In the Land of the Blind

Why is it that the public is so willing to believe the Homeland Security department who is demonstrably lying to us? The majority of actions taken "For our own sake" do not actually make us safer. The administration is trying to make people feel safer even if they aren't. This story does a good job of describing the incompetence, hubris and arrogance of those who would take away our liberty for the sake of no real increase in safety. If I wanted to improve my safety, I would get off the highways, which take more lives annually in fatal accidents than multiple World Trade Centers.