Originally from the Washington Post, this is a personal story by a man who (like me) loves the USA but becomes more disillusioned by the day. For some time, there have been commentators who note that the ultimate Orwellian society would be based on "Freedom and Democracy". After all, as Orwell points out, an endless war (against "terrorism"?) is an unlimited mandate for totalitarianism in the name of democracy ...

Originally from the Washington Post, this is a personal story by a man who (like me) loves the USA but becomes more disillusioned by the day. For some time, there have been commentators who note that the ultimate Orwellian society would be based on "Freedom and Democracy". After all, as Orwell points out, an endless war (against "terrorism"?) is an unlimited mandate for totalitarianism in the name of democracy ...

[ I was hoping this would be a longer article, but what it describes still makes a valid point. Seems like the DHS isn't doing what it should be doing, and is primarily serving to further alienate everyone, without doing much to make us safer. 'Course, you couldn't possibly blame the president for that, could you? Tax cuts for the rich were more important than funding DHS, i guess. Ooops, guess i did place blame.-k]