I knew not that Satan was the creator of knowledge.

Government was never supposed to provide protection for the people in this country.

That depends greatly on the definition of deist. Benjamin Franklin believed in an omnipotent God who did control human interactions. (If you doubt this, read his autobiography where he outlines that as a point that all people should be able to agree on.) A signifigant number were staunch Calvinists, even including many presbyterian ministers. Questionable in source it may be, but not in veracity.

I wonder where A. Einstein could have found an 'experience' of what happens to matter at the speed of light in order to form his most notorious equation?

There's nothing like an allegiance to a deity to announce your submission and willingness to submit. Gimme summa dat whip honey!

Well, GlaxoSmithKline (BeanO) stock just went through the roof. Don't kid yourself, we're ALL scared!

The answer to David's question "Since when . . . ?" is; since we've had a Constitution and since we signed on to the Geneva Convention - it's the law of the land and the law of war. Inserting the issue of a 'speedy trial' is a cavalier amendment of the quote in question which makes no mention of 'speedy', speedy.

But who will watch the watcher watchers?

This quote should replace the 'Pledge of Allegiance' in every classroom in America if 'teaching' is what schools are ACTUALLY for.

Francois Tremblay should stay in Montreal with the rest of the failed separatists, or in France with the rest of the failed French republicans, all of who never learned a thing about government.

that's an incomprehensible rant...

We should not trade individual rights for so-called security.

"All the property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition. He that does not like civil Society on these Terms, let him retire and live among Savages. He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it." -- Benjamin Franklin (letter to Robert Morris, 25 December 1783)

It may be 'Like father, like son' with the exception that the father could read.

Niccolo: "Aa-chooo" - yes, VERY interesting digressions.

I didn't know Muslims were a race, Joe.

It seems that neither side of the ideological spectrum from the laissez faire purists to the communistic-socialist purists ever allows themselves to stray from their 'religion' of ideology long enough to take a practical approach to serving the needs of the society they wish to influence. There are functions that are best done in common by government and there are functions that are best done by individuals. The trick is finding the proper (most efective and least burdensome) mix of the two and then being willing to 'tune' the mix as the results are evaluated. Bureaucracy however, by it's very nature, is the often concrete like, overwhelming inertia that prevents the 'tuning' of this mix.

How arrogant to tell one of our greatest science fiction minds what he should or should not say. Shame on you! The truth often makes me mad - and free. The two are not mutualy exclusive.

Was old Winnie refering to himself and his co-conspiriters? Would be really interesting, had he named his other buddies!

WHICH ... 'blessings' ... is this a reference to? Iran is One Nation Under God - ask them.

Hmmmmm, God seems to rule the islamic states already. I guess we're next.

You go, Jean-Guy Rubberboots! It's no wonder this section has mainly 'anonymous' entries. Everyone trusts Bush.

First of all, I'm appalled that anyone could imagine that GW could be 'quotable' except as self-satire. Secondly, "A rose by any other name ... er, let's start over shall we? "Propaganda by any other name would smell as ...." There, that's better. Not true to Juliet but shorter. - "Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people." - by: John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President

Agreed.

Good point!