I think Keith Olbermann is trying to the be Edward R Murrow of our time…and heavens knows we could use it. I’m glad that someone in the mainstream media is saying this. His latest commentary, published Oct 19, is truly to the point:

And now—our rights and our freedoms in peril—we slowly awaken to learn that we have been afraid of the wrong thing…A government more dangerous to our liberty, than is the enemy it claims to protect us from.

In times of fright, we have been only human. We have let Roosevelt’s “fear of fear itself” overtake us. We have listened to the little voice inside that has said, “the wolf is at the door; this will be temporary; this will be precise; this too shall pass.” We have accepted that the only way to stop the terrorists is to let the government become just a little bit like the terrorists.

Read the rest of the article. It is a bit long, but worth reading.

Update (from sujal): Here’s the video: