I could rant and rave about how Bush used his money and connections to steal the election. I could dispassionately dissect the two elections that left the American people with a right-wing Christian extremist for a president. Those two things are definitely within my capabilities and on my mind. But what really worries me - no scares me, is the American compliance with absurd abuses of power.
We have not only elected this Right-wing radical to a major position of power, we have seemingly lost our ability to question his decisions. We are willing to sacrifice our personal freedoms on the altar of "Homeland Security." What's the point of fighting anybody? We have already lost this war. We can no longer travel between US cities without extensive searches of our belongings and invasive searches of our physical person. We have allowed the FBI to tap phone lines without having any reasonable basis for suspicion of criminal wrong doing.
American CITIZENS are being held in Federal prisons incommunicado with no charges against them. These individuals are not even granted the right to council. Their LAWYERS are denied access to them. They can be held indefinitely without being charged with anything and no one can seem to do anything about it.
I am a Witch and I am proud of it. But I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t frightened of a return to the Burning Times. I know that no individual in the
There are days I wish I wasn’t a Witch, but it is what moves my soul. How can they (yes, the infamous “they”) think that I’m evil because I prefer a sunny meadow surrounded by trees and flowers to their cold stone buildings for worship? I wonder just how far this will go before the American people will stand up and fight for what they think they’re fighting for already…
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