Bush's would-be police state

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This piece in The Chicago Tribune and this editorial in The Washington Post detail the frightening post-9/11 police state envisioned by the Bush administration. This reads like something from one of those infamous 'outposts of tyranny' than the something from a regime that uttered the word 'freedom' every 3.2 seconds.

Some Democrats reportedly want a truth commission to investigate the crimes of the previous administration. If Republicans want to rebuild their credibility as the so-called party of law and order, they'd be wise to join in.