Neal Nurmi wrote:
I personally would be VERY hesitant to celebrate th Bill of Rights in this period of history. I consider myself a patriot -- served proudly in the U. S. Army for three and a half years during the Viet Nam War, and believe deeply in the Bill of Rights.
However, I regard the Bill of Rights largely as a statement of protection for citizens from an overpowerful government, and I believe gov't is becoming so big and so overwhelmingly powerful that the Bill is becoming deeeply compromised. When the gov't can lock people up forever with no trial and no recourse; when the gov't can torture people with no recourse; when the gov't can essentially declare martial law in the name of "National Security" with no recourse -- the Bill of Rights has a real problem. Make no mistake, Folks, if these bastards can do it to "ragheads" they can do it to you too!!!
I'm concerned when the gov't can give away trillions of dollars of my Grandkids' money to their banking buddies (who largely caused the financial meltdown to begin with) and then refuse to tell us who they're giving our money to. We have no recourse here -- try to get these jerks to tell you where your money is going!!
Please -- I want no replies here to this, and I do not wish to start another pointless political debate -- I just feel deeply about my freedom and my descendants' freedom, and I think we're losing it here. This is just my very humble opinion and I realise and respect the fact that many here will disagree with how I see the world. I just needed to say something...
Niel,
That was the point of the evening, to show how far the govt has gotten from the Bill of Rights, and unless poeple are willing to make thier voices heard it will get mch worse.