Arrgh. I mean that sincerely. Very sincerely. I was getting ready for bed last night around 21:00... like I said, I was tired. Well, the damned phone rang. It was the hospital. More multiple traumata. Nothing interesting, really. I got home about midnight, and I had one helluva time getting up this morning, but I did it anyway. Went to my doctor's, he said that I was great. Set up a physical for September, about six months late. Went to work, ran most of the day, it was my day to be with the patients. Always kinda fun, usually tiring. I had several pretty deaf people today, always a challenge, but my diction without my front teeth isn't conducive to good communication under the best of conditions... Karen and I are at different ends of the spectrum politically. I believe that the circumstances of the most recent case of the FBI (the F.B.I.!) arresting an american citizen are highly suspicious. He has been turned over to the military, and may be tried (and hung) by a military tribunal. With no press coverage, with no legal representation. I think that is damned scary. The guy has been accused of a crime... no, of plotting to commit a crime. Yes, a heinous crime. He, as an american citizen, should be tried by our legal system... that's what it's there for. That's one of the rights that countless americans have died for... the right to justice. Karen thinks that it's OK, though. The guy was gonna kill a lot of people, he has to be taken care of. What she doesn't see, what most people don't see... is that they could be in this guy's shoes some day. And have no recourse through our legal system, 'cause that legal system has been bypassed. What it boils down to is trust. Karen trusts the government to do what's right. I don't. I've seen them do wrong, I continue to see them doing wrong, and they keep getting bolder and bolder about it. "Don't you *dare* question the government! Only TRAITORS question the government!" Have I mentioned that I really fear for this country? Because a large percentage of our population will not question what Bush and Ashcroft (the anointed) (yeah, google +ashcroft +anointed) and Tom whatsisname from Homeland Security do. They trust them. Did I mention that I don't trust them at all, at all? Not as far as they can be thrown. Did I mention that I'm really, really tired and I'm going to bed, even though I'm on call?