See, it's the pendulum thing. I think we've talked about it here before. In the US we go so far to the left or right and then swing back the other way, at least that's what has happened in the past.
You know me man, I'm not one for big government, or intrusive government, but I'm also not a freaking alarmist. Things are bad, they may get somewhat worse, but I still think that our system will force it to turn it around. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:11 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? > > > tBone wrote: > > I think things are bad, but I'm not going to be an alarmist and start > > tossing around the word fascist. I've been to islamo-fascist nations. > I've > > been to former communist nations that might as well have retained the > name. > > Things are bad, but there is still a political remedy. > > > > Here's the worry (deserved or not) - people elect fascists. The > beauty about America is that we have a system to prevent unlimited > power. My biggest problem with this administration is that it's > slowly dismantling that system. > > For example, we just learned that Bush has unilaterally added > disclaimers to over 750 laws that he's signed that says he can ignore > the law if he wants. Of course then there's the torture thing, > wiretapping, etc, etc. It's clear this President despises checks on > his power and is actively taking steps to eliminate them. > > History has seen this behaviour before and it's resulted in dictators. > That likely won't happen here, but Bush has decided to travel down > that same road. > > I'm looking forward to a recession of presidential power. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208288 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
