city without walls

"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls."  - Epicurus 

the city prepares it's walls. our fascination with our own security continues unabated. NYPD's Scuba Team adds anti-terror to its duties and from a federal standpoint USF sonar guards GOP convention  

"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."  - Epicurus

 

Additional Program Speakers Announced for the 2004 Republican National Convention

sweet justice

pudding over veal
thanks to a ruling by federal justice robert w. sweet, demonstrators/protesters at the 2004 republican national convention will have protection against illegal search and seizure of their personal property, and nypd will not have the right to use iron gates to pen them in like so much veal. this is welcome news to defenders of the constitution, but of course it's all theory until put to the 'proof's in the pudding test'.


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