"If you seek freedom and individual rights, you will be struck."
Rick Renzi, R., Arizona

Congressman Renzi said this in a speech commemorating the events of September 11, 2001, and promoting the so-called War on Terror. Talk about myopia! Horrifying as terrorist acts may be, it is in this country that you risk being struck if you seek freedom and individual rights.

In many parts of the U.S., sticking an anti-war or anti-Bush bumper sticker on your car, writing a letter to the editor that is critical of the White House, or speaking against the White House at a public event can get you struck--literally. Or threatened. Or boycotted by radio stations who promote the lie that Iraq was "behind Bin Laden," as the sickening song goes.

Simple acts like wearing a T-shirt in a mall or displaying a peace sign attract the phony patriot vigilantes like magnets. So I agree with Renzi, but I don't think he has any idea what kind of truth he spoke.