In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the executive magistrate. Constant apprehension of war has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force with an overgrown executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans, it was a standing maxim to excite a war whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending have enslaved the people. …No wonder Obama loved the continental Europeans (ironic, since it is the homeland of the hated white males) more than the USA. Also, he hated the English since they were one of the main forces to keep that tendency in check.
Just in case some doper secures his pot plantation with landmines?
Bump