J Carlton, you are exactly right.

The C.S.Lewis quote above pretty well sums up the old saying, "I'm with the government and I'm here to help you." A great example is the left wing busybodies in the EPA, along with most government bureaus.

Dick, the quote is good even if you don't like the quoter.

" Of all tyrannies,a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of it's victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barrons than under omnipotent moral busibodies. The robber barrons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience". --- C.S.Lewis

The congress has turned vices into crimes, such as using drugs. Please explain why someone smoking marijuana is commitinga crime and what business is this of the government anyway. Smoking dope is not the smartest thing to do but neither is smoking cigarettes, but why should either be a crime and look at the trouble this War on Drugs has caused. Check out LEAP.cc on the web for more information. My drug of choice is caffeine, as in coffee.

To GOD BLESS AMERICA,etc. You are proud of our president, for doing what? For tanking the economy, causing thousands more American's to lose their jobs, for spending more billions on those so-called stimulus bills, for forcing socialized health care on America when the majority wanted no part of it, and so on. I'll pray alright, pray that this Muslim president is voted out of office in 2012 and replaced by an American.

Thumbs up for Mike and thumbs down for Jack.

Robken, everyone has their interests at heart and our founding fathers put theirs on the line and would have been hanged if the British had won.

The last sentence pretty well sums up the situation in America at this time.

Great quote, and thanks to Waffler and Reston for the Communist viewpoint. No need to subscribe to The Peoples World with those two around. They probably write in Gus Hall's name in presidential elections, wait, Gus is dead and we have Obama in his place.

The quote is perfect in describing government, and Graham in the UK you got it right.

J Carlton got it right. As to you people using the F word in your comments, please find another site to display your ignorance. Reston, the mess we are in is a bipartisan effort by democrats and republicans. The right wing didn't cause this slide into socialism, it was people on your side.

Preserving freedom is a constant fight since liberals are like cockroaches,hard to get rid of and always busy.

Robken, well said and this quote is perfect.It fits the current bunch in Washington to a tee, and several bunches before.

"Government, even in it's best state is a necessary evil, in it's worst state an intolerable one." Thomas Paine

When liberals run things, whether democrat or republican, we have every reason to assume the worst.

Ken, Neville Chamberlain proved this when he made "peace" with Hitler.

It makes you wonder what sort of "emergency" Obama will dream up right before election time in 2012.

" A more intrusive means of protection", then who protects us from the protectors ?

Mike nails it.

Read the last two lines in this quote, they are right on target. Mike, Mt Holly, the American public are not saying they are ok with this, they are too busy playing with their cell phones to say much of anything.

Bob, stop nitpicking, this is a great quote. H Reardon, you summed it up very well.

Reston, you must be joking. How in the hell are the democrats going to "fix" anything, they are partners in the scam.

Citizens will give up nearly everything, including liberty in times of war. That's why our government always has some war going.

Tyrants always say that they are doing it for our own good.