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""And, it is simply impolite in too many places to say so (you notice how there are those among us here who all but explode, when you have construed one or another position of theirs as being obviously enough a position which tends to consecrate rather than undermine Statism), even in places which you might presume to be at least hospitable to the anti-Statist argument.""

My dear friend, it happens all too often here! I have to admit it saddens me somewhat, when I think of how well this country COULD be run, were it not for the well meaning cowards, and outright scoundrels we are currently stuck with in Congress. The prime function of our federal government should be to PROTECT us from our enemies, both here and abroad. The TRILLIONS our government has burned under the guise of Statist faux noblesse oblige is maddening,destructive, and, of course, ever expanding even under Bush.I also fear the constant usurpation of our individual rights, hiding inside the den of political correctness.There are too many posters here who posit the mantra"Thou shalt not criticize the President, ever!" Well, I for one believe that President Bush's policy on education is a billion dollar boondoggle, ripe to benefit only the NEA. And his morbid obsession with befriending the president of Mexico, scares the hell out of me.

It's much as I said on another thread in the last couple of days: The President may be doing a sterling job as regards the war provoked by 9/11, but the era of big government, apparently, ain't over until it's over. And, incidentally, you could make all the restrictions, all the "reforms" you wish regarding the illegal immigration issue - yea, even sealing off the borders overnight - and you will never eliminate the problem until the great American welfare state is eliminated, once and for all. Until that day arrives, we will never be rid of illegal immigration (you could seal off the borders this instant and those desperate enough to get within reach of the American welfare state's gravy train will get there, as they always do, somehow) and back to the kind of immigration which we once enjoyed and with which we yet could live - imperfectly, of course, but a far shade from what we now contend with.