The Mandelbear's Musings

I may come back and post something profound later. For now, I offer a few disjointed links:

filkertom asks

1. Do you really feel safer today than you did five years ago?
2. Do you really feel the actions taken by our government with the stated purpose of protecting us have worked?
3. Do you really feel the actions taken by our government with the stated purpose of protecting us have been worth it?

No, no, and no.

technoshaman points to this post by liz_marcs -- longish, but well worth a read. I'll wait.

interdictor points to the Able Danger article on Wikipedia, which is alarming if true. May need to be taken with a grain of salt, but wouldn't be all that surprising.

min0taur has a few thoughts about the future as we once imagined it, and what 9/11 did to that vision.

theferrett points to this post by 5tephe:

Go out today and do something tangible, that makes the world better.

I think I'll just leave it there for now. My own thoughts can wait for this evening.