Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Print this Page [1-1] of 1Posts from Lorna Abbott, Chillicothe, OhioLorna Abbott, Chillicothe, Ohio 1 Reply Lorna Abbott, Chillicothe, Ohio 10/14/09 re: Benjamin Franklin quote I agree with all the comments shown except for the parts about hatred and name calling. I like our constitution, especially the Bill of Rights. I don't have a gun, but I think we need them to protect ourselves against the strong centralized government that the Founding Fathers feared. But, we have already lost those freedoms. Every one of them have been abridged. It began almost immediately, was shown evident with the put down of the Whiskey Rebellion and was closed and sealed with the Patriot Act. Cartman had it right. All of our Founding Fathers, except maybe John Adams, said one thing and did another. Jefferson changed and became a wolf. Franklin turned his back on France who sent the troops and the money that won our Revolution for us, etc., etc. If you read our history, you will read the words spoken and written like freedom, truth, justice, honor. But, by their deeds ye shall know them. This nation was formed by lying, cheating, stealing, enslaving, and killing. Sad but true. There is no escaping a totalitarian government in the US or anyplace else because it can be done easily now with computers tracking all of us. We have lost our American Empire before most US citizens knew we even had one. History shows us the continous patterns, but few Americans are interested in learning from the past. The US is on its way down. There is no escaping it. The sine curve is just faster now because of technology. The only future for one Superpower is that everyone else in the world will unite to defeat it. I knew totalitarian government would come to the United States. I just didn't know I would live to see it. SaveOk2 Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print