On Jun 19, 4:13 pm, Jonathan Goodish wrote:
In article ,
A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:

Our 'elected' (?!!?) leader of this country has basically
turned this country into a place where our founding fathers would
probably have taken the latter of Patrick Henry's options.

Really? How is that, exactly?

Where's my freedom to carry a gun for self-protection at all times, even
on an airplane, or in NYC, or Washington, D.C? Where's my freedom to
work hard and put food on my table without being forced to pay for
someone else's? Where's my freedom to be treated equitably, no matter
my income level, under the tax code? Where's my freedom to take sole
responsibility for my own retirement, without having to contribute to
someone else's? Where's my freedom to operate a smoking section in my
restaurant?

Even if George Bush has his secret agents outside my house tapping my
phone, it hasn't resulted in any restriction of liberty at all. On the
other hand, I'd be arrested for carrying a gun on an airplane. I'd be
fined and eventually imprisoned for refusing to pay a higher tax rate to
the IRS. I'd be fined and eventually imprisoned for operating a smoking
section inside my restaurant, where smoking indoors has been banned (an
increasing number of states/municipalities). I'd be fined and
eventually imprisoned for refusing to participate in the government-run
retirement system. None of these activities imposes on the freedoms of
another at all, yet the laws that prohibit them do impose on my freedom.

So, tell me again, what has George Bush done to take away my freedoms?

JKG

Military jets intercepting and arresting the pilot doing touch & goes
at a sleepy town airport was unheard of until now.