The Texas Polygamy Scare and The Civil Liberties Non-Scare

I have recently compared the troubling invasion by the Texas government of the polygamist sect near Eldorado, Texas, to our federal government's invasion of, and war on, the country of Iraq. But at the risk of creating confusion by mixing my metaphors, or similes, or whatever they are, I must say that another related comparison comes to mind: Our relative silence and seeming disgregard or lack of