[thechat] Why strong leadership sucks

[Seb]

> True. I'm concerned about the potential abridgement of civil liberties,
but
> frankly I'm not *that* concerned. We do have judicial review here, and
> unconstitutional laws are routinely thrown out by the courts. People
> (including me) bitch about SCOTUS, but generally I think they routinely
make
> the right calls on matters of civil liberties.
>
> Emily


Good old theonion.com :
http://www.theonion.com/onion3736/freedoms_curtailed.html

I'm glad that at least one american institution hasn't curled up into a
little platitude-spouting ball these last few weeks. I'm sure these guys
must have a large percentage of British staff writers. :)

Seb.