Recursion

Now that highway's coming through
So you all gotta move
This bottom rung ain't no fun at all
No fires and rockhouses and grape-flavored rat poison
They are the new trinity
For this so-called community
See how we are
Gotta keep bars on all of our windows
See how we are
We only sing about it once in every twenty years
See how we are
Oh see how we are

X. See How We Are

Things have been a little busy as of late, so time has been limiting my ability to complain. Sad really. I am skipping any discussion on the sad topic of "Islamofascist Week" being celebrated on campuses as an expression of intellectual freedom, until I can think of something meaningful to add to the dialog. Till then I will dream of David Horowitz's head on a stick.

One of the more interesting things I have run across is a perfect expression of what is really being protected by the Justice Departments increasing use of national security rubric in hiding non-security related issues.

Just think about this the next time that you see a 'security redaction'.

Original document section (click on for readable image):

After the proposed redaction was removed:

So what exactly are we being protected from?

"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect 'domestic security.' Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent."

This is a quotation from a supreme court decision. A public decision in a public document. Feel better?