a serious step, but after that things will change significantly," said Oraib al Ramtawi, director of Al Quds Center for Political Studies here. "Sharon will be able to avoid the road map for six months to a year, and nobody will be able to tell him to pursue another pullout. It buys him a lot of time."
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Democrats and the Military
The Democratic Party platform in the 2004 election WAS NEARLY IDENTICAL to the GOP in regards to the military!! The NUMBER ONE--Numero UNO--item was a call for a "transformed" and hugely increased military!
This is deadly serious, my friends. How can we ever hope to improve our world when the two parties are identical in nature on the most important issue we will ever face? Perhaps the Dems were afraid of being beaten over the head with more false propaganda and a fearful public. Or maybe they/ WE ? (I don't know--are we really part of this Democratic party if they are so at odds with what we know to be right??) are being run, bought and sold by the same military/industrial powers that run the GOP.
If we who see the futility of an ever-increasing military do not have a voice in the Democratic party, then we MUST--MUST make a change. This is the pre-eminent issue, everything else pales by comparison.
The error of over-militarization is as obvious as it is logical. In our lifetimes we have never felt more insecure, yet we are spending more than ever since Bush has taken office. 9/11 had nothing to do with our military might, or that of any other country, yet the conspiratorial powers have used the resultant fear to explode military growth. Clinton's military budget was a relatively measly $240 BILLION, which was more than the next 11 nations COMBINED!
A friend sent this link www.truemajority.com/oreos/ to me--you may have seen it last year. This shows how much a LITTLE re-allotment of the military spending to our real human needs and foreign aid can have a huge beneficial impact.
Again however I must repeat what I said earlier: we Democrats must influence the party powers to adopt a NEW approach to our security that includes less military spending, more multi-lateral co-operation and recognition of root causes of conflicts and their proper resolution.
Or we bolt.
RFD 8/16/05
This is deadly serious, my friends. How can we ever hope to improve our world when the two parties are identical in nature on the most important issue we will ever face? Perhaps the Dems were afraid of being beaten over the head with more false propaganda and a fearful public. Or maybe they/ WE ? (I don't know--are we really part of this Democratic party if they are so at odds with what we know to be right??) are being run, bought and sold by the same military/industrial powers that run the GOP.
If we who see the futility of an ever-increasing military do not have a voice in the Democratic party, then we MUST--MUST make a change. This is the pre-eminent issue, everything else pales by comparison.
The error of over-militarization is as obvious as it is logical. In our lifetimes we have never felt more insecure, yet we are spending more than ever since Bush has taken office. 9/11 had nothing to do with our military might, or that of any other country, yet the conspiratorial powers have used the resultant fear to explode military growth. Clinton's military budget was a relatively measly $240 BILLION, which was more than the next 11 nations COMBINED!
A friend sent this link www.truemajority.com/oreos/ to me--you may have seen it last year. This shows how much a LITTLE re-allotment of the military spending to our real human needs and foreign aid can have a huge beneficial impact.
Again however I must repeat what I said earlier: we Democrats must influence the party powers to adopt a NEW approach to our security that includes less military spending, more multi-lateral co-operation and recognition of root causes of conflicts and their proper resolution.
Or we bolt.
RFD 8/16/05
Saturday, August 13, 2005
An Ode to Chase Comley
It was jaw-dropping news: “Lance Cpl. Chase Comley, 21, is returning to Lexington in a flag-draped coffin. Friends and family are stunned at the loss. Comley, killed by a suicide bomber Saturday, is the 28th recorded servicemember with a Kentucky hometown to have died in the Iraq war.”
War fatalities had always happened to other people, from other families. Not anymore. I knew Chase and his family very well. His grandfather, Victor Comley, I’ve known for over 25 years. His father, Mark, used to sell our store Kentucky tee-shirts.
Years later Mark would bring his wife, Cathy, and the rest of the family, Clinton, Laine and Cammie, to Friday’s where Mark would do magic tricks. 12-year old Chase would join me at the bar to play trivia. He joyfully and fearlessly answered the most difficult questions, that big smile and thick flock of hair waving triumphantly with every right answer.
Chase had an unquenchable optimism and a boundless spirit. So it was with that same smile and “can’t wait to get to it” drive that he told me of his decision to enlist and serve his country. I had not heard anything till I saw his mother over Memorial Day at the Lexington Cemetery, where our families’ plots lay next to each other.
Cathy was so proud, and not just a little worried. Chase had matured so much, she told me. And while he relished his role as a Marine, he was so looking forward to coming home.
How foolish my words of comfort to her seem now. They came much too easily and with that “he’ll be home for the holidays” certainty that comes only from a safe distance. Try as I might, it is just impossible to imagine the horrid reality of what our soldiers face.
Yesterday was visitation. The long, winding line took nearly an hour to get through, such were the huge number of people, young and old, who Chase had touched during his short life. A fully decorated Marine guarded his flag-draped coffin. His family stood nearby, serenely receiving us with unusual composure and class.
Such conflicting emotions flooded my head and heart. I have been an outspoken opponent of this war long before we began it. And wrong though they are the pro-warriors have painted this opposition as being targeted against the troops as well. How, I wondered, would Chase see this? Is it inconsistent to honor him—and all our soldiers—while opposing this war?
Absolutely not. I wholly support our military while opposing unjust, unnecessary and counterproductive wars. The military’s duty is to be ready when the civilian leadership calls it to action. They MUST be well-oiled and gung ho. All soldiers are worthy of our utmost respect and honor and care both during their service AND in retirement. .
Yet the military does not will itself into battle—our elected leaders do. In essence the military is one big GUN, and as the NRA argument goes, “guns don’t kill people, people do.” The proper use of a gun is to defend an attack. The law recognizes this right to the extent that such use will absolve a shooter from any liability providing that was the only course available to protecting their life. But the law will convict for life—even DEATH—those who shoot and kill without proper cause. The gun is not prosecuted—the SHOOTER is.
Our nation's military, properly and justly employed, performs the same defensive mission on a big scale. So it is, in effect, a GUN. Yet the shooter of that gun is the nation's elected LEADERSHIP, chief among them President Bush. Yes, they are certainly accountable for their wrongful use of the world’s biggest gun, the United States military.
Would Chase believe likewise? I just don’t know, but regardless I must always stay true to my light, leaving it ever open to new and better information. Coincidentally his aunt, Missy Comley Beattie, wrote an article in yesterday’s Lexington Herald-Leader http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/12364399.htm, that gave me a clue as to how Chase would feel.
A brief excerpt: “As I write, Chase is being flown to Dover Air Force Base. His 6-foot-4 body is in a coffin draped with the American flag. He loved his family, his country, his Sayre classmates and his life, but we don't think he loved his mission in Iraq.
“When he was recruited, he told us he would be deployed to Japan. He called every week when he wasn't in the field to tell us he was counting the days until his return. He tried to sound upbeat, probably for our benefit, but his father could detect in Chase's voice more than a hint of futility and will never say, "my son died doing what he loved."
“For those of you who still trust the Bush administration -- and your percentage diminishes every day -- let me tell you that my nephew Chase Johnson Comley did not die to preserve your freedoms. He was not presented flowers by grateful Iraqis, welcoming him as their liberator. He died fighting a senseless war for oil and contracts, ensuring the increased wealth of President Bush and his administration's friends.”
I’ll often sit in Friday’s and remember a Chase so full of glee. And of that, no doubt, his fellow Angels will certainly agree.
Richard F. Dawahare 8/13/05
War fatalities had always happened to other people, from other families. Not anymore. I knew Chase and his family very well. His grandfather, Victor Comley, I’ve known for over 25 years. His father, Mark, used to sell our store Kentucky tee-shirts.
Years later Mark would bring his wife, Cathy, and the rest of the family, Clinton, Laine and Cammie, to Friday’s where Mark would do magic tricks. 12-year old Chase would join me at the bar to play trivia. He joyfully and fearlessly answered the most difficult questions, that big smile and thick flock of hair waving triumphantly with every right answer.
Chase had an unquenchable optimism and a boundless spirit. So it was with that same smile and “can’t wait to get to it” drive that he told me of his decision to enlist and serve his country. I had not heard anything till I saw his mother over Memorial Day at the Lexington Cemetery, where our families’ plots lay next to each other.
Cathy was so proud, and not just a little worried. Chase had matured so much, she told me. And while he relished his role as a Marine, he was so looking forward to coming home.
How foolish my words of comfort to her seem now. They came much too easily and with that “he’ll be home for the holidays” certainty that comes only from a safe distance. Try as I might, it is just impossible to imagine the horrid reality of what our soldiers face.
Yesterday was visitation. The long, winding line took nearly an hour to get through, such were the huge number of people, young and old, who Chase had touched during his short life. A fully decorated Marine guarded his flag-draped coffin. His family stood nearby, serenely receiving us with unusual composure and class.
Such conflicting emotions flooded my head and heart. I have been an outspoken opponent of this war long before we began it. And wrong though they are the pro-warriors have painted this opposition as being targeted against the troops as well. How, I wondered, would Chase see this? Is it inconsistent to honor him—and all our soldiers—while opposing this war?
Absolutely not. I wholly support our military while opposing unjust, unnecessary and counterproductive wars. The military’s duty is to be ready when the civilian leadership calls it to action. They MUST be well-oiled and gung ho. All soldiers are worthy of our utmost respect and honor and care both during their service AND in retirement. .
Yet the military does not will itself into battle—our elected leaders do. In essence the military is one big GUN, and as the NRA argument goes, “guns don’t kill people, people do.” The proper use of a gun is to defend an attack. The law recognizes this right to the extent that such use will absolve a shooter from any liability providing that was the only course available to protecting their life. But the law will convict for life—even DEATH—those who shoot and kill without proper cause. The gun is not prosecuted—the SHOOTER is.
Our nation's military, properly and justly employed, performs the same defensive mission on a big scale. So it is, in effect, a GUN. Yet the shooter of that gun is the nation's elected LEADERSHIP, chief among them President Bush. Yes, they are certainly accountable for their wrongful use of the world’s biggest gun, the United States military.
Would Chase believe likewise? I just don’t know, but regardless I must always stay true to my light, leaving it ever open to new and better information. Coincidentally his aunt, Missy Comley Beattie, wrote an article in yesterday’s Lexington Herald-Leader http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/12364399.htm, that gave me a clue as to how Chase would feel.
A brief excerpt: “As I write, Chase is being flown to Dover Air Force Base. His 6-foot-4 body is in a coffin draped with the American flag. He loved his family, his country, his Sayre classmates and his life, but we don't think he loved his mission in Iraq.
“When he was recruited, he told us he would be deployed to Japan. He called every week when he wasn't in the field to tell us he was counting the days until his return. He tried to sound upbeat, probably for our benefit, but his father could detect in Chase's voice more than a hint of futility and will never say, "my son died doing what he loved."
“For those of you who still trust the Bush administration -- and your percentage diminishes every day -- let me tell you that my nephew Chase Johnson Comley did not die to preserve your freedoms. He was not presented flowers by grateful Iraqis, welcoming him as their liberator. He died fighting a senseless war for oil and contracts, ensuring the increased wealth of President Bush and his administration's friends.”
I’ll often sit in Friday’s and remember a Chase so full of glee. And of that, no doubt, his fellow Angels will certainly agree.
Richard F. Dawahare 8/13/05
Saturday, August 06, 2005
It CAN happen to you!
The following story is as bizarre as it is scary. Wednesday started out calmly enough for Teddy (not his real name), a menswear sales rep. He was preparing to show us (Dawahare’s) his line, suffer my bad jokes (rule #1 for vendors: ALWAYS laugh at the retailer’s jokes), and then fly home.
After a nice lunch the Dawahare boys dropped Teddy off at the airport, wishing him bon voyage. About an hour later I get a call from my brother, “Teddy’s in jail, he was arrested going through security, something about a sharp object, can you help him?”
Whoa, what, where, what, come again, WHOAA! By time I got to the jail, Teddy’d been charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon while attempting to board an airplane. I went into overdrive calling my criminal attorney friends, only to get their answering machines. My buddy at legal aid, Joe Barbieri, saved us. He talked me through the steps I needed to take to spring Teddy, which, considering the charge seemed most unlikely.
Being a licensed attorney I was able to enter the jail to visit my shocked and frantic client. The police escorted me through a maze of security doors to a basement holding area where Teddy was being held. It was a sorry, sorry sight. I tell you, whether one is guilty or innocent it is a sad and sorry sight.
Teddy explained: “as my bags were going through, the TSA said they were going to re-check them. Then they pulled my company-supplied portfolio and said there was something in it. They groped and searched and finally out came a grayish metal file-type instrument with a tip. They pulled me aside and arrested me, read me my rights, handcuffed me, and brought me here.”
Teddy had no idea that was in the portfolio, but to his great credit he could understand why TSA would find such a well hidden tool suspicious. Yet he was surprised the police did no questioning or follow up—they just arrested him, booked him and treated him as if he was guilty.
Funny thing is he got this portfolio from his company about 3 months ago and had just flown through Atlanta with it. I know from my own experience that the Lexington airport’s security equipment seems more sensitive as they have caught items other airports—including LaGuardia—have not.
Teddy called his boss in New York, and his company’s top people rushed to his aid. Best they can figure, the tool was one used to turn the leather and must have accidentally been left in at the point of manufacture (in India). Unless somebody was playing a joke on poor Teddy there seems to be no other explanation.
At any rate, Teddy was lucky the charge was only a mis-demeanor. I went to the courthouse, posted the $200 bail and got Teddy out. While he was thrilled to be out all he could think about was dreadful doom and gloom: tomorrow’s court appearance, being a marked-man whenever he flew, and a possible federal charge to boot.
I was able to get my friend Jim Lowry, the best criminal attorney in town, to go with me to court for Teddy’s arraignment. Thankfully, Jim has had 20 similar cases and has gotten them all off, and Teddy will certainly make it 21.
If this has not hitten home with you yet, consider this. After the “not guilty” court plea Teddy was free to leave. I escorted him to the Delta check in, just to insure he would have no problems.
The Delta manager pulled him aside and politely told him, “Delta has decided not to board you today, sir.” They considered Teddy too much a security risk! I pleaded with the manager, told him Teddy’s side, but to no avail. He did say he could try to get him on another airline.
I admit I started to get heated, so I just walked away…and prayed. Yes, I prayed for Teddy, the Delta agent, the security people, for my own patience and wisdom. Now this is either an unbelievable coincidence or another example of “the power of prayer” but the Delta manager came back and said they would let Teddy fly after all---WHEW!
Sure enough, they basically strip-searched Teddy at the checkpoint, but he did make it through. And, as he emailed me today, he “passed out as soon as [he] got home.”
Friends, I know that in today’s world we think it essential to broach NO security risk, to mandate hypersensitive security at airports, and soon in movies, ballgames and buildings. But SOMETHING has got to give.
We are losing it--our freedom, our well being, our sanity, our Constitutional rights. Too many people are ready to accept random police searches, profiling, wiretaps and such without the constitutionally required showing of probable cause. This is totally, totally unacceptable and can only end in disaster for us—or any society—that so readily and unnecessarily forfeits these rights.
I told Teddy there are always silver linings to seemingly bad events. Somehow, he will benefit from this. Perhaps we all will by using this as inspiration to develop new security techniques that keep sacrosanct our rights and well-being.
After all, it could happen to you. RFD 8/6/05
After a nice lunch the Dawahare boys dropped Teddy off at the airport, wishing him bon voyage. About an hour later I get a call from my brother, “Teddy’s in jail, he was arrested going through security, something about a sharp object, can you help him?”
Whoa, what, where, what, come again, WHOAA! By time I got to the jail, Teddy’d been charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon while attempting to board an airplane. I went into overdrive calling my criminal attorney friends, only to get their answering machines. My buddy at legal aid, Joe Barbieri, saved us. He talked me through the steps I needed to take to spring Teddy, which, considering the charge seemed most unlikely.
Being a licensed attorney I was able to enter the jail to visit my shocked and frantic client. The police escorted me through a maze of security doors to a basement holding area where Teddy was being held. It was a sorry, sorry sight. I tell you, whether one is guilty or innocent it is a sad and sorry sight.
Teddy explained: “as my bags were going through, the TSA said they were going to re-check them. Then they pulled my company-supplied portfolio and said there was something in it. They groped and searched and finally out came a grayish metal file-type instrument with a tip. They pulled me aside and arrested me, read me my rights, handcuffed me, and brought me here.”
Teddy had no idea that was in the portfolio, but to his great credit he could understand why TSA would find such a well hidden tool suspicious. Yet he was surprised the police did no questioning or follow up—they just arrested him, booked him and treated him as if he was guilty.
Funny thing is he got this portfolio from his company about 3 months ago and had just flown through Atlanta with it. I know from my own experience that the Lexington airport’s security equipment seems more sensitive as they have caught items other airports—including LaGuardia—have not.
Teddy called his boss in New York, and his company’s top people rushed to his aid. Best they can figure, the tool was one used to turn the leather and must have accidentally been left in at the point of manufacture (in India). Unless somebody was playing a joke on poor Teddy there seems to be no other explanation.
At any rate, Teddy was lucky the charge was only a mis-demeanor. I went to the courthouse, posted the $200 bail and got Teddy out. While he was thrilled to be out all he could think about was dreadful doom and gloom: tomorrow’s court appearance, being a marked-man whenever he flew, and a possible federal charge to boot.
I was able to get my friend Jim Lowry, the best criminal attorney in town, to go with me to court for Teddy’s arraignment. Thankfully, Jim has had 20 similar cases and has gotten them all off, and Teddy will certainly make it 21.
If this has not hitten home with you yet, consider this. After the “not guilty” court plea Teddy was free to leave. I escorted him to the Delta check in, just to insure he would have no problems.
The Delta manager pulled him aside and politely told him, “Delta has decided not to board you today, sir.” They considered Teddy too much a security risk! I pleaded with the manager, told him Teddy’s side, but to no avail. He did say he could try to get him on another airline.
I admit I started to get heated, so I just walked away…and prayed. Yes, I prayed for Teddy, the Delta agent, the security people, for my own patience and wisdom. Now this is either an unbelievable coincidence or another example of “the power of prayer” but the Delta manager came back and said they would let Teddy fly after all---WHEW!
Sure enough, they basically strip-searched Teddy at the checkpoint, but he did make it through. And, as he emailed me today, he “passed out as soon as [he] got home.”
Friends, I know that in today’s world we think it essential to broach NO security risk, to mandate hypersensitive security at airports, and soon in movies, ballgames and buildings. But SOMETHING has got to give.
We are losing it--our freedom, our well being, our sanity, our Constitutional rights. Too many people are ready to accept random police searches, profiling, wiretaps and such without the constitutionally required showing of probable cause. This is totally, totally unacceptable and can only end in disaster for us—or any society—that so readily and unnecessarily forfeits these rights.
I told Teddy there are always silver linings to seemingly bad events. Somehow, he will benefit from this. Perhaps we all will by using this as inspiration to develop new security techniques that keep sacrosanct our rights and well-being.
After all, it could happen to you. RFD 8/6/05
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