Say It Loud: HELL NO!

After spending decades as a Chicago newspaper journalist, I must say it is more than somewhat ironic that the Chicago Tribune (It's not your Colonel's rag anymore.) should become a beacon of Libertarian values. But history aside, today's Trib piece by Kathleen Parker aptly states: "As homeland security heats up and federal officials consider extending the government's plans to--oh, let's just go ahead and say it--spy on Americans, patriotic citizens who value civil liberties might want to start practicing a few words that could prove useful in the coming weeks and months: "Not no, but hell no.' "

One of life's great truisms is that "The Wheel Always Turns." One day, when political balance is restored to the Hill, many extant and future legislative rollbacks in civil liberties will, themselves, be undone. Until that time, "Bar the doors, Katie!" I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who opined: "A society that would trade a little freedom for a little more order deserves neither, and will lose both."