Members of the left constantly assert their concern for our civil liberties.  It is one long, ongoing diatribe.  But, they trot out their most tearful and fretful when they think they smell red meat. (Or should I say red vegetables?)  This is one of those months when they are “oh so angered”.  Their most fretful have come out in scores to condemn Republicans for trying to gain passage of a revised Patriot Act.  This week, they have added to their onslaught by condemning President Bush for wire tapping the international calls of Al Qaida affiliates.  It makes no matter that the President has the Constitutional, legislative, and Congressional prerogative to do so.  The far left is in uproar…as usual.  Their claim is that Republicans are usurping the civil liberties of Americans. 

I would sympathize if their words were not so blatantly disingenuous.  Their gnashing of teeth is hard to take seriously when we realize that it is the left that is engineering the day-today erosion of our most basic civil liberties.  I have written about that fact here several times.   Here is a partial list that starts with the December 10 commentary (Social Control and Personal Freedom) but that keeps getting longer and longer.

The right to:

Drive as far as we want

Drive what we want

Remain safe from predators (e.g., Tookie Williams)

Decide if people can smoke on our own private property

Retain our private property

Keep our lights on at night in the city

Wear high heels (for women)

Live in areas with some space around us

Ride motorcycles without helmets

Ride motorcycles that made noise

Smoke indoors

Smoke outdoors

Eat what we want

Drive in what lane we want (i.e., HOV lanes)

Build what we want on our own property

The far left vilifies the fact that our President is trying to keep us safe from murderous islamofascists while quietly eroding our own personal freedoms. 

Why is it that the left always takes the side of our enemies and tries to make us feel guilty when we try to defend the nation that allows them to defame our efforts?  Is it that they just hate President Bush that much?  If that is the case it can only be linked to one thing…he is a real leader and a real man and they are neither.  Or is it because they truly believe that all of America is evil and should be defeated by our enemies?  I am afraid that this is the real truth.  If it is, we all should be fretful.