[archy]

The immediate future is bleak, but it is always darkest before the dawn. Something less than half of the people in the United States believe in such things as limited government, self-rule, personal responsibility, and rejection of an intrusive state. Quite frankly look around the world and we are a rare breed indeed, we are in fact the few.

Why anyone in America places faith in that Charlie Fox Trot on the Potomac anymore is beyond me. That goes for those both left and right that believe in America and themselves as American.

Perhaps just to spite all that, I say take heart. If less than six hundred Spartans can hold off the entire Persian army, if a ragtag rebel army can shock the best army in the world to create a new nation, if six million Israelis can hold off the combined Arab hordes, then we can win. It takes perseverance, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and faith. Faith in God, your cause, yourself, and the man beside you. No one is beaten, so long as hope remains.

VERY well said, my FRiend. Care to join some of us in further considerations of such matters? And may I quote your profound observation on my FR homepage?

-archy-/-

[Hawk1976]

I would be honored if you quote me.