"We "banded together" and voted Bush in for a second term, and tyranny has become more rampant than during Clinton's terms.
What makes you think the next "Republican" will be any different?"
Thank you for pointing this out. I am a registered democrat currently, and became a registered dem last year, in response to the NEOconservative agenda of those who currently control the republican party. Prior to this, I voted for Reagan and then became an independent. Now with this ruling, I just think we're screwed.
As a property owner, who owns my property outright, I find this VERY distressing. The one thing I wanted in my life was a safe place NO ONE could take away from me, as long as I pay my taxes. Now it's not so safe and this isn't my country anymore. It's not the one I grew up in. Tyranny is an excellent word you used.
I have to now rethink my democratic party affiliation. I will probably go back to just being an independent. This is a great opportunity for both the democrats (like those on DU) and the republicans (like those on Free Republic) to join forces and defeat this march towards fascism. The republican party has been highjacked by neoconservatism, which favors big business and not the average American. I have always been a fiscal conservative, and I'm sick to death of this administration's seeming disregard for fiscal responsibility. The democrats have become traitors and wimps.
Something needs to happen and, together, reaching across aisles, maybe we can stop the destruction of our country.