[First_Salute]

I believe, that Ronald Reagan's life, was to show us the way, for the rebirth of free people and thereby free nations.

[snopercod]

Freedom is a necessary condition of human life. One must be free to chose one course over another if one is to survive on earth, whether alone in the jungle, or in New York City.

Relinquishing that most-basic and most-necessary of human decisions to people with "superior knowledge" in a far away city has caused death and decay everywhere and everytime it has been tried.

Which is why Bush's "Homeland Security" effort to federalize our safety is doomed to fail.

Security is a duty for which each of us must be responsible.

BTW, I am sure you have noted and have appreciated the logistics and planning triumph of the last week.