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[inibo]

If the rule of law doesn't constrain the actions of government officials, then nothing will. Continuous revelations of serious government lawbreaking have led not to investigations or punishment but to retroactive immunity and concealment of the crimes. Judicial findings of illegal government behavior have led to Congressional action to protect the

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[tinneduir]

We don't have to tolerate what we find intolerable. More to the point, what are we doing about it?

[inibo]

Right now what I'm doing about it is building a network with people like this:
http://kokesh.blogspot.com/2008/07/duty-to-resist.html
And this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inibo/2664142471/
And this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inibo/2664439679/
And this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fGc6auB4j8

There are more of us than you might imagine and we are just getting to know each other, but we are out there and open to anyone who shares our love of liberty.

[kitten_goddess]

You just made me realize something. I, like many other Gen-Xers, have been raised with the idea that all politicians, at some level, are crooks. This has helped protect us from being duped, because we expect them all to lie, no matter what party.

On the other hand, that attitude also eliminates any sense of moral outrage. We shrug our shoulders when a politician does something dishonest. "Oh, well, business as usual," we think, and allow them to go on with their skullduggery, without holding them accountable.

It is this attitude that allowed Abu Ghraib to happen, among other things.

[inibo]

Crooks are one thing, venal and pesky, but these people are seriously building tyranny. It's far beyond "business as usual."