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Originally published in 1947, The Everglades was one of those rare books, like Uncle Tom's Cabin and Silent Spring, to have an immediate political effect: it helped draw public attention to a vast and little-known area that South Florida developers had deemed a worthless swamp and were busily draining, damming, and remaking, and it mustered needed public support for President Harry Truman's controversial order, later that year, to protect more than 2 million acres as Everglades National Park.
Remote and seldom visited, the Everglades nonetheless had a rich human history: several Native American peoples, Spanish explorers, French and English pirates, runaway slaves, and Anglo trappers and fishermen all came to this limestone basin and made their lives among its slowly moving water and fast-growing sawgrass. It is this human history, more than the life histories of the Everglades' deer, panthers, scorpions, serpents, and alligators, that occupies most of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas's pages; even so, her lyrical if sometimes sentimental account of the area's flora and fauna makes for fine reading.
Douglas died in 1998 at the age of 107, having done more than any other one person to protect this magnificent portion of wild America. Anyone wishing to continue her good work--and to understand the Everglades' importance in the shape of things--will find great riches in her book. --Gregory McNamee
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Wonderful update!.......2007-05-15
I had read an earlier printing of this classic book, and I knew that it was an invaluable resource of information and a well-written narrative. The 50th anniversary edition has excellent updates about developments in the Everglades and the maps are much more readable than my earlier version. I was very pleased.
Two Books in One.......2005-07-28
Last winter, I purchased River of Grass at the National Park Service's store at Shark Valley in the Everglades. It was recommended by the tour guide. I visit Miami about once a year and always hope to have the opportunity to visit the Everglades. I have known that they are a very special, spiritual place on the edge of a huge city.
However, River of Grass has helped me better understand the unique place that this wilderness holds. It is an ancient area that was the sight of much fighting, greed, and sorrow. It is one of the very few places left where the Native American people fought and, to some degree, won. This, in and of itself, is fascinating. There is a deep and ancient culture that Ms. Douglas discusses and explains with great beauty and respect.
And then there is the River itself. The Everglades have been the sight of some of the most contentious environmental battles in North America. Ms. Douglas identifies the warring parties and comes down firmly in the camp of the environmentalists. This adds a great deal of power and conviction to the book.
I strongly recommend this book if you have an interest in South Florida beyond the beaches and the tourist sights.
Marvelous.......2003-02-20
What a readable and fascinating history of the wonderful State of Florida! I enjoyed every minute of the story of the struggle to conquer the environment and mold it to the white man's idea of a civilized place. Sadly, I am not convinced the developers will allow the Everglades to exist much longer. I am grateful to have lived in a time when its wonders are still available to me.
"Mother of the Everglades".......2002-03-20
That's how most of us in Florida referred to Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Long honored by the state and then by the nation a few years before she died in 1998, she was a living legend in the South Florida environmental movement. Within a few miles of where I live there's a school, a park, a long section of highway and the Biscayne Nature Center, all of which are named after this grand old lady.
And grand and old she was. One of the most amazing facts about her life is the way it seems to have paralleled the recent history of the Everglades itself. Consider this. The first real encroachment of the Everglades began in 1890 when settlers started draining the area around the Kissimmee river. This was just 10 years before Douglas was born. When she wrote THE EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS in 1947 she was 57 years old. The book played a huge part in creating public awareness about the vital importance of the area and was the prime impetus for the creation of the Everglades National Park. Douglas was in fact there when Harry Truman officially opened the park in late 1947. She was still around to receive an honor from president Clinton in 1993. Most incredibly she lived to see the publishing of this - the Fiftieth Anniversary edition of her best known book - dying shortly after at the age of 108! One of the salient points to note about this edition is that it offers an added chapter by another writer titled "Coming Together" which highlights some of the recent progress being made in reversing the damage done to the Everglades watershed area. Progress which can trace it's origins back decades ago to the constant cajoling and inspiration of one Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Never has the saying "Life imitates Nature" been any truer.
Douglas's original book is in keeping with the times it was written in. A natural history of the Everglades with a heavy emphasis on wildlife and the local culture, written in a simple straightforward style. This "just-the-facts" approach is used when recounting the early history of the area, giving names and dates of conquerors and explorers. The writing style occasionally feels a bit dry but these moments quickly pass as we get so caught up in reading about history by someone who was themselves a bit of living history.
A must-read for fans of the Everglades.......2000-04-11
Everglades National Park is one of the country's mostfascinating wilderness areas, and is quite possibly the best place forviewing wildlife on the entire North American continent. It's amazing that such a park can exist right next to one of our biggest and fastest-growing urban areas, and in a region that draws millions of visitors every year. The fact that it exists at all in the face of so much human pressure is a testament to the efforts of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and others, and to the influence of this book.
Still, for the most part, this book is a conventional dates-and-events human history of South Florida rather than an argument for environmental protection. The environmental theme doesn't really get going until after the Civil War, well past the middle of the book, when draining the Everglades was first proposed, and it isn't until "The Eleventh Hour," the final chapter of the original edition, that the book becomes an impassioned plea for saving the wilderness. A final chapter added in 1987 brings the story into our era, continues the catalog of degradation, and makes the key point that most of the forces that threaten the Everglades flourish outside the boundaries of the National Park.
I confess that I found the historical narrative a bit dull in places, though it's hard to imagine a more colorful cast of characters than the conquistadors, pirates, hardy Native Americans, escaped slaves, adventurers, poachers, speculators and old-time politicians who all play a part in the story. Nevertheless, "River of Grass" is still the best history of South Florida, and should be on the reading list of anyone who wants something a little more substantial than the tourist guides and coffee-table fluff that dominate the shelf of books about the region.
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In the Everglades, inches deep and miles wide, mystery abounds. What may look like a smooth, silent carpet of flowing grass is actually a world teeming with life. Amid tree islands and mangrove roots are animals on the prowl. A tuft-eared bobcat gives an eerie yoooooowl, a raccoon carefully washes his food, an osprey guts a fish, and an alligator waits with shroudlike eyes for a redbelly turtle to swim too close. From creatures that fly to those that crawl, here is the cycle of life in the Everglades, presented in lilting, poetic words and lush, dramatic images. A perfect armchair tour through a surprisingly vast array of wildlife in a swampy strip unlike any other place on earth.
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The Everglades: River of Grass
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Updated and revised for the 60th Anniversary. New afterword by Michael Grunwald, author of The Swamp.
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Everglades: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass
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Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass.......2001-11-02
This is a book that honestly tells the story of the lives of the Miccosukee Indians who live with the disasters wreaked upon their homeland by the encroachment of the White Man's "civilization." Buffalo Tiger is a full blooded native of the Everglades, born on an island in the real glades. He operates a tour business taking visitors into the glades to see the real environment. It tells of the environmental problems that have driven many of the natives to abandon their homes and move even as far as Miami. It also describes beautifully, the glories of this unique environment and the attempts of the adults in the tribe to keep their culture alive as their children are lured into the TV culture. It is a great book for both environmental education and for teaching about cultural diversity. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs taken by the author.
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In June, 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Thirty-four men died and 172 were wounded. The author was an officer on the bridge when the attack started and subsequently spent many years researching and documenting this meticulous account of the attack and the cover-up that followed.
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Understandably passionate. Understandably flawed........2007-08-17
The crew of the USS Liberty sustained an abominable experience far beyond the scope of most of us. It is in this sense that such a book might be useful.
But the author's understandable zeal for finding WHY it happened has taken him down some paths strewn with speculation and anti-Israel zeal.
The author's ire drove him him to dish up dishonest hyperbole against Israel on matters having nothing to do with this tragedy.
For example, about 18 years ago, Ennes wrote to a New England newspaper and claimed, among other things that, "...It is Israel that daily maims and murders an unarmed population in Palestine. It is Israel that daily bulldozes homes of suspected adolescent rock-throwers."
This is, of course, false. But it does serve to show that among the victims of the Liberty incident is objectivity.
One might argue that a crew member of the USS Liberty at the time would be in an ideal position to know what happened.
But such a notion is like claiming that a crewmember of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941 was in an ideal position to know what transpired among the officers of the Japanese Imperial Fleet prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, or an NVA soldier during the Vietnam War could understand the inner workings of Robert McNamara.
As such, this book was not a huge disappointment, since the reader should expect such a perspective.
The passion to explain this attack has led Ennes and others to conclude that it was deliberate.
But as radio personality Les Kinsolving once noted, "It is as preposterous as the idea that Capt. John Paul Jones would have been ordered by Gen. George Washington to sink the French troop ships bringing soldiers and artillery to help us win our war of independence."
So where does one turn for an objective account of this military disaster?
The answer is "The Liberty Incident: the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship" by J. Cristol. The author, a federal judge and former naval carrier pilot, spent 14 years researching every possible source of information on the attack.
While others embrace all sorts of theories about why Israel deliberately attacked the ship, Cristol approached the event with the passion of a relentless detective.Liberty Incident
As for the conspiracy folks, they would be wise to consider the following comment from Adm. Leon A. Edney, USN (Ret.), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic; and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command:
"Only those with an ulterior motive can still cling to the conspiracy theories after Judge Jay Cristol's excellent coverage documents each detail that led to the tragic mistaken attack."
Nevertheless, this book could have been much worse, as demonstrated by author Peter Hounam's steaming heap of speculation, "Operation Cyanide."
One-Sided and incomplete.......2007-05-14
One can go on forever about who is pro this or pro that, but the truth is that the most complete and recognized book on the subject of the Liberty is written by Jay Cristol, a United States Judge who has devoted his life to the FACTS of what went on that day. This book shows one side, from an emotional person who was hurt and angry. If you read this book, you do yourself and history a disservice if you do not read Jay Cristol's book as well. I was "horrified" by the incident, as any American would be, until I read the explanations and facts addressed by Judge Cristol. Seemingly impossible facts to refute, mentioned in this book, have complicated but indisputable answers. A country fighting for its life does not brutally attack its ONLY ally in the world. There are answers, and this book does not have them. Judge Cristol's book does.
Three separate crimes.......2007-04-28
This book presents plausible answers to several important questions about this amazing event. Facts apparently not disputed include that the Israelis attacked a US warship in international waters, killing many sailors. Almost everything else is disputed by someone.
Q1. Did the Israelis deliberately attack a US warship?
P.A. The huge disrepancy in size, appearance, and visible equipment between the Liberty and the Egyptian ship the Iraelis claim to have mistaken her for make Israeli claims hard to believe. If they thought they were attacking an Egyptian ship, why were Israeli jamming efforts targeted so specifically against American communication procedures?
Q2. Assuming the Israelis thought they were attacking an Egyptian ship, did they obey the Geneva conventions?
P.A. The attacks on lifeboats, and various other Israeli actions, violate the Geneva conventions, as well as all rules of war that have been recognized for centuries. They appear to have been motivated by a desire to leave no witnesses. The behavior of Israelis in this attack, as given in sworn statements by American eyewitnesses, bears significant similarities to accounts given by eyewitnesses of others attacked by Israel, which Israelis and their apologists normally dismiss due to alleged racial or cultural inferiority of the witnesses.
Q3. Why did other US forces not rush to the defense of the Liberty?
P.A. They started to, but were ordered not to by politicians in Washington who were more concerned with 'spin' than with American lives.
Q4. Why has this attack never been given an official public inquiry and report by the US government?
P.A. The truth is too embarrasing.
Q5. What motive could the Israelis have for attacking the Liberty?
P.A. Only the Israelis can know for sure. At the time of the attack, the US government wanted to resupply Israel enough to prevent an Israeli defeat, but not enough to enable the Israelis to gain the crushing victory they did. The Liberty was sending back to Washigton information that showed the Israelis already winning, which, if allowed to continue, might have caused the US to stop resupplying Israel. (A recent poll in Israel showed that 72% of Israelis believe the attack was deliberate, and for the above motive.)
It is notable that those reviews that show more loyalty to Israel than to truth never try to answer Question 2, but confine themselves to Question 1 (fog of war) and an I-didn't-see-the-answer to Question 5.
Liberty Veterans called anti-semitic..........2006-12-18
After I spoke to two veterans and had several correspondence with a couple of those on the pro-Israeli side of the attack, some points:
1: The key to understanding the attack will be the NSA spy plane transcripts/recordings, which haven't been divulged yet. I think the survivors want them released. Consistently the pro-Israeli argument never even refers to the existence of these records, so I suspect these NSA records might be the key. Don't be confused though; the ADL and others refer to "NSA transcripts" recently released[on the NSA website in 2003]...but these [Israeli helicopter pilot] "NSA transcripts" were never the relevant "NSA transcripts" [of the actual attacking planes and boats] that the survivors were and are still calling to be released.
2: I understand the pro-Israeli interests lying about this attack to protect the essential US support of Israel, but several go over the line, such as when a rabbi at a Naval base had the book removed from a base exchange after he called it and its author anti-semetic.
3: The motivation to dismiss the Liberty attack as an accident is overwhelming on the Jewish side, with seemingly no one on the pro-Israeli side offering even question as to whether the Liberty was known to be a US ship before the attack.
4: To be clear, no investigation has actually been done on this matter, despite the pro-Israeli interests claiming several have. No interviews by an official investigation body were ever done. The only statements taken were during the US Navy inquiry, and it was made clear that the survivors could not give statements on the attack itself when that inquiry was done, so even the Naval inquiry never qualified as an investigation. A true investigation by Congress is necessary. This is the only major naval military incident in which an investigation hasn't been done.
Suggestion to readers who want to get active in the issue:
Read the facts, ask Congress for an investigation, put up a website, spread the word, support the Liberty library and memorial, but don't entertain pro-Israeli arguments, unless you want endless circular debates over whether black-is-white or day-is-night. Using these futile debates to wear down and obfuscate those supporting the survivors seems like their tactic. The facts, except the essential NSA records which still need to be released, have been clearly stated so I suggest not entertaining the fire from those who support the Israeli side, as they seem to relish and identify themselves as their role as aggitator.
Truth be Told, Indeed!.......2006-05-16
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In 1919, when J. Edgar Hoover was 24 years old, a New York City postal clerk discovered sixteen bombs wrapped in individual packages — America’s first instance of homegrown terrorism. Then-Attorney General Palmer vowed a crackdown and enlisted Hoover as his deputy. Amid the hysteria, details of abuses emerged, Palmer fell, and the rise of J. Edgar Hoover began.
Hoover’s drive to gain immense power, as well as his coolness and calculation, is explored in Young J. Edgar.
With the Palmer raid a as a lens through which to view the terror–hysteria of post-9/11 America, Young J. Edgar reaches the heart of our modern debate over personal freedom in a time of war and fear.
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Surprised to find this is a page turner.......2007-09-20
I knew the content would be interesting and was pleasantly surprised to see the well crafted text. The paragraphs flowed from page to page and chapter to chapter. It was hard to put down. Well selected photos accompany the text and add even more understanding.
This is more than a bio of one man, it is a bio of the times. I did not know that Hoover cut his bureaucratic teeth on the Red Scare, so this book rounds out his portrait for me.
Ackerman's engaging prose brings to life the colorful people of the times. He presents Palmer in all his complexity. President Wilson is totally detached not only from the Red Scare but also the upcoming election where he has a son-in-law in contention. The totally obscure Louis Post is a true hero. Many great legal minds, Frankfurter, Darrow, Cardozo, Holmes and others play a role. I had not known of the eccentric millionaire socialist Lloyd before nor the colorful immigration official from California, Caminetti.
The most intriguing story of all, of course, is Hoover's. The reader learns how his character and style were formed. As a young man he got away with a tremendous breach of the US Constitution and he lied to his mentors. He knew how and when to be on and off the stage and who to play up to. He was probably given a pass for his presumed honesty, long hours of work and his youth.
I was struck by narrow the decision making. Only a few people held the reins than made life impossible for many. While the book doesn't spell it out, I would imagine people lost their homes (be they foreclosures or evictions) and children went hungry. None of the perpetrators suffered much. Hoover went on to great "success", Caminetti went on to comfortable obscurity and Wilson is heralded for his international vision. Palmer suffers somewhat but not in proportion to his deeds. The main hero is virtually unknown to history.
J. Edgar Hoover: The Beginning . . ........2007-08-11
One line brought home to me how different the times were shortly after the First World War: ". . . a doctor told Edgar he needed to start smoking cigarettes to relax his nerves." But more important to this story of the Red Scare were the attitudes toward freedom of speech and individual legal rights that allowed wholesale abuses as the U.S. Government and the young, energetic J. Edgar attempted to remove every last threat of Communism through massive raids and deportations. As inconceivable as a medical doctor recommending cigarettes is the thought that running roughshod over legal rights on such a scale could happen without raising an immediate uproar in the press; what a difference 24 hour television news makes!
Understanding Hoover is critical to viewing the evolution of law and individual rights in America during the 20th century. For good or bad, he certainly had an impact during his half-century tenure and as Ackerman summarizes "Of all the experiences shaping him . . . none loomed larger that the Red Raids." The author gives us an excellent account of these events, the times, and important players including Felix Frankfurter, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Clarence Darrow.
Great Reminder as to How Fear Can Override Reason and How a Strong & Independent Media is Needed to Resore the Rule of Law & Rea.......2007-07-20
Post-WW ( period is not well understood in America and our history books hardly mention how fear and loathing of terrorists (anarchists and Bolsheviks) and their (real and potential) activities led to violent over-reaction by government. Suspension of rights and rule of law, warrantless break-ins and arrests, thousands of completely innocent citizens held without charge or access to counsel in sub-standard "holding" facilities, authoritarian override of law enforcement principles and practices without regard to rights (beating of those arrested, denial of access to medical services, denial of access by the press nad watchdog organizations, etc.
A very good book and very well-written!
Required Reading.......2007-06-09
And we thought Joe McCarthy invented "McCarthyism!" Fascinating and well written. We not only learn that Attorney General Mitchell Palmer wrote the book on creating mass hysteria to assault anything one happens to dislike, but we gain a broader understanding of how easily attitudes can be swayed for egregious purposes in this country. Given that Young J. Edgar earned his stripes by implementing Palmer's plans, it's not hard to understand how he could so easily pick and choose the information he wanted to assail Martin Luther King, Jr. and scores of others he disliked. Ackerman did his homework and presented it very nicely.
History Repeats Itself...History Repeats Itself..........2007-06-07
An excellent biography of Hoover's early years--a time that is often eclipsed by the later years when Hoover was a well established bureaucrat. Young J. Edgar looks at the circumstances--surroundings and people--who led to the formation of the man. Ackerman's descriptions of the Palmer Raids of nearly 90 years ago can't help but make the reader think of post 9/11 America and the way "we" treat our own citizens and their "inalienable" civil rights. It really makes you think. America has to find a way to protect ourselves without losing sight of what makes this country great--freedom of speech, thought, religion etc. The freedom to ask questions and be different are two of the qualities that make America great. Pick up a copy of Young J. Edgar, learn about Hoover the man and the post WWI era, and let's try not to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
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The War on Our Freedoms: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism
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Thirteen leading experts confront the justice department's assault on civil liberties.
To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists.—Attorney General John Ashcroft
In the wake of September 11, John Ashcroft's Justice Department has presided over an unprecedented assault on the civil liberties established in the Bill of Rights. Enacted in haste and, at times, in partial secrecy, the legislation and orders have not been carefully examined, and their implications are only now beginning to surface. Not since the internment of Japanese-Americans during the 1940s have we witnessed such abridgement of American rights.
Some of the fundamental changes to Americans' legal rights by the Bush administration and the USA Patriot Act following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks; from the Associated Press, September 5, 2002:
&$149; Freedom from Unreasonable Searches—Government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror investigation.
&$149; Right to a Speedy and Public Trial—Government may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.
&$149; Right to Liberty— Americans may be jailed without being charged or being able to confront witnesses against them.
&$149; Freedom of Association— Government may monitor religious and political institutions without suspecting criminal activity.
&$149; Freedom of Information—Government has closed once-public immigration hearings, secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records requests.
While the loss of liberties has been met with apathy by the press and public alike, the lawyers and analysts in Lost Liberties provide a detailed, comprehensive look at the USA Patriot Act, chronicling the destructive impact of crackdowns on thousands of Americans and revisiting the ugly history of political repression in times of crisis. Featuring original contributions from David Cole, Michael Tomasky, Nancy Chang, Kenneth Roth, and Anthony Romero, Lost Libertieswill be a critical text for those who want to know in advance the long-term implications of these drastic measures.
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Human liberties.......2007-02-09
The best compilation regarding the liberties lost by human beings, particularly women through mighty thought unipolar world system. " The Bush Administration's binary logic of the "either you are with us or against us "echoes the false dichotomous choices forwarded by fundamentalists who by engaging in essentialist politics of identity ,are bent upon denying ordinary people right to choice.
Unnecessary Evils.......2005-01-07
- Do you think Americans should be able to publicly criticize their government?
- Do you think our government should be able to persecute Americans who dare to do so?
If you've ever been a victim of U.S. authorities (for embracing policies in opposition to the new right), this book will help you understand why it is now perfectly legal.
This book is well written and provides vital scrutiny of questionable incursions by the Bush Administration. It outlines specific issues where Ashcroft and Bush have injected their personal theologies into public policy under the guise of public safety. The attentive reader recognizes it's underlying theme; when morality is mandated, morality looses it's merit. Sanctioned morality is oppression. If you are alarmed by our government's persecution of American citizens who dare to criticize their hidden agendas, you will enjoy this read.
Great Writing.......2004-07-31
Every once in a while a compilation will come out that is an actual literary work.
Whether you agree or not with the content, the writing is excellennt. Well writen, informative and intelligent.
Now for the content.
"These events have taught us the not altogether surprising lesson that when the government is allowed to avoid the safeguards designed to protect the innocent, many innocents suffer."
There are a few good examples of history when the US has pushed the boundaries and has paid the price. These lessons learned are discussed and analyzed with our present situation. There are good examples and explanations of certain sections of the Patriot Act and what the possible ramifications are.
While I agree the scrutiny to our security is important it is increasingly important that the checks and balances put in place by the people who learned the lessons of the past are used to protect the innocent fish pull up by the gill nets.
Ringing false alarms.......2004-07-14
This screed offers nothing of value. It is liberal fear mongering and slander of John Ashcroft because he is a conservative Christian, a Republican and an attorney-general who is doing his job. You only have something to fear from the Patriot Act if you are doing something wrong! The Patriot Act has not squashed political dissent or freedom of the press. It's absurd to suggest so. Maybe all these liberal fear mongers should spend some time in Iran or North Korea to understand true loss of liberties. As for the extra attention paid visitors from Arab countries, it is only common sense because those countries are the source of anti-US terror! I laugh at the politically correct lament over racial profiling. As a foreigner in the US, I am thankful for the additional security at airports and the watchful surveillance of so-called Islamic charities and Iranian diplomats taking photographs of public buildings.
John Ashcroft and the war on the US Constitution........2004-02-05
Why does John Ashcroft hate the constitution?
Could it be because it guarantees freedom of religion, when Ashcroft would prefer an evangelical Christian theocracy?
Could it be because it guarantees freedom of speech, and Ashcroft feels speech should be reserved solely for those who donate to the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign?
Could it be because the constitution doesn't differentiate based on sex, class, or color, when Ashcroft differentiates based on each of these categories?
Could it be all of the above? Of course it could. And it is. Four more years with Reich Minister Ashcroft as our attorney general, and the constitution could be reduced to a modern version of the Nuremberg laws.
Boy, would he love that.
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Title: After 9/11, an assault on civil liberties: the worst terrorist attack on American soil jolted a populace complacent about national security. It also sparked an unprecedented backlash against Arab-Americans and restrictions on long-cherished rights. Now critics ask: has the government gone too far?
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The assault on our liberties
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Tales of Old Florida
Totch: A Life in the Everglades
The Tropic of Cracker (The Florida History and Culture Series)
A Paddler's Guide to Everglades National Park
