[cgbg]

Reading Paul's speech is very depressing--because we are reminded just how far we have fallen from where we started as a country.

I am beginning to believe that this is a natural progression of all great nations--that there is just no practical way to keep legislatures from passing law after law after law restricting liberties and increasing the power of government. We see this at the state and local level as well, regardless of the claimed ideology of the state legislature or the city council or board of selectmen.

The factions that the Founding Fathers feared have gotten powerful and overwhelmed the constitution and the legislatures. What is left is little more than a bidding war for spoils. Those who advocate the public interest in liberty can barely be heard above the cacophony.

:-(

(If Paul were President tomorrow, Congress would just override his vetos and spend like drunken sailors. :-( )

[militem]

I am SO sick of hearing “Congress spends money like a drunken sailor.” The sailor spends his own money, not mine, so I really don’t care what he does. (Partial credit to Ronald Reagan on that one)