But I wouldn't take "comfort" in the fact that we are only 227 years into it. Things happen so fast these days, I think we are in danger soon (next 50 years or sooner, maybe much sooner than we would all like). All we need is another "slick wille" to be in charge, let the terrorists in Guantanamo go, let Afghanistan and Iraq sink into become seething terror training camps after we abandon them, and life as we know it now could end. With the socialist stuff going on in the undercurrent all the time, Democrats blocking conservative judges until they can get back into power, things could be quick. We may not live to see the end, but we will certainly see the culture slip and our freedoms erode greatly.
< rant >Look at the red-light cameras beginning to go up all the time. I think we are heading to 24-7 surveillance. Those turnpike "auto toll" devices bug me too. How long before we begin to see local income taxes being levied by municipalities that know you traveled through their territory while being paid to drive? The same goes for airports like O'Hare. If you had a lay-over and were "on the clock" at work, doing your taxes could get more complicated and painfull. With the rampant sexual and homo-sexual adgendas in the public schools, most of the norms that hold a society together are being quickly eroded. Al-Quaeda could hit us hard, bio-warfare or nukes could do great damage, but we could just as easily be taking ourselves down without their help too.< /rant >