Government has the main-stream media doing their bidding, all in the name of patriotism, with their liberal slant they increase the socialism in our country, moving farther from the Republic intended.

The powerful are seldom remorseful.

Evaluate your exposed faults. Check your premises for contradictions, for contradictions cannot exist.

Liberals (and socialists, fascists, communists) will say, "But sometimes you must silence people by force." The problem of course, is THEY are the moral people to decide who should be silenced and have their rights ignored.

Norwalk, when should we be intolerant of individula opinion? So if society says murder is acceptable, but an individual says murder is wrong, then murdering that person is okay?

Lynch mobs are stirred by emotion rather than reason, logic and thought.

In practice, government does not promote inquiry. In fact, they do everything they can to discourage those with inquiring minds.

I prefer a common sense (not so common though) and straight forward approach to solving problems. As opposed to the nonsense and complex approach of liberals and socialists. Such is "income tax" with its take from everyone and give it to the lazy and other countries mentality.

A Republic ... if you can keep it.

Government likes little robot people. They are easy to control when programmed.

A book to read "The South Was Right."

The Patriot Act makes terrorists of dissenters. Are the FBI, BATFE, CIA, etc. like the NAZIs? In too many ways ... yes!

So the more passion behind an idea makes it more believable? Reason and facts should drive an idea forward. It was believed the sun revolved around the earth, and the earth was flat. Regardless of how emotional someone gets in that belief, the facts, reason, point to a different conclusion.

So we are supposed to 'bear' injustice? Tolerate it? No way. 'Justice' is supposed to sting, and correct an injustice.

Don't forget the 'special' cases of equality ... hate crimes.

Yet under the Patriot Act, the state simply says you 'could' be guilty of 'something', and they steal your Constitutional rights. "Land of the free?" What a joke!

U.N. is attempting to socialize the U.S. and destroy our constution and way of life, in favor of the greater good.

Big Brother will eventually find out.

The government (liberals, socialists, democrats, the left) spouts fear at every opportunity to emotionally herd the sheeple into giving up their freedom for the chains of safety. Unfortunately, their safety is smoke and mirrors, it is of no real substance, but they are willing to spend increasingly more money on thicker smoke and ever more distorted mirrors in a misguided attempt to make people "feel" more secure. You want safety? Go buy a handgun and carry it with you at all times.

Our tradition WAS one of protest and revolt. Since socialism is running rampant, it is politically incorrect to protest against our tyrannical government. Whining is all that occurs any more, no protests, no revolt, no riots ... no revolution. helorat is right, the unPatriot Act and IRS are destroying our country in the name of patriotism.

www.LP.org Electing Osama bin RODHAM (Hillary Rodham Clinton) will push this country into complete socialism.

... notice the lack of socialist comment?

In a free country, a person may choose a numb, sleepy, slave existence. A problem arises when a less-than-limited government steals our hard earned money to give it to sleeping slaves, and others outside our country.

It 'IS' by defending it, taking it, doing something to preserve it ... otherwise you end up with 'IS NOT'. If you don't stand up for it, demonstrating it is something of value to you, government is more than willing to take it from you.

A rather sad commentary of most people today.