If you’re not worried about the increasing attack on our liberty by our own government even as it purports to be creating liberty elsewhere in the world, then you might want to consider the words of someone who saw his own country descend into Nazism:

So I heard the moving van pull up this morning. When I got home this evening I happened to spy my neighbor (he’s like 85 years old – I don’t know exactly, but he’s old, talks and moves very slowly) standing on the sidewalk next to the van. I walked over and shook his hand, and we started talking. I asked him where he was moving, and he said, "Back to Germany."

I had been stationed in Germany for two years while in the military, so I lit up, and commented about how beautiful the country was, and inquired if he was going back because he missed it.

"No," he answered me. "I’m going back because I’ve seen this before." He then commenced to explain that when he was a kid, he watched with his family in fear as Hitler’s government committed atrocity after atrocity, and no one was willing to say anything. He said the news refused to question the government, and the ones who did were not in the newspaper business much longer.

Wow…depressingly similar to what’s been going on here. With the USA PATRIOT Act, the "enemy combatant" order, and other atrocities on our liberties (the "Real ID Act" passed the Senate 100-0!) being accepted, or at least not challenged, by the people and the media staying mostly silent on these issues, it’s hard not to be alarmed. Fortunately, there are some new media outlets beginning to challenge the government, such as Free Talk Live and Free Market News. The article continues:

I gotta tell you – it was chilling. I let him talk, and the whole time, my gut was churning, like I had mutated butterflies in my stomach. When he was finished, he shook my hand, gripping it really hard, until his knuckles turned white and he was shaking. He looked me in the eyes, hard, and said, "I will pray for your family and your country." He let go of my hand and hobbled away.

You can read the entire article here.