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Mr. Reiland's article brought back a memory to me of when I was elected a State Rep to the Vermont Legislature way back in '82. During the course of the "orientation" for freshmen Republicans (the Democrats had their own) it was mentioned not to worry about what the voters think about any particular vote since their attention span was less than 2 weeks. That was my introduction to the world of law making. In other words, what Mr. Reiland was talking about in his article is a known fact among the politicians and is used to their benefit constantly.

What can you expect though? We have a population that is basically addled when it comes to self-government. Imagine if our founding fathers came back today and saw some of the laws being passed in this country? They would probably wish they never fought for independence. We have made a mockery of the biggest gift a free people could ever have and that is the right to self-government under a just Constitution. The Founders did envision this as being a possibility, though. That is why they had a property requirement as a part of voting rights, and why they felt that education, in particular a moral one, was very essential to a free people.

p>Yes, they did disenfranchise some people based upon religion and other criteria, but isn't that what the liberals are trying to do today also? The Founders also saw the danger of an imperial judiciary subverting the Constitution to their own political agenda, thus the series of checks and balances. That today was been largely negated as the Congress and often the Administration have become subservient to an activist court. This is very evident at the state levels. However back to the main thought in the article. The reason why all this has taken place is that the average voter today doesn't have the intelligence or attention span of even a 2 year old when it comes to politics. Even the most educated among us tend to wax stupid when it comes to elections. That is a sad indictment of a people who in the past built the greatest and freest society on Earth. Next Tuesday, we have a choice to make which is more than just another election. It will determine whether we remain a free people or whether the great experiment called Democracy has run it's course. br> -- Pete Chagnon /p> p> DECIMATION br> Re: Shawn Macomber's Our Reading of the Day : /p> p>Actually, libraries are filled with liberal action novels. That's why the vast right-wing conspiracy had to invent the Dewey Decimal System. Shhhhhhh...... br> -- Randy Gammon

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