Our country is under attack from within as well as from foreign forces, but the reaction of our government has been to deprive us of even more of the freedom we cherish. It's been said that the road to he!! is paved with good intentions. The Patriot Act and its evil clone still in the works are examples of paving bricks on that road.
Long before them though, there was the Social Security Act, the National Firearms Act, the Gun Control Act, the Brady Bill... etc. All of them were designed and passed to accomplish some "good" end, but their unintentional consequences have been to lead us ever downward toward a future tyranny which would awe Stalin.
It is the nature of government to govern and woe to any who get in its way!
I too fear our govenment more than I do any terrorists. What's more, I fear the terrorists may very well have accomplished their long-term goal.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? YOU PINKO COMMIE BUSH HATING FILTY LIBERAL PUKE!
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