[dsc]

"That wasn't my point. My point was that now, and forevermore, every expansion of government, every spending bill, every stupid rule that screws up our lives - will be "justified" because we're "at war with the terrorists and if you don't agree/do/pay/submit, the terrorists win."

That seems to be a real danger, but it looks like a linear projection to me.

Another possibility is that we will win both the war on terror and the left's war on America.

[Hank Rearden]

Possibly, but with two Big Government parties, we're going to have to do some serious housecleaning to stop this train. Both Big Government parties are hell-bent on grabbing as much power and loot as they possibly can.

Either we strangle that inclination, or the United States stops - one or the other will happen. The Republican Party of Goldwater and to some extent Reagan is long dead and gone; don't be fooled by the name used by the new owners.