The response to 9/11 wiped out most of what was left of Americans’ freedom. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
Today is emergency day.
That is to say, it is Nahhhnnleven – to say it like The Chimp did (and does). It was not so much the day terrrists and “enemies of freedom” attacked the United States as it was the day emergency – dial 911! – became not just a day but every day.
And all the time.
We have been living in a perpetual state of emergencies – plural – ever since. One after the next. After the first event, terrorism – state sponsored – was imposed upon travelers, who for the past 22 years have been treated as if they were terrorists. Worse, actually. Because there is some dignity in being a terrorist – and none at all in submitting to being handled as if you were one. But that only applies to us, of course. The political terrorists – the ones who imposed terror on us – fly private and so do not get handled. They just board – and laugh.
At us.
the ‘w’ is for weasel. it fits well and he wears it always.