"Here's how to get a dubious bill into law, or at least past the U.S. House of Representatives, which of late has deserved to be called the lower chamber: -- First, make the bill long. Very long. So long no one may actually read it, supporters or opponents. Introduce a 310-page horse-choker of an amendment at 3 in the morning on the day of the roll-call vote. So it can't be examined too closely or too long. Only after the bill passes may its true costs emerge. ... -- Make sure that the bill itself, which was already 1,200 pages long before this super-sized amendment was added, surpasseth all understanding. (Which may be the only thing it has in common with the peace of God.) ... -- Insert all kinds of exceptions into the bill so those special interests that stand to benefit by them -- whether regional, economic or ideological -- will join the stampede. -- Coat the bill and the campaign for it with high-sounding sloganspeak, if not hysteria. Warn that The End Is Near unless this bill is passed, at least if you consider the year 2100 near. ... -- If necessary, change the subject at the last minute. Say, from climate change to creating jobs. And, hesto presto, though the vote may be close (219 to 212), a confusing bill can be on its way to becoming even more confusing law. Which is just what happened the other day in the U.S. House of Representatives. ... -- Forget the actual content of the bill, since few if any can understand it anyway. Instead, just recite talking points. It's a lot easier than actually thinking. ... Whoever said you never want to see sausage made or laws passed did a grave injustice to sausage-makers, who are surely engaged in a much more wholesome enterprise." --Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editor Paul Greenberg

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Usually the White House will put something like THIS out on a late Friday afternoon, so it will fly under the radar of most news agencies....

Maybe somebody let it slip a couple days early? Either that, or the pResident really doesn't think it will really be too controversial...

All I got to say, in the words of GuyK: "GOOD GOD GERTY, WHAT A GASH" !

I don't care if anyone thinks my attitude on this is Homophobic, I still believe that PC/identity politics is a major cause of a lot of the difficulties we are facing as a society today.

We DON'T need a GLBT pride month thrust into our faces.

We need to accept all people on their own terms, yes, but as individuals, not as members of some amorphous group. I have a brother who is a member of this group, and I love him dearly, but just because his sexual orientation is different from mine is no reason to try to make him feel special, or accrue to him any special status or recognition.
He's special merely by virtue of being a decent law-biding citizen, that should be all any of us should expect.

I think one reason that the GLBT portion of our population has some problems "fitting in" with the general population is that they expect to live outside the norm and then have everyone else adjust their idea of the norm to that new paradigm. You can't have it both ways. Either you expect that some will not accept your lifestyle and deal with it, or you keep your lifestyle where it belongs...private. What you do in the privacy of your bedroom is NOBODY'S business, not the government, and certainly not mine.

My brother once complained to me that "it wasn't right that he couldn't show public affection to his lover just as a "normal" couple could". My only answer was that, if you want to display behaviour outside the usual norm; don't be surprised that some will be offended by it, and treat you differently because of it. I don't care too much for public displays of affection by heterosexual couples either,but the difference lies in the societal norms.

As a side note on this topic --'Gay marriage' is an oxymoron. Marriage is a religious institution, and most major religions don't sanction homosexuality. Civil Unions are a legal union sanctioned by the State, and it should be up to the population of each state to determine what they wish to condone. And yes, it DOES affect me as a heterosexual if such unions are condoned or not, since under the law those unions receive ( and SHOULD IMHO) the same benefits from the State as any other couple does in terms of social security, inheritance, enforcement of divorce support/alimony payments, etc, etc. Anything that can foresee-ably cost the public coffers affect ALL of us.

Hmm, I'm a Taurean-Heterosexual-Caucasian-Dutch-Emigre-Naturalized Citizen...where is MY month?!? Guess none of the groups I belong to just aren't vocal enough.

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"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasnÂ’t lived that life."

So saith Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor.

So tell me, imagine that I was the nominee (okay stop laughing, I KNOW how amusing that sounds), and as the conservative that I am had said:

"I would hope that a wise Caucasian man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a Latina female who hasnÂ’t lived that life."

I am POSITIVE I would be (and correctly, in my opinion) be excoriated as both a racist and a misogynist...but Ms. Sotomayer can expound thus all day and be praised as a 'compassionate free thinker' by her fans on the left.
She is further on record as opining that the "appeals court is where policy is made" Oh REALLY Ms Sotomayer? I was always taught that in our system of jurisprudence, policy was made by the Legislature, NOT by the Court.

If you are really interested in forming public policy Ms. Sotomayer, you should be running for the Congress or the Senate, not the Supreme Court.

I admittedly know too little about Sotomayer's views as yet, but that is why there is "advise and consent" in the Senate on Presidential nominees; to discover those views and opinions. I have learned, however, that her record on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is less than stellar, having been overturned on review in roughly 80% of her rulings....just on the face of it, do we really want someone with such a record sitting on the highest court in the land ?

I'm not naive enough to believe that a SCOTUS nominee isn't a political appointment, a President usually picks a candidate in line with his own judicial views, that's part of the privilege of being President; but I would expect that the appointee should at least be very highly qualified, and not be chosen, as I believe she was in this case, just because she was: A. a woman, and B., because she is a Latina; and so constitutes a sop to constituent groups that Obama is seeking to curry more favor with.

Mr. Obama, you ARE the President; it's time you stopped campaigning for the office and start fulfilling the obligations of the office.

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When I listen to Nobama talk about a "two state solution" to solve the problems in the Middle East, it never fails to amaze me how a bunch of hoodlums has hoodwinked the entire world.

If you are enamored of the plight of the misplaced Jordinians "Palestinian people", might I suggest you take the following quiz by my good friend at Dry Bones Blog?

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Biden reveals himself as an idiot yet again, revealing the location of a secret VP bunker under the VP's residence.

There are some things that the general public just does NOT need to know, and this was one of them...It seems that Ol Joe just can't keep his trap shut when he's in front of a group of people; he just has to say the first thing that comes to his mind to show that he is "in the loop".

God help us all. We have an administration that is the epitomy of amateurism in just about every major slot, but especially in the top two positions.

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This is a bit long, but enlightening. Lest you think it was written by some right-wing kook, David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works have covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American League Baseball. Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat, Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital cities: Washington D.C., Albany, New York, and Dakar, Senegal. He attended HarvardUniversity, graduating there in 1969 with a B.A. in history. He then spent several years more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history in 1976. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976.

He is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of the United States Naval War College and has previously taught at Carnegie Mellon,Williams College and Harvard University. Kaiser's latest book, The Road to Dallas, about the Kennedy assassination, was just published byHarvard University Press.

"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."
- Barack Obama
(Think about that statement...We ARE the greatrest nation on Earth, so WHY should we change it?!? Delfts)

History Unfolding

I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books on history that have been published in six languages, and I have studied history all my life. I have come to think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is simply a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus.

Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it.. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.

We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people we know they can never pay back? Why?

We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700 billion we all argued about so strenuously just this past September. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this was a government of "we the people," who loaned our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.

We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy. Why?

We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?

We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?

Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and I know precisely what I am talking about) - the list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x ten... And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.

And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla, Alaska . All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.)

Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change. Why?

I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now.

This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.

And that is only the beginning..

As a serious student of history, I thought I would never come to experience what the ordinary, moral German must have felt in the mid-1930s In those times, the "savior" was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they should have known was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory. Conservative "losers" read it right now.

And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his "brown shirts" would bully and beat them into submission. Which they did - regularly. And then, he was duly elected to office, while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at hand - the Great Depression. Slowly, but surely he seized the controls of government power, person by person, department by departme nt, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at first, encouraged to join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught exactly what to think. Later, they were required to do so. No Jews of course,

How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe , and across the world. He did it with a compliant media - did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and .... . .. change. And the people surely got what they voted for.

If you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It's all there in the history books.

So read your history books. Many people of conscience objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though. And the world came to regret that he was not listened to.

Do not forget that Germany was the most educated, the most cultured country in Europe . It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And yet, in less than six years (a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors.. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with them.

As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and ignoring what is tr anspiring around me..

I choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive, or both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe-and why I believe it.

I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only hope is our vote in the next elections.

David Kaiser
Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA

H/T to Eddy

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For those that accuse Conservatives of being "anti-Muslim racists" and that we "use Muslims as the boogeyman" to engender unnecessary fear; I request you view the following video and then come tell me that we are NOT in a war for the survival of our Judeo-Christian culture. I noted with sadness that it is already too late for a reversal in the trend towards Islam in my birth-land, please, PLEASE, DON'T allow it to happen in my adopted homeland too.

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Lets see.....He appoints tax evading retreads for all of his cabinet positions...he reveals memo's that damage the security of the United States....he talks about U.S. "culpability" and "hubris" while ostensibly representing the U.S. as POTUS on foreign soil....he puts our great grandchildren in debt to "bailout" private companies and then uses those bailouts as leverage to control those companies...his chief of Homeland Security intimates that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are prime suspects of being "homegrown terrorists"(as is ANYONE that might have the temerity to disagree with Teh One's policies)....Yeah, I would say that any credibility that you MIGHT have had at one time is just about shot, Mr. Resident.

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At least by the latest standards put forth in the latest threat assessment report by the DHS.....

Since by the standard's of the report; ALL of our Founding Fathers would be dangerouse Right-wing extremists and/or Terrorists, I feel that I'm in great company and am honored beyond expression to be considered thus by the ilk of tyrannical types that constitute the present U.S. government.

How about you? Are YOU a terrorist and don't even know it?

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The Tea Parties, contrary to the MSM blather, were NOT about Party affiliations; they were about the fact that a large percentage of the population is not content to follow President Obama's foray into Socialism.

BOTH Parties share equal blame; indeed, WE share in the blame for allowing this state of affairs to progress to the point it exists today, and it is up to US to set things straight. THAT is the message of the Tea Parties.

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Well, I arrived at the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse 45 minutes before the scheduled start of the Indianapolis Tea Party and was gratified to see the large turnout already there before me, and with a continuing swell of newcomers as the event progressed. Local radio celebrity Greg Garrison gave a great speech on our responsibilities as Citizens in a free Republic, followed by speeches by several people, who, like me, were American Citizens by their own choice instead of by birth. Those speeches were very inspirational, and then came the coup de gras; a speech from the past by "Thomas Paine" of 'Common Sense' fame. (well, famous if you've read your American history; something that all too few students have done in these PC times...)

Mr. Paine reiterated the cry from 230 years ago that "when a government becomes too oppressive upon it's people it is the right, nay the DUTY, of those people to rise up and take the freedom that is their birthright back from the oppressors; through the ballot box if possible, and by force of arms if need be.
He excoriated us as being too self-interested in our own personal welfare to be good stewards of the liberties that his generation had risked everything for to be able to bequeath to us. He was correct in every statement he made.

THE question now is: WHAT do WEdo?

Here are some suggestions of actions WE all should take:

1. Become politically involved; become aware of just who the players are and what they are up to.

2. STOP being afraid of being called "Racist", "Xenophobic", or "Unfair" for espousing those tenants that our Founding Fathers held dear. Political Correctness is nothing more than code words for "things Progressives/Liberals/Socialists/Communists don't like". STOP playing THEIR game and start standing up for what this country was founded upon.

3. Remember that "equal opportunity" does NOT mean "equal results"; there is NO guarantee of results, and there is nothing FAIR about taking from those that produce to give to those who won't. Help a person who needs it to rise above his temporary poor circumstance, by all means, but DON"T support him in those circumstances.

4. Remember that the government that is powerful enough to give you everything you desire is the same government powerful enough to take it all away at it's whim.

5. Take a moment every day and give thanks to whatever Deity/Principle you perceive as the Creator that we have had the good fortune to live in a land where we can do so without coercion or censure. Learn about our Judeo-Christian heritage - it is the reason our Republic was founded with the principles that are at its essence. Without that background, those principles cannot be maintained and the Republic shall fall.

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Tomorrow is Tax Day, and across the Nation there is a storm brewing in the (TEA)pot.

Here in Indianapolis there will be a Tea Party on the Statehouse lawn from 1630 through 1830 hrs. I will certainly be there.

Please, check to see where there will be a Party near you, and BE THERE.

It is your duty as a responsible Citizen to do everything in your power to rein in an out of control government.

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"Mr. Paine" is correct. WE THE PEOPLE must TAKE BACK what is rightfully ours. WE lent the politicians the power and they have abused it. It is our right, nay, our DUTY, to reclaim that power before it is abused any furthur.

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On April 15, 2009 there will be a number of "Tea Parties" all across America to protest the slide towards Socialism this Administration is enacting. I urge each and every one of you to try to find the Tea Party event nearest you and attend it.

Our beloved Republic is under attack from without, but even more seriously, from within. It is the DUTY of every Citizen to come to the fore and protect this greatest experiment in human history; politically for now, but with force of arms if need be.

Lloyd Marcus has written a theme song that might provide you some inspiration:

Our Forefathers had the courage of their convictions to stand up to a tyrannical government and they left us the mechanisms to prevent such a government from reoccurring, but we have been lax in our vigilance. We have allowed the creeping fingers of Socialism to start to choke the life out of our Republic.
The current Administration's policies are contrary to every Principle that our Forefathers fought and died for.

We the People are being yoked to a national debt that couldn't be repaid by our great-grandchildren's time (Taxation without representation sound familiar?).

We are being restrained in matters of private business by excessive and onerous regulation without true redress to the government (sound familiar?),

The current Administration has made no secret of it's intention to radically restrict the private Citizen's right to to maintain and BEAR arms (for those that weren't listening on that day in American History class, the "shot heard 'round the world" in Concord Mass. was a direct result of the British Army marching to the city with the intent to confiscate the arms held by private Citizens).

There is still a small amount of time to peacefully forestall the encroachments on our Liberties, BUT, if we don't act fast and en-masse it will take force of arms to restore those Liberties to us.

Our Forefathers revolted against repression and tyranny, now it is Our time to do the same.

I pray we still have the courage and convictions of our Forefathers.

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"Dear IRS, I'm sorry to inform you that I'm not going to be able to pay the taxes owed on April 15th, but all is not lost.

I paid these taxes, accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gas tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city tax, school and county property tax up to 33% the last four years. Real estate tax, Social Security tax, road use tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, sales franchise tax, state unemployment tax, federal excise tax, telephone tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle tax, registration tax, capital gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Mexico sales tax and many more I can't recall and I've run out of space and money.

When you do not receive my check April 15th, just know that it was an honest mistake. Please treat me the same as the way you've treated Congressman Charlie Rangel, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, ex-congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss, Timothy Geithner. No penalties, no interest.

Ed Barnett, Wichita Falls KS

PS. I'll make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.

Taken from Glenn Beck

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If you are interested in a synopsis of what our government is SUPPOSED to be, go listen to the Wimp. Be sure to turn up your speakers and LISTEN.

I advise every parent expose their children to this exposition; they aren't learning this in school the government indoctrination centers anymore.

H/T to my friend Jack

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All through the right wing blogosphere there is a very disturbing rumor that the Obama Administration has granted the People's Republic of China a huge concession to continue borrowing funds from the PRC; here is the rumor verbatim as it's being circulated:

"Beijing, China — Sources at the United States Embassy in Beijing China have just CONFIRMED to me that the United States of America has tendered to China a written agreement which grants to the People’s Republic of China, an option to exercise Eminent Domain within the USA, as collateral for China’s continued purchase of US Treasury Notes and existing US Currency reserves!"

"The written agreement was brought to Beijing by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and was formalized and agreed-to during her recent trip to China."

"This means that in the event the US Government defaults on its financial obligations to China, the Communist Government of China would be permitted to physically take — inside the USA — land, buildings, factories, perhaps even entire cities - to satisfy the financial obligations of the US government."

This has appeared on a number of right wing political sites and is accompanied by the attendant hysterical blather about black helicopters/FEMA concentration camps/OWO plots, etc,etc.

I don't believe that this rumor is true, for the simple reason that even Barry O wouldn't be THAT blatently stupid. If he wanted to trigger the second Civil War, that would be the surest, and quickest, way to do it.
EVEN the 52% Sheeple would revolt at that action.

Granting eminent domain authority to a foreign government is simply incomprehensibly stupid and blatently unconstitutional on the face of it.

The fear I DO have is that this SOUNDS like something Barry & CO. would propose; it makes me wonder if its part of a disinformation operation by the government for intel gathering purposes....and even that sounds like paranoia, even to me.

To paraphrase an old Chinese curse; we do, indeed, live in interesting times.

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"Exercises" like THIS ONE scare the hell out of me.

As an ex Grunt, I see the need for training to specific types of operations, and Urban Operations are among the toughest assignments any military unit has to engage in. Training saves lives, of both the soldiers and the civilians engaged in any conflict. Having said that, something about this training exercise makes my skin crawl. My gut tells me there is more involved, and in my years as a LEO I learned to trust my gut. There are times that there are subtle hints that you are not consciously aware of that warn you of danger, and my spider sense is tingling all over this one.

Yeah, I know it makes me sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I wouldn't trust ANY Administration with this type of power, much less a Socialist one like Obama's. Posse Comitatus was put into place to prevent any political entity in the U.S. from arbitrarily using troops to perform Police functions.

Ask yourself WHY they would find a need to train for such activity unless they are planning to use it in the near future? Given Mr. Obama's past record on gun control, and even more importantly, the past history of his appointee for AG on gun control, doesn't it strike just a little twinge of fear that this might just be a rehearsal for the future; or if nothing else, a trial balloon to see how it floats with the American public?

Only time will tell, but, remember, "just because you're paranoid doesn't necessarily mean that there is no one out to get you.", and in the case of our rights as free people, I believe a little paranoia is healthy if you want to keep those rights intact.

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