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To: pompsander who wrote (745349)	7/14/2006 5:19:46 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

I think it's just a slogan for them now --- and hasn't been a consistent policy for years. Authoritarianism requires a bigger, more intrusive government to enforce it's mandates and regulations and prohibitions. Unfortunately Big Daddy government fans have more control over the actions of government now then the remaining (& ever fewer...) small government types and Libertarians.

To: pompsander who wrote (745349)	7/14/2006 5:28:54 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Re; "Like internet gambling...the feds just can't keep their hands out of people's business." I put it down to an unfortunate streak of Puritanism that has been with us since our nation's earliest days. And then there is this: "There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws." --- Ayn Rand