More Rights Have Been Lost to the EPA than the NSA

A reader of RealClearPolitics writes in and makes the point that for everybody who has their knickers in a twist over the NSA kerfuffle, perhaps they're looking at the wrong government agency when it comes to losing our rights:

Let's win the war on terror. If that means suspending a few rights - fine. Actually, more rights have been lost to the Environmental Protection Agency than to the Patriot Act or any other legislation meant to keep us safe. For example, and this is only a partial list: I can no longer fish where I want, burn leaves when necessary, drive where I want, water where I want, smoke where I want, dispose of cuttings where I want, swim where I want, have access to inexpensive fuel, make our wine where we want, press our olives where we want, and frankly do quite a few other things because our rights to do so have been subjugated to a few fanatics.

Good point.