The wisdom of the people

From around the Web:

On Rudy Giuliani campaigning for Ralph Reed in Georgia
Rudy will be popular down South: he likes to have his cops beat minorities, he hates civil rights, he's a hypocritical hypermoralist, and he used to be married to his cousin--how could people from Georgia not love him?

On tradeoffs
Let me get this straight--because fewer than 5,000 people died in the past 20 years from domestic and international terrorism, I am supposed to give up all my rights and consent to the government having full access to all my records? Yet when illegally obtained guns kill 5,000 a month in the United States, we can't even have proper gun registration and tracking because it would infringe on gun owner's rights.

On the frog boiling in water
The government put the terrorists under surveillance, which was fine because I was not a terrorist. Then it put the leakers under surveillance, and I didn't speak up because I was not a leaker. Then it put reporters under surveillance, and I didn't speak up because I was not a reporter. Then it put me under surveillance. Soon we were all being watched or listened to, and no one dared to speak up for anyone.