Posted by
KsReaganite on Sunday, July 04, 2010 4:40:10 PM
On the 234
th birthday of the Republic it is well advised to remember what sets America apart: the concept of the totality of liberty as bestowed by the Almighty. Sadly, as others, often spurred by our own example during the World Wars and the Cold War, are moving steadily towards MORE freedom, we are equally purposefully moving in the other direction. In stoking fears to help along their pet projects and empower their specialized constituencies, both Democrats (who frighten us with economic and health insecurity) and Republicans (who frighten us with national and homeland security) have large bags of tricks and tools each to chip away the Bill of Rights and hollow it out to die. While many cheer these movements as necessary in the interest of current times, their children will come to rue the parents and grandparents who gave away a little bit freedom, bit by bit by bit, to gain a little bit of safety and security.
What separates us from Mexico, Russia, China and Europe is the Bill of Rights; without the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, America is simply another big country in wide world. Anyone who does not understand that kind of notion of exceptionalism is a fool; someone who thinks that the loss of liberty is needed to safeguard our health and workplaces and borders is doubly a fool.