I understand what you're saying about giving up liberty for safety. But because I live in a pretty big military area, I dont mind it. All this extra security is to just protect those who protect us. Know what I mean? Like if an attack were to happen, these are the people who would come to our aid. So I don't mind a little extra security. If this were just Anytown, USA it would be a little annoying and I'd be questioning it, but its not....so I can live with it for a week or so. And who knows, maybe there has been intelligence that something in this area could be a target. And I certianly dont look at it as "paranoid" mind control or whatever. They wouldnt go through all of this to try to scare the public or "control our minds." They are doing it to show whoever might have something up their sleeves that we're not going to do whatever it takes to stop them and not make it easy for them, and obviously to do their best to protect us. At least this way if something happens, you liberals can't blame Bush and the conservatives for not protecting our country the way it should be.