[Zeebadee]

Demand in one hand, crap in the other. See which one fills up first. At the present time, you have more people like Mr V., not only willing, but eager to give up their rights for their Dear Leader's promise of security, than there are people who are willing to take ALL the risks of living under the fundamental restrictions of the Constitution. The ONLY thing the people have to fight with is their vote. Once a politician has that, he couldn't give a shit less about what that citizen wants. Our career politicians count on the fact that the energy required to overcome the inertia of the people to vote them out is greater than the discomfort of the screwing they give the citizens. "If you've got nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about" is really not much different than "If you speak kindly of them and never object to what they are doing, they'll leave you alone". You'll never get a significant number of people to demand anything of their government..... they are much more interested in just being left alone.