[Mulder]

No, if you can tell me what these "chains" are, I'll have no problem understanding.

Tax rates; gun laws; seizure laws; seatbelt, insurance, DUI, and drug checkpoints; militarization of the police; warantless searches at airports; environmental regulations, etc....

I could go on and on all day. But the fact remains that this country probably has at least 10, if not 100, times as many laws today as 40 years ago. Those who believe this is a "Free country" are full of it.

[TomB]

I could go on and on all day. But the fact remains that this country probably has at least 10, if not 100, times as many laws today as 40 years ago. Those who believe this is a "Free country" are full of it.

Go to a REAL totalitarian country and tell them that we aren't free. The fact of the matter is that none of those things make me less "free". Some of these laws are cumbersome, and some are frankly unconstitutional. But we've had those issues to deal with since the founding of the country.

To call them "chains" is a misstatement of biblical proportions.

[Malsua]

>>But the fact remains that this country probably has at least 10, if not 100, times as many laws today as 40 years ago<<

While I agree with you and G. Gordon liddy in that "when I was a kid, this was a Free Country"

If this knob wanted to get to Washington, he could drive his automobile. Last I checked, there aren't checkpoints at any state crossings.

If he wants to fly, he can show his fricken ID just like the rest of us.

-Mal