To: PROLIFE who wrote (441980 ) 8/12/2003 11:33:51 PM From: Orcastraiter Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667 I prefer the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Benjiman Franklin: "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."--Thomas Jefferson "I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity." -- Benjamin Franklin , _Works_ Vol.VII, p.75 As for your assertion:and people like you will be the death of the USA...already happening...see it? I would say that yes I do see it, and it is caused by this administration destroying all that is good and sacred in this nation. Bush has tried to weaken the separation between church and state. Has taken this nation to war based on a pack of lies. Has taken away civil liberties under the guise of national security. Has insulted the rest of the world by this unilateral action in Iraq. Has made this country less safe. Less secure. Run up an enormous deficet, and watched unemployment soar as jobs accross the nation have disappeared. Crippled state governments and opportunist recall in California pose real economic threats to the country. Yes, I agree that the death of the USA is at hand...that is why it is imperative to vote Democrat in 2004. We must get the Bush crew out of office soon, or many of our freedoms will be lost forever. Economic ruin will abound. The Bush administration is out of touch on every crucial issue in America today. Our international relations have never been weaker. Our morality as a nation never been more in question. Yes we are headed on a road of moral and economic bankruptcy. I have never felt so strongly about an election in this country. We the people must take back control of the country from this madman, Bush. He's even said the Ahhhnold will make a good governor in California. But even Ahhhnold does not know what he's going to do. He's evaded every reporter's question, including pretending not to be able to hear the question. Ahhhnold and Bush...RepubliMonkeys. Orca