http://www.digital-guerrilla.com/archives/2006/05/23/dropping-eaves/ give me liberty or give me death Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.digital-guerrilla.com/archives/2006/05/23/dropping-eaves/#comment-232 » digital guerrilla Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:57:36 +0000 http://www.digital-guerrilla.com/archives/2006/05/23/dropping-eaves/#comment-232 [...] Each day I bite back on my tongue when I read the news. Having written this reaction to the NSA wiretapping program, I don’t think I have many more civil words to add to the public forum. I would like to extend my thoughts from that post to say the following though. While I want the terrorist scum to know that we know every word they whisper in their sleep, where every cent is spent, and when they’re going to pick their noses even before they do, I also want them to know that we live in the most confusing and amazing country around. By that I mean that they should also see that while we can thwart them at nearly every turn, we can also maintain our freedom. We can shut them down faster than a dictator shutting down a secret printing press and yet still enjoy all the benefits (and drawbacks) of an unchecked media. I want them to know that we are still the land of the free. Just not for them. [...] [...] Each day I bite back on my tongue when I read the news. Having written this reaction to the NSA wiretapping program, I don’t think I have many more civil words to add to the public forum. I would like to extend my thoughts from that post to say the following though. While I want the terrorist scum to know that we know every word they whisper in their sleep, where every cent is spent, and when they’re going to pick their noses even before they do, I also want them to know that we live in the most confusing and amazing country around. By that I mean that they should also see that while we can thwart them at nearly every turn, we can also maintain our freedom. We can shut them down faster than a dictator shutting down a secret printing press and yet still enjoy all the benefits (and drawbacks) of an unchecked media. I want them to know that we are still the land of the free. Just not for them. [...]

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