Too Many Notes...
By SEAN HANNON

December 20, 2003

Dear Editor,

 I appreciate that some people in town are finding my words to be a source of mild irritation and would prefer me to exercise restraint. Perhaps I have been excessive. So let me instead offer them the words of Jerry Oliver of the U.S. Army:

 “I have just returned home from "Operation Iraqi Freedom". I spent 5 months in Baghdad, and a total of 3 years in the U.S. Army. I was recently discharged with Honorable valor and returned to the States only to be horrified by what I've seen my country turn into. I'm now 22 years old and have discovered America is such a complicated place to live, and moreover, Americans are almost oblivious to what's been happening to their country. America has become "1984." Homeland security is teaching us to spy on one another and forcing us to become anti-social. Americans are willingly sacrificing our freedoms in the name of security, the same Freedoms I was willing to put my life on the line for. The constitution is in jeopardy. As Gen. Tommy Franks said, (broken down of course) One more terrorist attack and the constitution will hold no meaning.”

 There are many other letters similar to this, but you won’t find them covered on CNN or Fox News (those “in-beds” work for someone else). You have to look.