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To: datura
...keeps waiting for "We the People" to become comfortably numb enough to give it the opportunity to break out of its' cage altogether.

The best outcome, I think, is not for the entire population to break out of its cage and cause a major change in government, but for individuals to act on their conscience and stoicly accept the consequences.

I would ask that congress people be asked to comment as to whether they personally, if standing next to Terri, would turn on the fluid drip and cheerfully be imprisoned.

59 posted on 03/26/2005 7:03:20 PM PST by Tax Government (Withhold hydration from the judicial branch of government. Contribute to FR; that may help.)
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To: Tax Government

The problem is that the ones among Americans who are the most upset about all this are those who normally obey the authorities - we believe in the American system. So when one leg of the triangle gets out of hand, we expect our elected officials to step in and fix things. Well, now we've got complicit elected officials enabling the judiciary.

How does one accept that it is becoming "We the People" vs. our own? The Federal Bohemoth has finally chewed it's way out of the cage, and is beginning to claim OWNERSHIP of "We the People". Until we get over the denial of this, it will never change. We can fix it at the ballot box (theoretically) by choosing elected officials who say they'll help us, but what punishment when they betray our trust? It's getting far more personal now - now they've started coming after us when no crime has been committed.

Just how big do we let the whites of their eyes get before we let the first rounds go? I fear we've gotten too apathetical and lazy to maintain a Republic.


81 posted on 03/26/2005 7:20:11 PM PST by datura (Fix bayonets.)
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