[Thinkin' Gal]

"It is my opinion that never before have we, as a nation, stood in greater danger of losing our individual liberties as we are today," he said. "We, the people of this great nation, are being punished for the transgressions of our leaders and their consorts."

Despite catcalls from the audience, he continued with his statement before moving on to the text of the historic document.

Amos 7:8-13

8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

[KirkandBurke]

Frank knows. He's seen inside the belly of The Beast. Feed The Beast with more power and you herald your own destruction.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"We, the people of this great nation, are being punished for the transgressions of our leaders and their consorts."

Hmm... wonder who he is referring to... any guesses??? ;0)

[sakic]

Serpico was an honest NY cop. It's a dying species.

[Great Dane]

I thought Sepico died a year or two back, of course that doesn't mean he can't give a speech.

[SkyBlue]

Unfortunately the police have special rights which the rest of us don't have. One being is they and their spouses almost never get tickets. This can be proven by fact of records. Also, I know directly from the source, police families, this is fact. They also usually pay less for car insurance since they don't get tickets. The spouse always carries the officer's business card which is given to the ticketing officer and then no ticket is issued. Then the "ticketing officer" puts the business card in the officier's locker. This officier repays the "ticketing officier" with a gift. Bottle of boose or something.

(I've just joined freerepublic and I'm sorry this was my first post but it was the first article I've read here and I didn't think it was moral for me to ignore it. I dislike corruption so much I would do anything to help stop it.)

[Jhoffa_]

"We, the people of this great nation, are being punished for the transgressions of our leaders and their consorts."

Amen.

Ya know, we didn't do anything wrong. We didn't drop the ball. We didn't turn INS into the welcome wagon. We didn't ignore warnings. We didn't turn down Osama's head on a platter.

But yet, WE are supposed to solve this dilema by losing some of our "liberties"

Of course..

[Mamzelle]

My clearest memory of Serpico was on the Donahue show many years ago, complaining of the fact that a woman tricked him into fathering a child with her (he said she said she was on birth control), then having to support the child...