Here is my gripe with the ACLU. They put the concerns of the individual of the concerns for the collective masses. This country was founded and is governed by the masses. Those with the most votes win elected office. Laws with the most votes get enacted. Now it seems, and especially with the War on Terror, that the ACLU is hand stringing our law enforcement personell. People are not subject to searches or are allowed to be profiled because it may upset their civilliberties. But what happens when the person that you cannot search and cannot profile blows themselves up on a subway in Manhattan. Dozens would be dead, hundreds injured, and termoil would ensue...but hey, the suicide bomber's civil liberties were not offended before he blew up.

There are times that the good of the whole takes precedent of the good of the individual, and when it comes to securing this country I would much rather take my shoes off at an airport or have my bag checked when entering a subway then be on that plane or subway that blows up.