Believing in American Freedom

AND SO IT TURNS OUT that the big spy scandal was revealed by a twenty nine year old government technician, who believed that the american people had a right to know. The reason we all now know that our government has been for years overreaching its authority granted by the highly questionable patriot act is that a young man with a conscience believed that we the people, rather than they the bureaucrats, should decide such major policies.

He gave his information to an english newspaper, then fled to hong kong, where he is now hiding in a hotel room. That's a good idea, but it may not be good enough. The FBI and CIA can operate anywhere, and breaking american law is no major matter to them. Don't be surprised if all mention of the brave young patriot vanishes from the media.

Another patriot, senator ron paul of kentucky, wants to gather together at least ten million citizen signatures, combine the petition with corporate approval from those companies upon whom the feds leaned to get wire tapping, telephone, and private internet information, and go to the United States supreme court with a class action law suit.

Count me in. Count us all in, correct? senator paul calls the government's behavior in spying on its own citizens, citizens whose welfare it is sworn to protect, "a shocking overreach of power, and extremely alarming."  President obama denies all government wrong doing, which is incredibly comforting and convincing.

WE don't believe a word of it, do we? The one united states senator who voted against the patriot act in 2011 in the aftermath of nine eleven is now saying "see, I told you so." And indeed, he did.
Does anyone possibly think it might be a good idea to repeal the patriot act, reduce the number of intelligence agencies, and produce congressional legislation guaranteeing citizen oversight of those remaining?

Anyone who does not think this might think it preferrable to live in a police state, a country more remindful of soviet russia, nazi germany, or red china than the united states of america, the land of freedom we have always been taught to believe in, and, until just recently, have believed was quite real.