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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (748973)	9/11/2006 10:36:45 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Thought a perspective from a life-long true conservative (& former Republican Congressman) might be of some interest. But, It's true that people react differently to crisis. Some always hanker for the 'security' of an Authoritarian state, while others (probably fewer...) prefer to oppose whatever threats the day may bring us, but without eroding the precious liberties our founders left for us to guard. This is not in ANY way a 'political' or partisan observation (for, as Mr. Bauman pointed out: liberties have been eroding for a long, long time... and the knee-jerk reactions of the Clinton admin. after the OK bombing fell on the same side of the scale as those of the Bush II admin. Both reacted by INCREASING the powers of the central state over the liberties citizens had previously enjoyed.) Such was equally true of the latter days of the Roman Imperium, and is likely true for any and all empires. Perhaps it simply reflects a universal trait of humanity, that freedom is ALWAYS easier to lose then to gain....