You're governed by committee. Get used to it. (of >the people<, by >the people<, for >the people<)

You can yell and scream...and when you're right...you'll be heard...because there are others who share your beliefs that, like you, will fight.

BUT...to approach this situation as if Ashcroft is doing this soley because he is some evil, power hungry, rights denying lunatic is just as absurd as expecting that government can operate by acting upon the individual beliefs of its members...and not the collective will.

And I said, the "most egregious of these new measures"...which should, I would hope, translate to you that I don't necessarily agree with them all either.

In much the same vein, I don't agree with all of the policies of the group that will end up having many of these new policies declared unconstitutional.

You need to temper yourself with a bit of reality.