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For all you whining about GWB or 'the administration', would you rather have Gore? Those were the only real choices and I believe a lot of the posts the last few days about this kind of stuff are just a bunch of delusional paranoia. Some of you are beginning to sound a lot like the Democratic Underground.
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As the saying goes, even a broken watch is right twice a day.
Gore? Hmm. Yup, he'd be doing the same thing. That doesn't make it right. It just proves Larry Elder's assertion that there's about a dime's worth of difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. The laws we pass today enable further infringement tomorrow - regardless of who is nominally "in charge."
The Libertarians have it more right than any other group, but have absolutely no chance of changing the status quo. Those with the power aren't going to give it up. Nor are they going to stop acquiring more.
I used to think that Jefferson's quotation concerning fertilizing the tree of liberty (which I know is an accurate quotation) was just hyperbole on his part, that he couldn't actually mean that popular armed uprisings by people who lacked information was a good thing. Looking back on the last 100 years of our history, especially the last 50, makes me think otherwise. He really meant it.
Now, however, I think its too late even for that. Even an armed uprising won't change it. We're too far down the slippery slope that everybody told us wasn't real. The country we were given is not the country we have now, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. The Founders [i]told us[/i] what would happen if we didn't pay attention and retain control.