So much for "Voluntary" lock-down and searches in Boston.

[Savannahmann]

19. No, I think that it is acceptance of a state of affairs as the new normal.

We have TSA groping people, for our protection. Before 9-11 we would have rioted before we tolerated that. Now, it's for our safety, and it's all good. We have Homeland Security running around in armored cars. Cars that are refurbished military mine proof armored vehicles. They brag that inside, they can shoot out in all directions. That scares me, and it used to scare Liberals all over the nation.

We have police who pull out fully automatic assault rifles at the drop of a hat. Twenty years ago, the Police were armed with shotguns, and pistols, and they did plenty of damage. Only a handful of officers had that kind of firepower, and we protested them back in the day. Now, everyone has tactical vests, helmets, and a machine gun, and that is ok, because it's for our protection.

I can easily remember a time when we would have protested that kind of heavy handed police work. We led the charge to get those damned cops who threw a beating on Rodney King. We brought change to the world, change for the better. Now, it's all going away, and we cheer the cops who run around like storm troopers and celebrate their violations of the constitution, because its for our safety.

I don't cheer. I shake my head and wonder when we'll wake up, and return to the principles we once held as dearly as we held our children. We have pro gun progressives now. We have so watered down our ideals that it is barely a broth, when it was once a thick stew of idealism.

Perhaps I am the one who needs to change. Perhaps I need to join the NRA, and buy a damned gun and go hunting. I can go out and cheer the cops who drive by, and when called for the jury, announce proudly that the accused obviously did it, because the Cops are angels in uniform who never do anything wrong. BS.