Barbarous Civility

The Air france disaster in Toronto today had a happy ending - as of this writing all the passengers and crew have escaped without serious harm. Such a relief! If we'd had a terror attack so close to home I'm sure Bush would have used it to edit out more of our civil rights as quickly as possible. Isn't it odd that one worries more about ones own government that the terrorists? My chance of being in a terrorist attack according to statistics, is less less likely than being struck by lightning. And that statistic is quite true for most of us in America who go about our daily lives. I do not make light of these horrible and unjustified murders of innocent civilians - all of them Fathers and Mothers, Sons and Daughters, friends and families. These barbarous acts are despicable and cowardly. However, I find it to be just as cowardly for Mr. Bush to force through political agendas and new laws allowing spying and search and seizure, not to mention the threat of being detained without access to your family or an attorney, and being held in limbo. However barbaric these Islamic stinkers become it will behoove us to always take the higher ground. We must not give up the free society we have built since 1776, nor must we cower in fear. Rather, lead our daily lives. And fight to get a Blue Bloody MAN back in the White House!