[Tinman]

Greetings, my friend. It's good to see you're still cutting through the bs with a clear voice.

I'm sorry to say that one of my first thoughts, on 9/11, was, "How is this going to effect our freedoms?!" (as U.S. citizens)

Many were expecting some ploy to be used under Clinton/Reno, to further,and severely, curtail our liberties. I am not among those who believe our own government had anything to do with the events that occured on 9/11. However, if misguided efforts to increase "security", in reaction to those events, have the same result, then we are in exactly the same place to which the dreaded "ploy" would have taken us.

Franklin's words have never had more meaning.

The only hope left is that the government will realize that we are not the problem nor are we the enemy.

Regards

[Lurker]

Thanks.

L

[LSJohn]

The only hope left is that the government will realize that we are not the problem nor are we the enemy.

Who is it, if not "we," who might prevent our "leaders" from doing any damn thing they please to or for anyone they please?

Hope has nothing to do with government realizations, but the response of the people to government actions.