Well said, Grrrrus! The only place that kind of unshakable belief belongs is in a God(s), Goddess(s), or The Force.
Thinking that America is impervious to ending the way many *many* great societies have, is... well, like The Fool; one foot over the abyss. The Fool rocks, and I'm probably pretty foolish, as it were, but, seriously... "You take your freedoms and liberties, "America", for granted at your own peril." ~GG well said. There is still a long hard road ahead. Success is not guaranteed, but I'm sure we'll all be fine, no matter what. (fer realz) =] -- Hope is the dream of a waking man. Aristotle On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Gruss Gott wrote: >> gMoney wrote: >> If it took the election of Barack Obama to remind the world of what America >> truly is, that is YOUR problem, not ours. >> > > I don't agree with you guys AT ALL on this point and further I think > it's dangerous to think that way. > > America isn't even out of beta yet. > > The thought that America is some type of immutable foundation is just > not case. If Bush's presidency didn't show you that then I'm very > afraid. > > In my opinion our country was on the verge of losing all of the > freedom and liberties your statement takes for granted. > > In other words, we made the right choice this time but we made the > wrong choice 2 times in a row and it cost us. The Justice Department > is in tatters, frankly. It may take 20 years to fix. The Bush > presidency shook our democracy to it's foundations starting with the > Supreme Court taking an active role in his election. > > Democracy and liberty are always in jeopardy and vigilance is key to > ensuring they aren't overthrow. > > IMO, we've come closer to losing them in the last 8 years than since > the civil war. > > You take your freedoms and liberties, "America", for granted at your own > peril. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
