Scary Stuff, Yet ...

... I have to ask the question, "Why is Naomi Wolf pandering to the fear?" She says,

Before I go into the security lines, I find myself editing my possessions. In New York’s LaGuardia, I reluctantly found myself putting a hardcover copy of Tara McKelvey’s excellent Monstering, an expose of CIA interrogation practices, in a garbage can before I get in the security line; it is based on classified information. This morning at my hotel, before going to the airport, I threw away a very nice black T-shirt that said `We Will Not be Silenced’ — with an Arabic translation — that someone had given me, along with a copy of poems written by detainees at Guantanamo.

If, as she says,

The time for weeping has to stop; the time for confronting must begin.

then it must start with each one of us transcending our fear and saying, "No." We still have our constitution, even in a weakened and vulnerable state. We weaken it further when we meekly throw our rightful possessions into the garbage, in fear. We don't need book burnings when we are so willing to censor ourselves!

There are judges courageous enough to stand up to this administration, even if it means getting put on "a list." There are many citizens willing to put themselves out there.

Finally, we must increase our demand for this two-bit Congress to IMPEACH, NOW.