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SEPARATING FROM THE CONSTITUTION
Re: Mark Hyman's The Plan to Silence Dissent:

Again I am shocked at how the government bureaucracy can devise outrageous and wildly expensive plans to deliver what no one wants at the expense of the people's money and freedom. Our government seems to have completed their separation from the control of the Constitution and the will of the people.
-- Ralph Riley

"Obviously, the most efficient way to control the nation's broadband platforms is to control those who operate them."

Drones "living" in the Soviet Slave Republics enjoyed a free press. The commissars attached great value to a free press, so much so that freedom of the press was written into their Constitution. Of course, the Party
controlled the newsprint and the presses.
-- Dan Martin
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Not surprising. Broadcasters better be getting out the word as fast as they can.
-- Roy Hogue
Newbury Park, California

THE GREATEST THREAT
Re: Andrew Cline's Thankful for Obama:

Most of the commentary here discusses Obama in the context of the damaging domestic effects of his policies...how we are being governed....but I am afraid that the damage he is attempting to do to the way Americans live our lives pales when compared to the long term damage that he and his people are doing on the international front. We can survive and correct our internals but our enemies beyond that Obama seems not to acknowledge pose the greatest threat to us over time.
-- Frank Parker

BOUGHT BY BANKSTERS
Re: William Tucker's Living the Liberal Crack-up:

Thank you for a fine article. The only dissonance to a Republican victory is the thought of a political hack like John Boehner (and he is a hack by any definition of the word) as Speaker. That would make Nancy Pelosi look like Pericles.
-- Morris Shinderman

While I agree with much of what William Tucker writes, his comment that "forcing people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional" is another example of what is increasingly becoming a fantasy on our side. I'm sorry, but that ship sailed decades ago. How is it any more unconstitutional to force people to buy health insurance than it is to force people to fund their own retirements via Social Security?

The only difference between this and any other tax is that it will be paid directly to (hopefully) private companies, rather than being directed through the federal government, and that it will actually provide a tangible benefit in return. This amounts to slim pickings for a constitutional challenge.
-- Glen Hoffing
Shamong, New Jersey

Pretty nice slam of the dems. Democratic failure is not going to truly help the Republicans or the county until the Republicans face their failures and repent.

How about a few pieces about how the Republicans screwed up by being bought and paid for by the Banksters and others and a few ideas about how they can avoid it happening again.

From a former life-long republican,
-- Douglas M. Dillon

We who love liberty might well feel most confident at this moment. Yesterday, however, I saw the University of Alabama v. Auburn game. Alabama arrived full of confidence and even began showboating in the first quarter. Bottom line: Through over-confidence, they nearly lost the game.
-- G.A.