We should engage in some form of expression regarding the people's rights. Personally I feel that we are ever so close to losing many freedoms. All in the name of security. I don't mean security in the keep the terrorist out sense. I mean personal, financial security. I had a discussion with an enlightened intellectual colleague (read ever learning but never coming to the full knowledg of the truth) of mine regarding this issue. We were talking to this young woman who had grown up as the child of a Soviet college professor. They left the Soviet Union when she was about 11. Her take on it, and my colleague agreed, was that the Soviet government took care of everybody. They never had to worry about things like housing, career, etc. She said it wasn't so bad to trade a bunch of freedoms that really aren't used in exchange for absolute security.
My question to her was " Why are you here? You should go back and take him (my colleague) with you."
Anyway, that is the decision making paradigm many in the younger generation have. In my opinion it is intellectually lazy. I would prefer to be the trust fund baby that allows my friend to ponder such ideas. I'm sure his dad, who made all the money from his sweat and blood, would kick his security loving a**.
The problem I see is that the silent majority is against this. If we remain silent we will not long remain the majority.
Letters to newspapers, TV stations, and elected officials work. Also letters and/or telephone calls to the advertisers. It doesn't have to be some letter to be published in the Op Ed portion of the paper. Just a quick note stating "What is this garbage you are feeding us? Don't do it. Me and my friends would suffer through all the darned advertising if you had programming like _____."
That gets peoples attention. With the exception of a few of the Liberal royalty such as Sorros, Clinton, Fonda the rest of them are just gold diggers. The media may want to disinform you but they want your money more.
There may be other ways to protest the taking of our rights, without acting like idiots, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.
It is our freedom and it is slowly and quietly being taken away.