[Kent C]

> “Once we lose faith in ourselves to survive and fulfill our dreams, that’s when one starts giving up rights in return for slavery in the form of government-structured welfare programs.”

You’re right. It is a laziness of ‘spirit’ that traps us. Eternal vigilance isn’t easy to practice when things seem to be ok. We’ll learn that soon enough.

[TheThinker]

You know I have a deeply liberal friend (at least he's a genuinely liberal in that he comes to his conclusions out of outrage - it's just that he just can't seem to grasp capitalism and religious freedom at all) who looked at me tonight and told me he supported the Tea Partiers.

My jaw almost hit the floor. He admitted he's scared for his livelihood and rights. Public opinion has to be terrible for this man to be worried with his party possessing so much power.