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To: Sunny who wrote (172491)	7/5/2006 10:16:53 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

As I read your post I thought of last evening and watching the fireworks in Boston. The fireworks ended with America Written by Neil Diamond. This song conveys America so well.... Far We've been traveling far Without a home But not without a star Free Only want to be free We huddle close Hang on to a dream On the boats and on the planes They're coming to America Never looking back again They're coming to America Home, don't it seem so far away Oh, we're traveling light today In the eye of the storm In the eye of the storm Home, to a new and a shiny place Make our bed, and we'll say our grace Freedom's light burning warm Freedom's light burning warm Everywhere around the world They're coming to America Every time that flag's unfurled They're coming to America Got a dream to take them there They're coming to America Got a dream they've come to share They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America They're coming to America Today, today, today, today, today My country 'tis of thee Today Sweet land of liberty Today Of thee I sing Today Of thee I sing Today

To: Sunny who wrote (172491)	7/5/2006 2:00:20 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

I don't know anyone who thinks that America is not great. The richest most powerful nation in the world. The only super power. And I do not know anyone that thinks that America is responsible for all the ills in the world. I too believe that Bush has made errors. Those errors have caused ill in the world. We are responsible for those ills. I do not believe that this administration has operated in the best traditions of our founders. The founders believed very much so that centralization of power was a great danger to this and any nation. They took great pains to design a government of, for and by the people. They created separation of powers, giving every opportunity to balance the influence of the executive, legislative and judicial elements. Bush has done everything he can to consolidate executive power. Has thumbed his nose at legislation from a Congress of his own party with signing statements for those laws. He challenges the power of the Congress with those statements. That constitutes an unprecedented usurping of power. I don't think the founding Fathers would approve. All that is required for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing. Our country is being run by special interests. Since Bush came to office the number of registered lobbyists has doubled. This has been fueled by an enormous increase in Government spending. Those lobbyists are there to get their share of the money, and in many cases to urge the spending of more money. Over at the Pentagon they are spending so much of our money, that literally billions of dollars fall through the cracks unaccounted for. Would the founding Fathers be proud? I believe that the founding Fathers were for folks being accountable. For Government to be accountable. That's why they included the process of impeachment in the constitution. Orca