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To: The Duke

You’re right, Duke, we do have the power. If we don’t want the federal government to control more and more of our lives, draw the line. Contact your representatives. This should be left to the states, and if the Constitution still mattered, it wouldn’t be an issue.

If it really is about saving lives, why not make it 45? It’s not about saving lives, it is all about control. The objective of the left is to control as much of your lives as possible. And if that is their objective, they have become an enemy of freedom.


37 posted on 07/12/2008 1:13:58 PM PDT by Crush
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To: Crush
Agreed. For a very clear exposition of what the Left intend, and their methodology, may I suggest reading Floyd Ferris' speech to Henry Reardon, on page 411 of the Pocket Books edition of Atlas Shrugged?

Wanted to post it, for your convenience, but for some reason can't find it on the 'Net. Not looking in the right spot, obviously.

;^)

51 posted on 07/12/2008 1:30:30 PM PDT by SAJ
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Here it is (naturally, I found it **right** after posting to you...mutter...

"You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against — then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. Your fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. 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 for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted — and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system…that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be easier to deal with."

55 posted on 07/12/2008 1:33:20 PM PDT by SAJ
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