You Think You Have Rights?

Welcome to 1930s Germany America in the 21st century. Our rights as Americans are being torn asunder by the people claiming to keep us safe. When our country was just forming, Patrick Henry famously said "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death," but Dick Cheney would rather put you in jail for trying to use those liberties.

From Cliff Schecter:

A man walked up to Dick Cheney, calmly told him he thought his Iraq policy was reprehensible, and walked away. A few minutes later he was arrested by the Secret Service, in front of his 8-year-old son, for "assault".

When he asked what would happen to his child, the Secret Service said, "He can be sent to Child Services." Luckily, the boy found his mother and was safe.

But the citizen who practiced his free speech spent a few hours in jail before he was released.

The only assault committed was by the Vice-President. It is an assault on our constitution and our way of life that is supposed to be one of the hallmarks of the United States. People have come here in droves in search of a better life and to escape from repressive governments.

My own family feared the Cossacks and the Nazis in Eastern Europe, some made it here and many did not. A few generations down the line, I am looking at a nation that is being dragged into the depths of authoritarianism and dictatorship. This must not stand!