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Oil & Gasoline: The Politics

There is a factual story to be told about the multi-million dollar war being waged between the Oil and Gas and Republican team on the one side, and the Democrats, consumer and environmental groups on the other. The factual story however, leaves much room for guesswork as to why the facts are as they are. Let's examine this story as logically as possible.

Folks don't want oil derricks in on their front lawns, town squares, or Central Park. Hence, laws were passed ages ago regulating where mining and drilling operations may take place, to protect towns, farmlands, waterways, and public lands for designated purposes like ANWR, all necessary to American quality of life.

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GOP Out: Voter's Defense Guide

OK, now that the GOP is out, how can voters protect themselves from the Democratic Party? GOP out I say? OK, let me count the ways so we can move on to the Voter's Defense Guide.

GOP Out of power:

The easiest way to evidence this claim is to simply reference this week's news headlines and accompanying articles.

• GOP cancer: Party could lose 20 more seats.
• GOP can't rely on money advantage now.
• GOP scrambles after Mississippi loss.
• After String of Losses, Republicans Face Crisis
• Republicans look for new message, no sugarcoating after latest defeat.

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Suffrage: Not what we expected.

Rational, thoughtful, educated, informed, and with a vested interest; these were the hopes of many of America's founders for the integral characteristics of those who vote and participate in the democracy portion of our Republic. Universal suffrage wasn't even close to being considered desirable at the founding of our nation.

Yet, universal suffrage is what we have delivered unto ourselves in the name of Women's rights, African American rights, Civil Rights, and Ignorant and Uneducated Rights. America decided that even the ignorant and uneducated are entitled to a voice in electing not just their district representatives of the U.S. House of Representatives as originally intended, but the Senate and the President as well.

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A REVOLUTION TO TAKE BACK THE U.S. CONGRESS

by Nelson Lee Walker

I am proposing that we create a popular, bloodless, political revolution in our country.

I believe that it is very necessary, very possible, and very doable.

The object of this revolution is the destruction of the professional political class which currently dominates and corrupts the US Congress.

I am convinced, as are many, many voters, that the bulk of our country's political problems arises out of this 'permanent' Congressional political class, and their devotion to party power and to the financial special interests keeping them in power.

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America's Dysfunctional Politics

Here's a list of dysfunctions just from this week. Then we will take a gander at what we must do to end all this political dysfunction.

Josh White of the Wash. Post informs us:

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Economic Stimulus: Good, Bad, & Ugly

From the meeting of the world's elites in Davos, Switzerland to working American voters and their politicians, the economic stimulus plan having passed the House is creating a very positive stir as Americans look forward to getting some cash back from their taxes. Stock markets around the globe rebounded. The hope is Americans will rush out and buy American made products and American based services, and businesses will apply their kickback to hiring more employees. Sounds Good! But, is it?

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Economy on collision course.

CBO (Congressional Budget Office) reports today on C-Span: For the last 2 decades, the health care differential PER YEAR has averaged 2%. This means that health care and insurance premium costs have grown by 2% more than wage growth, PER YEAR, for the last 20 years.

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Change: Accept It, Manage It.

Monumental changes are occurring in the span of a single lifetime. Climate, science, demography, environment and human knowledge are all undergoing enormous rapid changes, and no one on earth can escape them. The only way to begin to manage change is to accept that it is here. To deny it, reject it, or refuse it, is to succumb to it, without ever having a say as to what shape or direction it took.

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America's Authoritarian Government

In a dictatorship, no one else in government has power to halt the authoritarian who authors and enforces his own laws. George W. Bush is acting the role, and getting away with it, because our judicial system is incapable of responding with speed or efficiency to the Constitutional crises being raised by the President's incredible expansion of the power of the executive branch.

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TaxPayers Need Return on Investment

It is long past time that taxpayers adopt the concept that their taxes used to subsidize research and industries require a return on investment. This concept is new, and voters must make it their own, if Congress is to even acknowledge its existence. Make it a 2008 campaign issue and halt the practice of everyone receiving a return on their investment except the taxpayer.

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Why Changing Parties Changes Nothing.

Changing parties in the majority of Congress in the election of 2006 changed nothing in our government. Nor did it change America's ever dimming future. The reason is that the Democratic Party is held hostage to the same forces which caused the Republican Party to fail as the one party of majority. The truth is, though Republicans had the majority in government, they were not in control. Just as Democrats will not be in control, even IF they win the Presidency in '08 and acquire a filibuster proof majority in Congress.

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Immigration & Warming: Democrat's Iraq

Iraq cost Republicans control of Congress with the help of growing numbers of scandals. American voters were behind Republicans on Iraq, until Republicans failed to live up to expectations in the aftermath of invading Iraq. The same scenario is shaping up for Democrats owning the disappointment over immigration and global climate change.

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They Died - Memorial Day

Memorial Day is both to honor the fallen and refresh our memories as to what they died, or were wounded for. America did the honors. But, Americans have forgotten what they sacrificed for. Contrary to popular belief it was not for opening the borders to the world unchecked, nor for hidden, secretive government, nor for a government that spies and lies about its own citizens, nor, did they fall so the future generation could bankrupt the nation.

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Amnesty: Emergency

A bill is coming to the Houses of Congress to be voted on beginning next Monday. It is an amnesty bill for 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants, and has no chance of preventing a new massive influx of illegal immigrants. To see Sen. Kennedy and Pres. Bush on the same ticket like this is a bit bewildering. But, that the White House and Democratic Congress would attempt to sell out the American citizen's way of life and undermine the rule of law, yet again, borders on the criminal.

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Farewell Falwell - No Farewell Iraq

The Rev. Jerry Falwell is dead. Amen, say many. Some of my liberal friends are saying the world will be better off. One of my Republican friends is lamenting his passing. My take is he was the closest thing to PT Barnum the Evangelical world ever saw. He was a master at knowing his audience's prejudices, preferences, and audience likes and dislikes, and he played to them as a master showman. Saying it would be better to vote for the Devil than Hillary, he knew how to turn his following's passions on.

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Politics: Not a Sport

Politics is NOT a team sport. In a team sport, one team wins, many others lose, but, the slate is wiped clean the following season and everyone has another chance. The future of the sport is not at risk.

That is not the case with politics. When one party wins, and the others lose, the nation's future can be jeopardized and the majority of the people lose representation.

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America !

She was born much as a child is born, bloodied, loved, cut from her bonds, but dependent. Her birth came with a hope, a vision, and a promise, marked so eloquently in her Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

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DNC - RNC: Campaign Finance Reform Dead

With a slew of Democratic candidates announcing and pondering a run for the presidency in 2008, with Sen. Hillary Clinton refusing to reveal the names of her million dollar campaign raisers, (she already has raised $100 million), with Sen. John McCain now making a run of his own and in need of some big bucks from some big donors, I hereby officially declare campaign finance reform Dead! No doubt, there will be dancing in the aisles of Congress when they read this.

And because it is dead in the hearts and minds of incumbents of both parties, it is going to take an outsider to try to breathe new life into the issue on behalf of voters and our democratic republic. There is speculation that Ralph Nader may become a late announcer; not to win, but to give voice to millions of voters whose agenda's have been thrown overboard by the incumbent politicians and presidential candidates. He has a new book out, The 17 Traditions: Ralph Nader, about the traditional values he grew up with. It will be on bookshelves Feb. 15. It is already receiving critical acclaim and being discussed on TV political news channels.

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State of the Union - Bankrupt the Nation!

The President, once again, displayed a horrible lack of knowledge and inability to lead the country in the right direction in his State of the Union Speech this evening. He recited a long list of new foreign and domestic spending programs without once uttering a word as to how they would be paid for. Glaringly, the President proposed, no new taxes, spend, spend, spend, and almost in the same breath, let's balance the budget after he leaves office.

Since, the President said up front there should be no tax increases, we can set that aside as a given. Also, we can set aside, as a given, his proposal to balance the budget in 5 years. Now for the rest of the speech full of new and more spending.

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Is This A New Political Dawn?

Turned on the news this morning and I thought for a moment I was in the wrong decade. Republicans and Democrats, shoulder to shoulder, standing toe to toe against President Bush? Did I awake in a parallel universe by mistake?

Senators Feinstein (D), Hatch (R), Harkin (D), and Spectre (R), all at the same lectern on C-Span calling for the President to put away his veto pen on stem cell research? Had to be a dream. No, checked my TIVO, and sure enough, there it is again. No mistake. Unbelievable.

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Of Peace and Bounty

This holiday season most Americans are fortunate. Though a few hundred thousand of our soldiers and their families will experience some anxiety and separation this holiday season, mixed with their love and warm thoughts of loved ones, the vast majority of Americans enjoy peace and civil calm here at home. We should give thanks.

Though a few hundred thousand in America may die for lack of shelter, or go hungry for lack of food, or lack awareness of it even being a holiday season for lack of psychiatric care, the vast majority of Americans are bountiful in creature comforts and wealthier than most in the world today. We should give thanks.

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Prior Restraint: Bush vs. the ACLU

I run a blog. I receive information from a source that indicates the Bush Administration is planning to drop nuclear bombs on 3 Middle Eastern nations and the Palestinian territory in 3 weeks. Should I blog about it? Does the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights protect my ability to blog about it? Or, as the Bush Administration is currently trying to do, should it be able to issue 'prior restraint' public orders and subpoenas to confiscate from all bloggers and newspapers any, and all information regarding their plan, and prosecute any who publish such information?

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Immigration: What's it to you?

Roy Beck, President of NumbersUSA, boasted victory late in the night proclaiming his organization and other Americans beat back all attempts by Republicans and some Democrats to increase immigration in this country for highly sought after, but, very expensive education, type jobs.

Beck reports that Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison's (R) last ditch attempt to import 100,000 immigrant nurses next year failed. Sen. Cornyn's (R), also of Texas, attempt to increase immigration of programmers and engineers also failed. Friday's Viet Nam Free Trade agreement finally, was absent free visas for Vietnamese; as Beck says:

If we're right, this represents quite a milestone: A free trade agreement that deals with movement of goods without forcing the movement of foreign workers into U.S. job occupations.

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America: Moving Toward Lawless

The Rule of Law in our great land has taken one heck of a beating in recent decades on certain fronts. Our Constitution has been violated and distorted in many ways to fit political and other ends. Even the people of this great land have only discretionary respect for the law; choosing which ones apply to them and which ones don't.

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No Time to Snooze, America

There is reason to hope that bipartisanship and moves away from ideological extremes are coming. But now, is no time for American voters to sit back and take a snooze until 2008. These politicians are going to be under extreme pressures to make politics of winning 2008 their primary objective, instead of finding functional solutions to major problems.

Politicians need to hear from us, loudly and often, with assurances of another anti-incumbent wave of voting should they again avoid our nation's needs, preferring instead partisan gain.

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Democrats: Promises & Expectations

The Democrats appear, according to a new poll, to be making a lot of the right promises to appeal to the moderate, centrist, and independent voters who elected them, save one. Democrat's illegal immigration solutions don't appear to be currying favor.

First, the 'right promises' (with a small 'r' ). Not to be confused with the Right's promises, which were mostly never carried out. At least not yet. That's the Left's promises - Not Yet, they just got power. Not the Right's, - Not Yet, they had their chance and a lot of years and opportunities to bring about the 3 P's, peace, prosperity, and personal liberty. Sorry, I have been watching the 3 stooges in Wash. D.C. for so long (White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court), I am starting to babble like them. Back to business.

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Re-elect Larry, Moe, and Curly?

Larry, Moe, and Curly were more commonly known as The 3 Stooges in their hilarious 1950's and 1960's black and white movies full of error, stupidity, ignorance, incompetence, and slap stick. Well, they are back and running for re-election under different names today, like Santorum, Stabenow, and Lieberman. But, it is not funny anymore.

The American tax payers shelled out 100's of billions of dollars to politicians and intelligence agency personnel for the express purpose of preventing a 9/11 from happening in America. Most of those politicians and personnel are still in office today, many are running for re-election. It would be hilarious if it were not so tragic that their 3 stooges routines leave our nation and her people nearly as vulnerable to attack today, as we were on September 10, 2001.

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Why VOID?

I'd like to share with you briefly why I am passionate about the anti-incumbent movement, as it were, and what it is about VOID as an organization that compelled me to volunteer some of my rare free time in support of it. Perhaps my story will hit home with you, and you too may feel it is a cause worth supporting in some way.

I am a life-long independent. I come from many generations of die-hard liberal Democrats. While I share many of their core beliefs and values, from an early age I recognized their tendency to follow the lead of their party, issue be damned; and I could never quite understand how they thought it best to look at things that way. I've always felt that a thoughtful analysis of each issue based on its value and merits is how people should view issues, and that that is the only way to achieve real progress for citizens.

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Falling Incumbents

Sabato's and Wasserman's analysis regarding the Senate races, appear to me to be dead on. 20 or more House of Representative incumbents will lose their job. Democrats may or may not take control of the Senate, the stats and analysis say it is a flip of the coin. But, whether Dem's take control or not in either house of Congress, is not nearly as important as the millions of voters (besides Democrats), who will have cast their anti-incumbent votes. Having done so in 2006, means it will be easier in 2008 and beyond.

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Don't Vote the Ad

As the election day on Nov. 7 nears, 100's of millions of dollars are being poured into the most non-issue oriented, sleazy, and lying advertising ever in the history of American politics. What is remarkable is how in a slew of races, the polls are closing their gaps as these despicable ads from all sides come pouring over our TV's, our radios, our Ipods, on billboards, and handouts.

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Incumbent Chafee continues to lose ground

In a recent poll released by Rhode Island College Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse's lead over incumbent Lincoln Chafee is growing in that Rhode Island Senate race.
According to the Boston Globe "The telephone poll was conducted between Oct. 23 and 25 and surveyed 408 randomly selected likely voters from around the state." 51% who responded said they were learning toward Whitehouse, 43 for Chafee.

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New Anti-Incumbent Movement

The new anti-incumbent movement is just beginning. It will grow, and there is nothing the Democratic and Republican Parties can do about that. Here are the only 3 scenarios possible, and why the Republocrats will be powerless against VOID and a growing number of anti-incumbent voices like Anti-Incumbents.com, No To Incumbents, and Tenure Corrupts.

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Gov't. Corruption Like a Cancer Grows

Corruption in our government is reaching new proportions surrounding the "Duke" Cunningham investigations. Foley cover-up aside, DeLay, Jefferson, and Abramoff investigations on hold, (could the elections have anything to do with this?), the Cunningham investigations are widening to uncover the many other government officials required to permit Cunningham's bribes to have succeeded.

As the Washington Post reports:

Since Cunningham had no authority to award contracts, he needed the acquiescence of some members of Congress, congressional staff members and Defense Department officials, according to the executive summary of an investigation by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into his activities as a panel member.

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2006: Election Strategies

Strategies are flying around this country like a locust storm. Different strategies for different politicians in different districts makes them so numerous as to require a book to cover even half of them. However, there are some core strategies underpinning campaigns for different parties, which I will call Distance, Record, and Coalition.

Distance strategy.

Of course, with the polls as they are, Republicans have the most defensive strategies in general. Their key strategy is to distance themselves from Pres. Bush, many of his policies, and their own voting records on Bush's policies. In addition, Republican candidates are focusing on issues that will resonate locally with their constituents like pro-life or pro-choice positions. This can be a shrewd strategy if their challengers allow them to fly with it - most won't, of course.

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Mid-Term Election and Polls

The polls show Nov. 7 should go to the Democrats. But, is switching parties in control of Congress what voters really want? Or, is switching parties the only choice they feel is available to them?

Newsweek writes of its new poll:

For the first time since 2001, the NEWSWEEK poll shows that more Americans trust the Democrats than the GOP on moral values and the war on terror. Fully 53 percent of Americans want the Democrats to win control of Congress next month, including 10 percent of Republicans, compared to just 35 percent who want the GOP to retain power.

A Washington Post article says:

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted after the [Foley] revelations found 63 percent of voters "dissatisfied" or "angry" with House Republican leaders, and 73 percent disapproving of the job Congress is doing.

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Deeper in Debt

The NY Times reports this morning:

For the first time during President Bush's tenure, the government's interest bill is expected to rise in 2006, from $184 billion in 2005 to $220 billion this year, up nearly 20 percent. That increase -- $36 billion -- makes interest the fastest-growing component of federal spending, and continued brisk growth is likely. According to projections by Congress's budget office, the interest bill will grow to $249 billion in 2007, and $270 billion in 2008.

One other important tidbit. About 45% of those interest payments go to foreign investors, some of them, not wishing the U.S. well, at all. One could argue, we are funding in part, the war against us.

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One Law for You, I'm Exempt!

Hewlett Packard's former chief and several others face indictments for illegal spying. How is it then, the White House, also known to have engaged in illegal spying using wiretaps outside FISA's requirement for judicial review, is not held to account? Is it true there is one law for those outside government and another for a privileged few inside government? Is this not the story line of George Orwell's famous Animal Farm about how authoritarians are made?

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LaHood: Get Rid of Pages

The Washington Post has an article wherein columnist Harold Meyerson takes a dig at Congressman Ray LaHood's (R) suggestion that the congressional page system be abolished.

Am I understanding this politician correctly? Politician friend Foley gets in trouble for sexually soliciting a 16 year old Congressional page, and this Republican Representative wants to abandon this 100 year old program of teaching our young people about the workings of our government?

Are Republicans now going to blame children for the actions of pedophiles? What's next? Locking victims of child abuse up for enticing pedophiles with their age? This is what I call sheer PANIC on the part of Republicans. Can we trust politicians who think like this with good governance?

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Foley: The Bigger Story

This incident with the Rep. Foley's solicitations toward a teenage page volunteering his time in support of our government, in and of itself, is simply a crime, likely a misdemeanor, perhaps a lower category felony using the internet for solicitation of a minor. The Justice Dept. should handle that like any other crime of its nature.

The bigger story here is the cover-up. Incidents such as these should be reported to the House Ethics Committee and oversight personnel for the page's supervision. The cover-up is manifest in that the only Democratic member to have been notified of this ethics breach and potential danger to pages, was never informed. This incident was kept under wraps by the Republican leadership, hiding truth in order to protect themselves and their party from scandal.

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Republicans say: It's a mess!

Just weeks before the elections, some Republicans are coming forward and saying: On budget management, Iraq, the War on Terror, - It's A Mess!

Fiscal Management: The cost of the War on Terror since 9/11 through fiscal year 2006 is 437 Billion. (PDF). Of that 437 Billion the Iraq War has cost 330.4 billion. The federal cost for Katrina 130 billion, of 200 billion estimated by 2009. Total federal allocation for 9/11 recovery, 20 billion.

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The Real Cost of Katrina

Surfing the net, I came across a heart wrenching video presentation entitled: The Real Cost of Katrina.

CAUTION !!! This video contains graphic images of the aftermath not seen on TV, caused by our government's failure to protect its people. You will weep! Be forewarned.

The levees were the responsibiilty of the Congress and the Army Corps of Engineers, an agency of the White House.

I cannot understand how anyone can watch this 8 minute presentation and vote for more than 98% of the incumbents in federal government today who permitted this to happen through negligence, partisan bickering, lack of priorities, and commitment to safeguard we, the people, of these United States.

We paid dearly in taxes for such protection as these levees, only to be killed and rendered homeless by political party warfare and campaign money greed which, crowds out all other contenders for first priority of government. We paid dearly in taxes for the security of our land and its people against attack. Yet, 9/11 happened.

If it were a car that failed so catastrophically we would have returned it, sued for damages, and demanded the salesperson be fired. But it wasn't an auto salesman who cheated us, it was our own elected politicians.

The Real Cost of Katrina. (headphones or speakers needed if you wish to listen to the music background - not required).

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2006 Election: Useful News Tidbits

Did he really say that?
The NY Times quote of the day has this:

"I just follow my own common sense. And the hell with the law." -- THOMAS R. BUCKLEY, a longtime justice in Dannemora, N.Y.

Voters want Choice?
Many voters say there isn't much choice. But, the fact is, there are 33 U.S. Senate seats up for election this November with 259 candidates in the race for those seats. There's plenty of choice. But, with incumbents and a few wealthy challengers saturating the media, it is up to the voters to seek out the less well funded candidates - that is, if a choice is what they seek. For many, homework is an excuse sought to just not vote at all. High School habits?

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Take My Freedom, Just Give me Security.

Our leaders feel guilty for allowing 9/11 to happen. Our leaders feel unworthy of the roles they hold in our government. Our leaders confused by these feelings of guilt and unworthiness, are grasping to make it better.

But they are doing so without reference or consultation with our forefathers, who knew the world is a dangerous place. And it takes a brave and courageous people to choose to live free in it. Freedom carries risk. Freedom or security. You know what the safest place in the United States is? Solitary confinement in a maximum security prison. Not even terrorists have designs on such a place.

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