i'm going to get in trouble for this one

"The proposition of internal division in our fight against terrorism isn't based in fact," says Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney. "This administration is united in its commitment to protect Americans, defeat terrorism and grow democracy.")

such unanimity terrifies me. a world without dissent is a world where dictators rule at whim and everyone else is oppressed or willing crony complicit in oppression. clearly this administration believes in promoting a false front (a lie) of unanimity while it oppresses any and all who are (so far) powerless to stop it. i'm pretty liberal in most of my ideas, but i believe in a much smaller government, a much less intrusive government, than the one we have now. especially one that allows itself, without legal or constitutional authority, to make up the authority to spy on its people and fight wars on completely made up pretenses. the "war on terror" will last for ever, but we cannot give this president or this government (or any president or government) free rein to run roughshod over our rights and liberties. we must stop this authoritarian rule, we must restrain the executive by any means necessary. if our elected officials won't do their part in the system of checks and balances our founding fathers constructed to keep this nation great and balanced and fair to all, we must take the fight into our own hands.

but you cowards aren't with me, and i'm not brave enough to fight this fight alone.