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Our president has just completed 200 days in office. That is a little over six months, or roughly one-eighth of the four-year term to which he was elected last November, at a time when America’s situation was so desperate that people were trying to press him into service prior to his inauguration, and he had to remind the nation that we could only have one president at a time.

In his first 200 days, President Obama’s administration has taken charge of an economy that was in such a severe downward spiral that the outgoing administration was asking questions like “What will we do when there’s no more food in the grocery stores?” Now we are beginning to see an economic turnaround, with the stock market on an upward climb and hopeful indicators last week that even the job market is improving.

Obama’s Department of Transportation has approved 2,500 highway projects and shifted money for them into all 50 states — $9.3 billion in just his first 100 days. His Treasury Department has implemented a $2,500 tax credit to offset the cost of college tuition, saving 5 million families approximately $9 billion. And before his first two months were up, he had saved millions of acres of wilderness and thousands of miles of river from the depredations of mining and foresting on public land.

In fact, the list of his administration’s achievements in just 200 days is far, far too long to include here. It stands as a monument to what can get done when a president rolls up his sleeves and sets to work in earnest.

And now, in response, what do we have? Well, wouldn’t you just know it. From those wonderful people who orchestrated the economic disaster and then fiddled around while Rome was burning; from the ongoing implementers of Lee Atwater’s bitter politics, for which Atwater himself remorsefully asked forgiveness on his deathbed; from the very folks who gave us, not just a war begun under the “Bush Doctrine” of preemptive attack (against a country that had no plan or ability to attack us), but the electrocution of our own soldiers in the showers there, not to mention the deaths of those young American warriors who were sent into battle without armor — yes, from the very same folks who offered us a vice-presidential candidate from Bush’s own party who didn’t even know what the Bush Doctrine was, we now get “protests” organized by corporate lobbyists, with “protesters” given scripts for the rudest possible behavior, and congressional representatives being shouted down, threatened and physically intimidated.

I can’t say I’m surprised, can you? Bullying is the one thing these folks do really well, whether the arena is town-hall meetings or foreign policy. But it does make you wonder how we can talk seriously with today’s children about not bullying in school, when they can see it being done on national TV by “adults.”

Susan Harper is the retired director of the Commerce Public Library. She lives in Commerce.

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#1 Curtis Martin on 08/12/09 at 09:13 PM [Reply]

And who is going to pay for all this Obamaism? We are, and our grandchildren,and great grandchildren and so on. And give away everything we all have worked for to illegals. Simply crazy!

#1.1 F. Greene on 08/13/09 at 09:41 AM [Reply]

Curtis,

Waaa, Waa, Waa. Sorry dude, your whining about spending has NO credibility after the Bushed administration.

F.G.

#1.1.1 Anonymous on 08/13/09 at 04:37 PM [Reply]

F. G. Let me know how much better off you are in four years, dude! You're the one who'll be saying, Waa! Waa! Waa! when your taxes go thur the roof.

#2 Carp tunnel on 08/14/09 at 04:50 PM [Reply]

Money thats a laugh lets see for every dollar the Fed gives the U.S we owe 1 % so if we owe on the money before we get it, We can never pay it off. So your worries about the who will pay for it does not really matter the fact is our money is made up their is nothing to back up the money only debt. The Idea of ever paying back the nations debt is impossible if you owe before you get it. So run up the debt who cares we cant pay it back anyway.

#3 Constitution First on 08/15/09 at 09:54 AM [Reply]

Dear Ms. HArper,
I wondered as I read your opinion how one could be so misguided, then I saw where you were employed. Rather than call names and point fingers I would suggest you go check out the Federalist Papers and the Constitution and read them. Then you will realize that both current parties that dominate our politics are on a course for socialism. One party, yours, makes no bones about it the other party pretends they are against and move more slowly.

What we really need are Americans standing up, like those currently opposing the socialist healthcare being pushed, for our country and not for entitlement programs.

#4 W. on 08/16/09 at 12:28 AM [Reply]

I'm sorry, unless F.G. makes over 250, 000 dollars, I don't think he'll be whining, cause it won't be his taxes going up. The burden in this country is finally going to be lifted off the middle class. Did you know that during the Bush Administration, the people with the highest income growth rate were those in the top 1 percent? Do you think that's right? That the top 1 percent of wage earners saw 2/3rds of the income growth? I don't thinks so. Things are about to get set straight again. Oh, and if he does make over that amount, I don't think he'll be whining anyway. Make sure you keep your facts straight when you criticize an administration.

#5 Somewhat Informed Voice on 08/17/09 at 09:23 PM [Reply]

Doesn't everybody realized that the big business's that make that much money are just going to place the tax burden they receive back down on the working class. If the big companies have to pay more in taxes they are just going to increase the prices of their merchandise to offset the cost. Thus once again placing the burden on the working class. The working class doesn't have a chance. If you aren't born rich in this country then you don't have much of a chance.

#6 maxsportz on 08/18/09 at 08:28 AM [Reply]

I agree with "Somewhat Informed Voice" about corporations do just add to the cost of goods to cover extra taxes. It is common sense. I disagree with the last statement about not having a chance if not born rich. Times are tough but if you believe you have no chance then you are defeated. The only thing in the way of success is our own selves.

#7 kathy on 08/18/09 at 11:55 AM [Reply]

I can tell you what the issue is, short n' sweet....people with more money than they'll ever be able to spend bitching because they may have to share some of it. So what???? You are supposed to be concerned about your fellow man's well being, you are supposed to share your good fortune, Jesus told you that. If you believe in Jesus, then you need to stop whining and start helping.

I care about you all, but some of you make it so darn difficult!!! Just do the right thing already!!!!

#7.1 Ron on 08/19/09 at 11:15 AM [Reply]

Someone's money, no matter how much or how little, is their private property. They can share it all, or they can share none. It is their decision. Many people do not want the government managing their private property. What is the dollar amount that qualifies one as having more money than they'll ever be able to spend? How do you know if you're giving enough? Your comment implies that you may be able to answer these questions, Kathy. As a side note, (sadly) calling on people who believe in Jesus won't yield a very large crowd anymore.

#7.2 anonamous on 08/19/09 at 09:49 PM [Reply]

You want to give away your money to someone who wont get off their lazy butt and go to work and had rather collect welfare? I will help someone who tries to better themselves, but no way of "redistributing wealth" to someone who wont help themselves. I guess you go along with giving Social Security benefits to illegals, too.

#7.3 irritated on 08/22/09 at 05:05 PM [Reply]

Kathy,
Read my quote from a Christian minister below and see if any of it makes sense to you. Then read some of his writings. I am a Christian, help various charites even when it hurts, would help my neighbors if their house burned down, let someone stay in my basement if they had no place to go, give food to food banks and Christmas gifts anonymously and on occasion have given to beggars on the street if I think they won't use the money for thier detriment (drugs or booze). There will always be rich and always be poor-that is biblical also. The government cannot demand us to put ALL our money in a pot & then distribute it evenly, can they? The church as it was designed in the Bible was partly formed to help 39BPWminister to those in need, especially widows, orphans and the handicapped. We have now given this over to the Federal government. This has led to everyone standing in line to be taken care of by Uncle Sam and churches to go along with it so thay won't lose there "tax exempt" status. Is this our "false god" -our great government? Think about it.

#7.4 Kay on 09/09/09 at 07:57 PM [Reply]

2 Thessalonians 3:10-11

"For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies."

#8 go dawgs on 08/19/09 at 10:21 AM [Reply]

Speaking of bullying, Bill O'Reilly is the meanest jerk ever. Our nephew came to stay with us for a couple of weeks this summer and his parents secretly packed O'Reilly's book "Kids Are American Too" in his suitcase. I saw it out on the night stand and read a few pages. That book went into the trash can the minute I read about Bill O'Reilly defending why women and african americans shouldn't have been included in the constitution. How do grown, educated, seemingly moral people support a bully like Bill O'Reilly?

#9 Constitution First on 08/19/09 at 02:12 PM [Reply]

W.
The top 1% of earners also paid over 96% of the income taxes collected. So is that fair? That 1% of the earners, not Americans, but people that EARN money pay 96% of the taxes, please tell me you don't think thats fair?

Please learn something from what is being discussed. When businesses are taxed or their expenses go up they pass along those costs to the people who buy their goods. When you get a raise at work those costs of the raise are passed own to your neighbors who purchase the goods or services your company provides. Is it fair for you to ask for a raise knowing your neighbors are going to pay for it?

Please!

#10 A mother, daughter, wife, AN AMERICAN on 08/19/09 at 03:45 PM [Reply]

Yes it may seem like bullying to you, when you can't take the time to read why the "adults" are upset. If you believe CNN about this economy looking up then you need to remove your rose tinted glasses. Read Obama's ridiculous excuse for a national help plan. Americans should be upset when we are under attack, and yes we are under attack. Not by outsiders but by our own "government". Looking at your picture and your age lets hope you don't have health problems. If you do then i guess you'll meet your maker before you may be ready.

#11 concerned for the future on 08/19/09 at 08:40 PM [Reply]

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." - Adrian Rogers

also:

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage."

#12 really oreilly ? on 08/20/09 at 06:42 AM [Reply]

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisors with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the fourth of May (Cuatro de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as "proof" of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on "Earth Day," would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually "get" what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had failed to send aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence? If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt --which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate -- in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 6 months -- so you'll have three years and six months to come up with an answer.

#13 kathy on 08/20/09 at 07:45 AM [Reply]

See? You both proved my point and missed my point. I wasn't calling on people who believe in Jesus, I was challenging those who go around saying they do. And they showed themselves just like I knew they would. As selfish, self-centered, egotistical, unthinking, uncaring, greedy human beings. That point flies over their heads every time.

And I didn't say that the government should have control of anybody's money. (Where did that come from?) I merely suggested that perhaps if you would share some of your own money, of your own volition, things might not be so hard on others......oops, for a moment there I wasn't thinking only of myself....

Peace.

#13.1 In reply on 08/20/09 at 08:52 AM [Reply]

Kathy, I am a born again Christian and I guess you could say I don't have much money, but I have enough pride that I don't want to accept money from others that I did not earn. I will flip burgers or whatever I have to do to make sure my family is taken care of. So I guess "oops, for a moment there I wasn't thinking only of myself...." It's not someone elses job to take care of me and my own. If everyone else would take on that attitude then there wouldn't be so much controversy. Life is not about poor me.

#13.2 Ron on 08/21/09 at 08:14 AM [Reply]

Let's keep it simple: How much money is too much money? How much money should one give away? You said the problem is wealthy people whining(a more Christian word) and not sharing their money. Sounds like you may have a solution to how people should use thier money. You focused on it specifically in your statement, then worked your way over to food and shelter. Why can't they just share their time or food like you do? This is your private property and yours to share as you please. Maybe they already do share time & food but that's not what people want from them. Could your statement be chaged to "The problem is people with more food than they can ever eat not sharing it with others." Or the problem may be people with an extra bedroom not taking in the homeless? Most people in this great country have enough to give some. Why did you focus on money?

#13.3 come burn on 08/28/09 at 03:09 PM [Reply]

The church should take care of its people not take my money and send my preacher on a cruise. Why do churchs spend so much money sending people to other countries to help them when our own people need money and help just as bad. Get off the God trip Church is not looked up to by a lot of young adults because we see what you old people have turned god into a money market and a fashion show.

#14 kathy on 08/20/09 at 10:39 AM [Reply]

#12.1: You miss the point, too.

You see, I work very hard (because I am so blessed as to have a job), I pay my own bills, I take a short, local vacation every-other-year or so because that's all I can afford, and it's enough....But when the family down the street's house burns down, I can give them food, or money for clothes or a place to stay, or just help them do clean-up, whatever I can, because I can.

I'm talking about every day kindness and caring done on a more grand scale, and done regularly. If you really are a Christian, then you wouldn't be missing the point and you wouldn't be trying to turn this around on me like I want to take your money away from you! I'm just desperately searching for a drop of the milk of human kindness! Sheesh!!!!

It's useless, I know.....and it just makes me so sad that this simple concept is incomprehensible to more people than not.

So go ahead, just worry about you and yours and no one else, but be sure to call me when your house burns down, 'cause I will help you, just because I can...and you are my brother.

Peace.

#14.1 B Thomas on 08/20/09 at 03:21 PM [Reply]

Kathy,
Your luicid didactic sobriety shuns all spurious, diaphonous duplicity and specious disonance, avoiding stilted skittish diatribes through unstaid mental tones.
Your insidious, intransigent, intrepid and most of all inscrutible lucidious nefarious prevarifications will prognosticate doom, desuetude and utter fiasco for yours
and the rest of our world if we adopt your platform.
By the way, is your world still flat?
An uneducated 5th grader

#14.2 concerned for future on 08/20/09 at 08:45 PM [Reply]

How about sharing some of your wealth so that I can go on vacation? I haven't been on one in over 4 years. If you skip your next one then I can take my family. Oh, don't think about yourself. Don't be a selfish, self-centered, egotistical, unthinking, uncaring, greedy human being. (I think that is how you put it)

As for your comment: "I didn't say that the government should have control of anybody's money." Who do you expect to transfer this money? Will you send me on a vacation because it will bring joy and mental happiness to myself and family?

Send me my vacation package and I'll shut up.
Otherwise do the same.

#15 Constitution First on 08/20/09 at 12:57 PM [Reply]

Kathy Here is your quote from above. You say "people with more money than they'll ever be able to spend bitching because they may have to share some of it."
1. You are implying that these people do not already donate money to charities. If you ask most nonprofits that rely on donations the majority comes from people who have money to give.
2. Most people give money becuase they feel the need, or they enjoy the feeling that comes from giving. Once you are forced to "share it" it is no longer giving. It is being stolen from you. Think for a minute when you gave money or effort to someone who needed it... Now think if that person threatend to take your home if you didn't give them the money or made you work to clean up something with threat of jail if you didn't participate.
Big difference in "sharing" and being made to share.
If I'm not mistaken the Bible teaches self sufficiency. The truly disabled and orphaned are to be taken care of by the community.

"I can tell you what the issue is, short n' sweet....people with more money than they'll ever be able to spend bitching because they may have to share some of it. So what???? You are supposed to be concerned about your fellow man's well being, you are supposed to share your good fortune, Jesus told you that. If you believe in Jesus, then you need to stop whining and start helping."

#16 Joe Christmas on 08/20/09 at 03:28 PM [Reply]

Rich people donate money to charities out of a feeling of guilt. They are also sure to get their tax deduction for their charitable gift to make them feel better about themselves. Jesus taught us to give excess to the less fortunate, which many conservatives would scream and shout that Jesus was a communist or socialist or whatever label they use for getting attention.

#17 W. on 08/21/09 at 03:07 AM [Reply]

I'm sorry "constitution first", yes that's absolutely fair. When there exists such a gap between rich and poor, those on the rich end of the spectrum, and we're talking about the top 1%, so the far, far, far rich end of the spectrum can afford to pay more. You make more, you pay more. That's how it was designed. Taxes, as levied by the federal government, are in the constitution. So your name and your argument combined are a little misleading. I don't think it's unfair for the middle or lower class to expect a bit of a raise even on the backs of the rich or the consumer; for this reason and this reason only: in those specific years I named, the Bush tax cuts were in place, so all that income growth that the top 1% took in, was not because they worked any harder, got any more intelligent or their production increased at a rate 2/3rds more than that of everyone else; no, it's because they caught a break from the white house in those years. So when you say something about "learning" make sure you've done it yourself. The middle and lower classes in America catching a break from the Obama administration is not actually a handout of any kind. It's a reset button. A reset button back to when the system was weighted in favor of those who have the most. A chain is only as strong as its' weakest link and a country is measured by how it treats those lowest in its' ranks. I certainly wouldn't want to be on your side of the argument. Corporate CEOs deserve the money the make because they work so much harder than everyone else. Professional athletes shouldn't be taxed so much because they make so much and that money is their "property." I don't buy it. Neither one of them work any harder than the bank teller or factory worker, and it affects them more when they have a bigger chunk of their paycheck taken out. Oh, and P.S., you really only made a quasi-Christian argument to Kathy. Yes there is a difference between sharing and being made to share, but if you're doing it for the right reasons, then it really shouldn't matter. It shouldn't matter if you were going to donate $1000 anyway, and then someone says, we'd like you to donate $1000, and all the sudden you have a problem with it. That's pride. And I don't think Jesus or the Bible looked too kindly upon that either. Community matters, no matter what the reason.

#18 kathy on 08/21/09 at 10:53 AM [Reply]

Dear "concerned for the future": If it will help your mental state to go on vacation, sure I'll share with you......but it sounds to me like you're beyond help.

Why are you so furious with me for caring about you?

#19 kathy on 08/21/09 at 02:44 PM [Reply]

Ron: I focused my original statement on money because that's what the column was about. I was making a general opinionated statement about "those same people" that Susan was referring to.

I certainly don't know every person in the United States, (neither does anyone else). I was addressing the "general" attitude of the "haves" leaving the "have-nots" swinging in the wind. Our general lack of compassion these days.

Now, according to B Thomas, I am some kind of delusional lunatic who wants the human race to march into the sea like lemmings in a doomed attempt to find utopia.

It's getting so a person can't even make a comment anymore!

#20 Constitution First on 08/21/09 at 08:00 PM [Reply]

W.
Please read the Federalist Papers, The Constitution and Democracy in America. You will learn fairly quickly that the Constitution's ability to levy taxes had nothing to do with income redistribution. Once the majority realize they can vote redistribution of earned money through vote buying "entitlement" programs, think welfare, the country begins a decline that generally can't be stopped. Thats why Socialism, Communism and dictators control most of the countries on this Earth.

Self sufficiency and learning to live within ones means is very difficult. It is much easier for the lazy and cowardly to let government's manpower take from the earners and give to them. This way they, the lazy and cowardly don't have to work or risk being killed for stealing. Just let government do your dirty work.

Biblically speaking read the parts about generational growth. I may not have much but hopefully through my saving, investing working hard my children will be better edcuated and take what little I can pass on to them and help it grow. They will then be able to give more than I have and maybe one day one of my offspring will be able to give all their time to helping others who are truly deserving and still be able to provide for their own family.

#21 slow and poor on 08/21/09 at 08:10 PM [Reply]

kathy
When you address your knowledge of the "general" attitude of those that have; how many have you interviewed or done personality profiles with? I would be curious to know the statsistical error in your analysis of their attitudes. What questions did you ask of them to learn their attitudes and lack of compassion?

Typically opinions start with "My opinion is...." not "I can tell...". My opinion is you are blowing smoke. I don't kow you or your life circumstance so I can only base an opinion on what you have posted. If I were to say " I can tell you all that kathy is blowing smoke." would indicate that I have knowledge of you and therefore can make a statement of fact about you.

In the future you might say "Based on my experience with the one person I know who has more money than they could spend...." then everyone would know that you have limited knowledge of the "general" attitude of most people who have more money than they could ever spend.

#22 kathy on 08/21/09 at 09:16 PM [Reply]

One last word to all of my brothers and sisters who've attacked me, and all of my brothers and sisters who listened and understood (or at least tried to!)

I am NOT a "Christian". Not by your definition.

I am agnostic, with a loving heart that you can't change no matter how much you try.

Peace.

#23 eye on crime on 08/22/09 at 05:52 AM [Reply]

Ms. Harper,
I agree with, "How do we teach children about bullying when it can be seen on TV?". I am assuming you are talking about the union people hired to intimidate peaceful citizens showing up to voice their opinions.

I also wonder how you teach children not to steal when they see their governments doing it to their parents every paycheck, every time they buy something. Even their own home can be taken from them if their parents don't fork over the extortion of property tax.

I wonder how we teach children work ethic when on TV they see people demanding more be stolen from those working so that those that don't can have more.

Yes indeed the TV is a horrible thing.

I remember when parents used to raise their children not the TV. I remember when a mom could stay home and raise her own children instead of having to work to have something* (those pesky income, property, sales taxes they just keep going up)or just a sustinance for her family.

Yes indeed before TV people were not so covetous of what others had. There was sense of pride in supporting one's own family by doing the best they could. Saving your own money for a rainy day. Yes indeed TV has ruined it all...or could it be people have changed on their own?

* Something defined: Could be a college savings account, money for doctors bills, money to invest for her children's future. Not something materialistic.

#24 irritated on 08/22/09 at 04:49 PM [Reply]

Perhaps this might ring true to SOME of you. It was said by William J.H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian minister (so I assume he was a Biblical Christian and won't hate on his beliefs) in 1942. This quote is often times attributed falsely to Abe Lincoln. Google Minister Boetcker-smart man...

You cannot help the poor by destroying the
rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves

William J.H. Boetcker

Does that make sense to anyone out there???

#24.1 C.H. on 08/24/09 at 11:05 PM [Reply]

Makes perfect sense to me.

#25 Constitution first on 08/28/09 at 06:22 AM [Reply]

w.

I gave you a lay up on the tax issue and you blew it. If you had done just the most basic of research you could have found out that the top 1% only pay 40% of the taxes, granted they only earn 18% of the income.

I suspect all of your comments are made on shallow statements fed you by other haters of our capitalist society. If the Federalist Papers and Constitution are too heavy reading for you, Please read Democracy in America by Alexis DeTocquville.

#26 Scott Butler on 08/28/09 at 05:13 PM [Reply]

I'm sure the following video will make it clear to those of you have no time for reading or actual research on abusive government powers:
http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=37c4b3685c84e75f4b78&sp=1

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