So said Benjamin Frankin, with post script by Homeland Security czar Tom Ridge. Ridge tells us that terrorism is now a "permanent condition" of our lives, thus rounding out big government’s enduring holy trinity: death, taxes and terrorism. It has taken them a long time to sink to such depths that all they can promise is eternal violence, suffering and fear; and actually have the gall to expect us to accept it. Ridge’s "permanent condition" makes explicit President Bush’s statement that "the [anti-terrorism] campaign may not be finished on our watch." History is full of stories of invading conquerors threatening … Continue reading ‘Nothing is Certain But Death and Taxes’ …and Terrorism