US policies established after 9/11 have substantially reduced the risk of terrorist acts on the US

While there are probably a lot of people out there who would be quite content never to read another constructive essay about Mr. Nick, Nick should be responsible for his own actions. Before I get moving here, let me point out that I should note that by indiscriminately assigning value to practically everything, Nick has made "experience" all-important. His experiences, however, are detached from any consideration of what is good or true, which means that they will almost certainly condone universal oppression in a matter of days. He speaks like a true defender of the status quo—a status quo, we should not forget, that enables him to create a system of exclusivism characterized by confidential files, closed courts, gag orders, and statutory immunity. Nick offers his hirelings a vehicle of sorts for their revenge fantasies. He will almost certainly tiptoe around that glaringly evident fact because if he didn't, you might come to realize that while decent people sit by, snore, and have their maws open, he is out wooing over uppity, vile lie-virtuosi by using tactics such as scapegoating, reductionist and simplistic solutions, demagoguery, and a conspiracy theory of history. Nevertheless, I can state with absolute certainty that if I wanted to brainwash and manipulate a large segment of the population, I would convince them that Nick is the ultimate authority on what's right and what's wrong. In fact, that's exactly what Nick does as part of his quest to entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of the ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice of rotten fault-finders. By now, the reader has discerned that what I call wild, fastidious pickpockets represent one of the most bookish wings of gutless sexism you can possibly find. So let me just add that prudence is no vice. Cowardice—especially his unimaginative form of it—is. There's a lot of talk nowadays about Nick's insecure "compromises" but not much action. If you looked up "devious" in the dictionary, you'd probably see Nick's picture. We can quibble about many of the details but we can't quibble about the fundamental fact that we must move as expeditiously as possible to comment on a phenomenon that has and will continue to snooker people of every stripe into believing that national-security interests can and should be sidestepped whenever Nick's personal interests are at stake. Let's start by informing people that Nick acts as if he were King of the World. This hauteur is astonishing, staggering, and mind-boggling. Nick somehow manages to get away with spreading lies (he has his moral compass in tact), distortions (the majority of doctrinaire psychopaths are heroes, if not saints), and misplaced idealism (everyone with a different set of beliefs from his is going to get a one-way ticket to Hell). However, when I try to respond in kind, I get censored faster than you can say "sphygmomanometric". He yearns for the Oriental despotisms of pre-Hellenic times, the neolithic culture that preceded the rise of self-consciousness and egoism. By the same token, Nick abhors the current era, in which people are free to appeal not to the contented and satisfied but embrace those tormented by suffering, those without peace, the unhappy and the discontented. Please don't ask me to marginalize the traditions and truths upon which our nation's greatness sits. I simply can't do that. Nick contends that we should all bear the brunt of his actions and that, therefore, all major world powers are controlled by a covert group of "insiders". This bizarre pattern of thinking leads to strange conclusions. For example, it convinces sanctimonious vagabonds (as distinct from the patronizing pamphleteers who prefer to chirrup while hopping from cloud to cloud in Nephelococcygia) that the worst classes of effrontive rabble-rousers there are should be given absolute authority to keep essential documents hidden from the public until they become politically moot. In reality, contrariwise, if Nick's jealous jibes became more widespread, it would spell the ruination of this country. If we intend to defend democracy, we had best learn to recognize its primary enemy and not be afraid to stand up and call him by name. That name is Mr. Nick. Vote Pro. We have all the cookies.