They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. -- Benjamin Franklin.

Those words seem to ring particularly true today as people the world over are doing just that; particularly us Americans. We all seem to be running so scared that nobody is surprised or upset that the House has voted to extend measures of the Patriot Act indefinitely. How have we as a people become so complacent and apathetic that we will allow such atrocious violations of our civil liberties, our Constitution, and the way of life that was so dear to our Founding Fathers?

About the layout: Yeah, I know that we haven't changed our front page in over a year. To say the least, I haven't had much time for it, but it's definitly due for an overhaul, so, look for that. Suggestions? My email address is jeremy at hollyandjeremy.com (you'll have to construct that yourself - cuts down on spam).