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Wrong. If Congress, after such provocations, failed to formally declare war between us and our attackers, it could only be because it had decided that a state of war was undesirable for compelling reasons. The reasonable assumption would then be that we were not at war.

Reasons compelling, or seditious.

I think the framers fully intended that the people would rain down their wrath on their elected officials when skullguggery or cowardice became the norm.

It's a damn pity that we haven't had the cojones to hold these elected officials to task.

As I stood at a pump today filling my tank with $2.00 per gallon gas (38c of which is taxes) I asked myself: How is it that I (and the rest of America) pay 60% of my income in taxes and that largess has been squandered into a $6 TRILLION debt?

WTF is wrong with this picture?

I asked myself: How is it that I (and the rest of America) pay 60% of my income in taxes and that largess has been squandered into a $6 TRILLION debt?

That's funny because I ask myself why the United States spends BILLIONS on foreign aid and gets NOTHING in return.

Why is it my responsibility to feed starving North Koreans and Iraqis or to provide HIV/AIDS medicine for the entire continent of Africa only so they can spit in our faces?

I hope we do kick Iraq's butt and take their oil. It's called the spoils of war and it goes to the victors.