Freedom and Security
Al Gore delivered his best and perhaps most important speech to date yesterday in Washington, appropriately dubbed the "Freedom and Security" speech. I would recommend that all readers regardless of political affiliation read this speech and think about the arguments it presents. As unbelievable as it may seem, we the American working population are either unaware of the attack on civil liberties that has been going on since the Patriot Act or unconcerned, two equally alarming alternatives. Civil liberties are not just vague concepts that liberals like to whine about being violated, they are vital to what we pretend to hold so dear: our beloved democracy. With the next Presidential election only a year and a day away, don't you think it's time for us all to start becoming informed citizens? I'm guessing that, as always, history would be the best place to start.