Am I the only one scared & a little nervous?

"The Senate voted yesterday to give the U.S. government more unconstrained power to

spy on its citizens as it granted telecom companies immunity from lawsuits related to such surveillance. On a 68 to 29 vote, the Senate approved the reauthorization of a law that would

give the government greater powers to eavesdrop interrorism and intelligence cases without obtaining warrants from a secret court. The Senate's action, days before a temporary surveillance law expires Friday, sets up a clash with House Democrats, who have previously approved legislation that does not contain immunity for the telecommunications industry. The chambers have been locked in a standoff over the immunity provision since the House vote Nov. 15, with President Bush demanding the protection for the industry."

This recalls to mind a poem by Pastor Martin Niemiller

First they came for the Jew

and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the Communists

and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists

and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for me

and there was no one left

to speak out for me.