Though faced with legal action from his/her apparent home town, datruthsquad didn't go to ground today.

Good citizens rarely do, and as a result I see the anonymous blogger's refusal to be intimidated as another indication that he is simply a good citizen speaking to power the things power is unhappy to hear.

His/her blog's time stamp says he was at the keyboard early Thursday morning, castigating his New Jersey town fathers was wasting a good deal of money on his pursuit and analyzing the contradictory statements of their legal counsel.

Certainly I believe the overarching issue is his right to say his civil piece in the prose style of his choosing, and to do so without harassment. I agree with the Electronic Frontier Foundation that the right to measure of anonymity is required for the exercise of freedom of speech.

Or as datruthsquad morning's post asserts:

Da actions of da Manalapan Township Committee should place anyone with an opinion on notice, that this could happen to them if they stand up and tell da truth, or even worse, just disagree with a politician. DaTruthSquad, for one, will not be idle and allow Freedom of Speech, da right of every American, to be tossed in da garbage.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy once said, "The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech." Apparently, certain members of da Manalapan Township Committee wouldn't know Justice Kennedy if they fell over him.
And that's daTruth.

Whether all of datruthsquad's other views are holy write or not matters little. This touch of anonymity is fundamental to what we regard as freedom. For without it, the relatively powerless among us are constantly vulnerable to the muzzles power can fashion for them.

Unless we all intend to lose the attendant freedoms, we would I think do well to stand up for this anonymous blogger.

Anonymity is an important choice.

His, mine and yours, if we can keep it.

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Vanishing before your eyes:

American freedom to travel without a federal permit.

Freedom to travel by air goes first. Hearings were held Thursday (09/20/2007) on rules requiring anyone boarding a commercial air flight to receive prior federal approval.

"Your papers please," long a cliche of movies about totalitarian regimes, would permeate peacetime American travel.