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"The few individuals who are not seem to be those who are clinging too tightly to their precious Constitution."

The government has all the power it needs, under the Constitution, to deal with terrorism.

"Liberty is overrated. Safety is what counts during times of crisis. After all, how can liberty be enjoyed if one cannot feel safe?"

That's a compelling argument for city-dwellers, who know nothing of self-reliance or independance. For us in the frontier and the rural communities, it's nonsense. "Safe" is the rifle on the wall, the hogleg hanging at one's hip and a skilled, confident user. Neighbors who know and watch out for each other. Safe is not airport shakedowns, federal checkpoints, national ID cards, ill-named Acts and National Guard on every street corner in Bugtussle.

So, lock down your cities if you desire. If there are any targets of consequence, that's where you'll find most of them anyhow, not out in the sticks. Let the governors and mayors decide the level of risk in their communities and act accordingly. Let the fedgov advise, not dictate.

Rest assured, if we run across any terrorists out here, we'll take them aside, and explain to them the principle of the "three-S's". Then there will be no problem at all.

If the author and his ilk have a problem with the Constitution and people like me, burn the former and shoot the latter (if you dare), because it is indeed better to die standing up, than to beg for mercy on one's knees.

"If the author and his ilk have a problem with the Constitution and people like me, burn the former and shoot the latter (if you dare), because it is indeed better to die standing up, than to beg for mercy on one's knees."

I second that amendment.

All in favor say aye.

the principle of the "three-S's".

Here in the Big CIty of Milwaukee, we know from the "three S's."

Of course, that's the ones of us who go deer hunting in Northern Wisconsin, where the "three S's" were employed by Capone's boys, as well as EVERYONE who doesn't want Wisconsin's Dept of Natural Resources nosing around.

Matter of fact, lots of us have small crawlers with cable-winches. Eliminates the 2nd of the 3 S's. Instead of all that manual labor, you place the cable around a large pine, pull w/the dozer (only a few feet,) place the package under the middle of the partly-uprooted pine, and back the dozer so the tree is replaced.

Unhook the winch, replace the dozer in the barn, and have a few brew-skis.