Slim said:
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Even Hobo has gotten bitter, to the point of not being able to hold a conversation without that personal attack!
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I am not bitter. I don't see where I attacked you personally. As I explained, I rail against the propaganda that "some" of you propogate. You and I agree that many of our freedoms are being stolen. We just differ on who is the thief.
I do not disagree that government is getting too big. I just get tired of hearing it ALL blamed on Democrats. And especially when the "blame" is supported by the LIES of the Republicans and their mouthpiece FOXNews.
I have never denigrated your "faith." I just feel that it has NO PLACE in the "equal" application of law and government in this country. We are fighting the Taliban IN PART because of their religious fundamentalism and its oppressive application on the FREE people of Afghanistan.... yet, we "tolerate" similar intrusions on our OWN freedoms by those who believe our laws should be "guided" by the CHRISTIAN Bible. The VERY example of persecution that we fled England to avoid!
It is said that "those who don't LEARN from history are destined to repeat it." I can't help but feel that the ever-increasing influence of the Moral Majority, and the right wing in general, is reminiscent of the absolute control that the Church of England had over its "subjects."
YOU (or some here) fear that America is heading towards the SOCIALISM that has NEVER had a hold in this country, and NO PART of our history. I fear that we are REVERTING to the religious dogmatism and governance of the country we fought a revolution to escape.
If you have it handy.... please read the Preamble to the Constitution with a view to the intended COMPARISON to the country we fled:
We the PEOPLE.... (as opposed to the aristocracy)
A more perfect UNION....(as opposed to class differences)
Establish justice.... and promote the general welfare....(as opposed to the privilege and amnesty afforded the "Lords and Barons)
The blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity....(the same root as LIBERAL.... but, in practice had much more to do with RELIGIOUS liberty.)
I don't believe our forefathers were declaring ANARCHY! They understood that we would need laws and government.... and yes, even taxes! In fact.... this is the preamble to the Constitution that ESTABLISHED a new form of GOVERNMENT and "provided" for taxation.
The "spirit" of our Revolution and our Constitution was to free ourselves from both religious control AND the discrimination of class warfare that was the daily LIFE in England at the time.
The constitution goes on to declare that NO STATE can proffer "Nobility" on any citizen. This is a FURTHER guard against the feudal system we had fled.
I'm not saying that SOME won't have, or MAKE, more money than others. I don't want a "communistic" society where we all dress in pants suits! I'm saying that we came here to give ALL Americans a shot at prosperity, but the Feudal system, and the aristocracy followed us.... and took over LONG ago!
I think we BOTH want freedom and liberty, Slim. We just seem to have a difference of opinion as to WHO the devil is!
P.S..... JESUS WAS A LIBERAL!