Loss of Liberty

Under the Bush Administration we've been losing our rights at an ever increasing rate. And nothing is stemming the tide. To paraphrase Andrew Sullivan in last week's Real Time with Bill Mahar, it is as if no one in the government ever heard Patrick Henry's famous quote, "Give me liberty, or give me death."

From Boing Boing - click the link for more and for references.

The Department of Homeland Security quietly moves closer to an invasive "Secure Flights" proposal that requires government-issued credentials for all air travelers -- and government permission for each flight! International "Advance Passenger Information System" rules were published Monday (effective February of 2008), making the U.S. version much more likely to pass.