Thank you for your eloquent comments. They almost seem out of place on this thread.
With friends like these, conservatism and liberty need no enemies.
Thanks for your comments on my previous post.
Badray: I love the following quote on your page: "The freeman of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise, and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle."
James Madison, A Memorial and Remonstrance, 1785: Works 1:163
Too bad our so-called "historians" have dumbed us down to the ideas of liberty and the principles that lead to tyranny. America's Founders clearly understood them; therefore, they could 'avoid' moves to "usurp" the power that, alone, belonged to WE, THE PEOPLE, under their Constitution.
They wisely provided THE ONLY MEANS for amending the Constitution within that document. The Liberal Left and its activist judges have wrested that power away from the people in many cases and have twisted the Rule of Law into what can better be described as the Rule of Men in Black Robes.
People like Dr. Keyes should be given every opportunity to bring the Founders' ideas back into our public discourse. Only then will future generations have an opportunity to avoid tyranny and enjoy liberty.