[DalekSec]

Lincoln, FDR, Bush and now Obama are pretty much proof of one thing IF you ask me. It IS easier to get things done if your ignore the rules (Read as U.S. Constitution.). This is the issue I have with Bill Maher (Too lazy to look up the proper speeeeling of his name and honestly, I do not care). Yes you can use force. You can, as Mao said, see to it as all political power comes from the muzzle of a gun. Great. Gulags and numbers for all. We can build great things until Boxer drops dead (Animal Farm reference for the kids here). Again, great. You can “Drag them to it” as he suggested in all candor and yes, you win the argument as soon as you level the rifles on the crowd. Whoopee!

However, once you do this, as we did with the Whiskey Rebellion as soon as the nation was founded, their are few if any chances to turn back. As opposition grows, more gun muzzles are required. Govt. becomes more paranoid and people turn up missing in the night. Sooner or later, folks decide that living in chains is not better than taking the chance to die as free men and they will rise up. Quietly or with great thunder, they always do.

Depressing really when you consider the religious fervor some have when it comes to imposing rule upon others.