LETTER OF THE WEEK

LIBERTY DEFENDERS

By Lee Monnet

Dear Editor,

In the last two weeks Kevin Doran, Lawrence Sequin, and Stan White
have submitted letters to the editor on issues that are having a
substantial impact on our privacy and liberties. These gentlemen
realize that our Government is using fear of terrorism and illicit
drug use as a means to usurp our rights. I wonder how Thomas
Jefferson or John Adams would react to the humiliation of having
their person or belongings sniffed by a drug dog at a Border Patrol
check point or having to produce a National ID card at Independence Hall.

I feel that our republic is in serious jeopardy when all three
branches of Government have taken upon itself to determine what
substances we can ingest or what documents we must carry to travel
this great country.

A patriot defends the liberty of others even when it involves an
issue unpopular with the majority. These three gentlemen have been
outspoken defenders of liberty.

Lee Monnet

Pubdate: Sun, 11 May 2008

Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY)

Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n434.a03.html

Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n458.a10.html