And the band played on . . .

Tom Tomorrow had a strong post yesterday warning against complacency in the face of the radical agenda of the political and religious right. There's a tendency to make concessions to those in power, biding your time, but he argues that we can't afford to be accomodationist, because when we realize that they're irrational and have gone too far, it will be too late.

The moderates and Sensible Liberals may be content to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, but our time would be much better spent trying to figure out how to steer course away from the iceberg, if such is still possible.

Indeed...