[Jim Robinson]

but why and where did the tumor begin"

The progressive (statist/socialist) movement. Started over a century ago, went on steroids in 1913 or thereabouts and has steadily expanded ever since. We have just about lost our constitutional republic and will short of the people finally getting fed up enough to take action.

[DanMiller]

We have just about lost our constitutional republic and will short of the people finally getting fed up enough to take action.

I agree. The only hopeful sign at the moment seems to be the increasing disenchantment of youth (probably limited to those who can read English) with President Obama's redistributionist policies as embedded in ObamaCare. Will that irritation be soothed away before November of 2014? 2016? I hope not, but mere hope is insufficient.

[S.O.S121.500]

-Within the sphere of your own rights, your freedom is absolute." A right is the sanction of independent action. A right is that which can be exercised without anyone’s permission. -If you exist only because society permits you to exist—you have no right to your own life. A permission can be revoked at any time.