"Every second of every day since the inception of this country, someone has uttered the phrase 'America as we know it is gone'."
Does that mean they are wrong? "the great irony of our amazing free republic is that at every turn many think she's being destroyed......yet she always gets better." By what standard? By the standard of our poor being obese, having cable TV, AC, free lunch, and $200 per pair athletic shows? Or by the standards of civil liberties, transparent government, a larger disparity between the rich and poor, corporations exerting more control than citizens over the government, an onerous tax code, and so on? "20 years from now, America will be stronger and better than she is today...." Again, by what standard? ". . . and there will be a lot of people saying 'man, this country used to be great!'" Of course there will be. Again, whose to say they are wrong. As I watched the news last Friday, I was disturbed greatly by the manhunt in Boston. The citizens of Boston voluntarily enforced martial law on themselves while the police, military, and various three letter agencies searched for one man whose face was so well known he couldn't have moved two feet in public without someone yelling. One 19 year old boy. The citizens of Boston allowed government agencies to search their homes without a warrant, to order them around like school children, and then cheered about it at the end of the night. I thought Boston was full of tough people who were willing to scrap at the drop of a hat, yet they shut themselves up like a bunch of pansies. This is Boston, where the revolution started. Irony at it's best. I'd say America has turned a corner. J - One of the most insidious consequences of the present burden of personal income tax is that it strips many middle class families of financial reserves & seems to lend support to campaigns for socialized medicine, socialized housing, socialized food, socialized every thing. The personal income tax has made the individual vastly more dependent on the State & more avid for state hand-outs. It has shifted the balance in America from an individual-centered to a State-centered economic & social system. - W. H. Chamberlin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
