[george76]

Classical Athens lasted about 170 years. This may be all that we can do as Americans before sinking into the mire of typical governmental tyranny that most of the world has faced since the Sumerians built their first city.

In a thousand years, someone might emerge with the Federalist Papers and the Constitution and wonder about us and examine what went wrong.

[SuperLuminal]

"Classical Athens lasted about 170 years. This may be all that we can do as Americans before sinking into the mire of typical governmental tyranny that most of the world has faced since the Sumerians built their first city.

In a thousand years, someone might emerge with the Federalist Papers and the Constitution and wonder about us and examine what went wrong."

The thing that pisses me off the most is that:

1. We were eloquently warned of the possibilities both at the founding and then, again, in 1964; and,

2. I have children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren that are going to bear the pain of the yoke in their lifetime.

This is why I think that it is up to the elders to start something now to short-circuit this long inevitable slide into tyranny.

After all, it is the elders amongst us that bear the responsibility (through inaction of many sorts) for what has happened. Therefore, it is the elders who should pay the price to reestablish the Constitutional republic.

(It would also solve all the major problems associated with Social Security and Medicare.)