Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The Constitution is Falling, The Constitution is Falling

As if torture and suspension of Habeas Corpus were not enough,
Headline from Washington Post:

If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

— James Madison (father of the US Constitution)

4 comments:

theflyingmum said...

Oh, Misty, that sent chills all over my body! I am forwarding this to a good (like minded) friend.
Scary!

Jennifer said...

The Flying Mum sent me here and...oh, boy. I have chills as well. This government and the things they are doing...truly, truly scary. It's also scary that no one seems to be calling them on it!

*shudder*

Sara said...

damn!

Flibberty said...

And that's only the stuff we hear about . . . think about what's going on under wraps? America is falling.