Depends on the needs.

It might seem that way at the time, but until there is justice for everyone, EVERYONE suffers.

Yes, yes, yes, yes! Thomas Jefferson was wise beyond his time!

What does this have to do with spirituality? Seriously?

First of all, BRAVO, Archer. Second of all, while I believe in God and the divinity of Christ, I really admire Ben's honesty. So, Bravo to you too, Ben Franklin.

A republic is a kind of democracy, by the way.

Carlton the Apostle Paul proclaims in one of his epistles that the scripture (the Bible) is not to be read by individual interpretation but is to mean the same thing to all. I respectfully suggest that The Constitution is also not of any individual interpretation, if it were up to individual interpretation it would not be worth anything. Now if we agree that this is true then how on earth is it to be read, interpreted and explaind if not by a group, or a committeee or a committee of the whole, the whole being us, the nation. That might be a little difficutl so the founders established the Supreme Court, and lawyers and schools study and teach the Constitution. These are I respectfully suggest our superiors in training and experience, not that we could not strive for the same but most of us have other fish to fry.

Waffler, you are truly a communist.

I agree with this quote, but I also believe that "can" does not necessarily mean "will." Call me an idealist, but I believe in the potential of mankind; we have the ability to be selfless and to make this world a paradise. Unfortunately, very few people have realized this, much less attempted it. Also, some call their causes noble, but what "noble" cause would set out to take away the rights of others (I omit names of the causes I'm thinking of because I wish to avoid offending others... and no, I'm not talking about welfare)?

I agree... and an even more disturbing danger is that the government has somehow gotten into their heads that torturing innocent people is justified.

First of all (once again), a republic IS a kind of democracy. Also, consider the following: a person who will not work or save money might not be intentionally evading their responsibilities... these actions are evidence that they were not taught properly by their UNDERFUNDED schools about money management. They, in turn, will pass their ignorance onto their children, creating an unending cycle of poverty. If we want to stop this cycle, we have to pay taxes to support public education; I fail to see how anyone, even the taxpayers, can possibly not benefit from that. I also fail to see how it's MORAL that some people are obscenely rich while millions are on the brink of starvation-people publicize suffering, but clearly don't care enough to take significant action against it. Perhaps if you don't like the idea of "government-sponsored charity," you would be willing to support the revival of FDR's public works programs. That way, everyone gets immediate satisfaction, which seems to be the only thing people these days care about.

Personally, I think that school is a good source from which to gain knowledge and experience.

Actually Joe, this sounds more authoritarian than communistic to me. But I do agree completely that this is anti-American.

And now corruption in the federal government has made what little is left a laughingstock. It's time to hit the reset button.

You see it isn't about actually taking up a gun, ............ but taking up the fight for Liberty and carrying it on in the name of our fore fathers and future generations of Americans. Not every fight has to be fought with mighty big guns, ............ sometimes the ammunition you fight with is ......... Right. Every now and then Right makes Might. Remember this is the same man who gave this Nation and it's people a "fail safe" or the right to "Do Over".

Right on.. get out your constitutions!

All of my research shows that, in fact, Mr. Anderson is correct, and I am very religious - Christian, in fact. The term was coined to keep government out of the churches business. The amendment was framed to ensure that the governnemt didn't outlaw ANY religious expression of the people...as they are currently doing. This nation was founded on Christian principles. You don't have to like it, but you can't deny it.

Actually Cicero has a different view on liberty: for the Romans lberty was not being dominated: put simplisticly be a free man rather then a slave. They thought that being under the rule of law would prevent domination and thus serfdom and make one free

he is one of the lowest people on the earth doing that but hilter was no better

what do you mean degenerate. You make your own race look degenerate.

That the most racist anyone can say. I suppose that you feel that you are a man of high standards,but you should be past race. As a matter of fact you are the most racist dumb bastard ever. You should think before you say something like that. African Americans are as good as anybody. Carcasions do drugs to . You disgust me.

Here is the Micro Chip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeMt173rCak

yea, well the federal reserve is just a enormous triangle scheme. We pay taxes as collateral so that the federal reserve can keep stealing our money. It sucks but we are all slaves. Wilson really fucked us on this one. Anyone who reads this should try looking for the document the federal reserve act. It actually says in the document it's a scam, they just dress the words up to make it sound not so bad. try to educate yourself. we live in a fiat money system. Its an illusion. fuck obama. america aint the same. im going to the bahamas to be a pirate and steal boats fuck ya

So J do you sugggest that when you leave your driveway you should pay a fee upon entering the street and then at each turn you make you would pay another user fee. Maybe a GPS technology could be used to document every where you go and then you would be sent a bill at the end of the month. Failure to pay then we would take your car. Their is a user fee of sorts for cars. You only pay gasoline tax if you use it and travel. In fact if you use it on the farm you can apply for a refund of the highway gas tax. Unfortunately because of the underfunding of the income tax they may have borrowed the gas tax as well as the Social Security tax to pay for war and other things. The income tax needs to be boosted to get us out of the awful mess Reagan/Bush/Bush has put us into.

Ken Allyn, I think what Mr. Einstein means is that you should back up your opinions with logic. Granted, truth is truth whether you believe it or not, but it's also true that not everything is black or white: politics are an example.