George McEvoy: Losing hope [View All]

Mr. McEvoy is a long-time columnist who once wrote for the old NY Daily Mirror. Here's his latest piece for his current paper, the Palm Beach Post, published in West Palm Beach, FL. The Post covers the Treasure Coast to the Palm Beaches. It is not, as it's name may suggest, the official paper of the kingdom of Palm Beach.

an excerpt:

"As for the spying, President Bush says it's for our protection. We are giving up the rights our ancestors and some of our contemporaries fought and died for in order to protect and preserve our freedoms.

And the thing that gets me is how many Americans — at least those I've seen interviewed on TV — see nothing amiss in that form of logic.

That's the main reason I can't be optimistic this New Year's, the fact that folks don't seem to mind if their phones are tapped or their mail is intercepted. What's next, martial law?

But then, as H.L. Mencken once wrote, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."

Full column at:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/12/31/m13a_mcevoy_1231.html

Happy New Year anyway!