Today, Thursday, the House of Representatives is scheduled to mourn the passing of Tom Lantos, victim of fascism.
Tomorrow, Friday, the extension of the Protect America Act expires.
Let it.
This will be brief.
What greater tribute could we pay to a survivor of the Holocaust than to stop the rising tide of fascism in our country?
An American by choice was Tom Lantos, secure in the knowledge that this country could not be stampeded into a Kristallnacht by a mere Reichstag Fire.
9/11 is the Reichstag Fire. A bully beating to put down the Constitutional guarantees of government and if you don’t see it you are as weak as the Weimar Republicans. This is an endorsement of Gestapo Police State tactics of torture and universal surveillance.
I know no one here prefers temporary safety to essential liberty. Today is the day to let your Elected Representatives know that you will be satisfied with nothing less.
As Tom knew the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is our fate to live in interesting times.