[QUOTE=Snurgla]It is clear that America is not what it was, or perhaps that it was always something other than what it wanted to be. In a mere two centuries, the lessons of its founding fathers (like Jefferson) has been soundly forgotten. The entire nation is being set on a course to combat insecurity with governmental control. It doesn't work, it never has, and it never will.QUOTE]

I would tend to disagree with the notion that the US is not what it once was or that it is something less than the founding fathers intended.

The USA is a country in constant evolution. The founding fathers realized that, in order for a country to grow, it must evolve. With this knowledge they created the three branches of government. With each branch being able to tether the other to keep it from growing too powerful they operate much as the founding fathers intended.

You see, they realized that the country would have an ebb and flow, that it would be a constant pendulum swinging from right to left.

The fact of that matter is that the USA of today is far more liberal than the USA of a few years ago in many regards while being far more conservative in other regards. The fact is that we tend to keep more of the positive aspects of liberal and conservative than we keep of the negative.

The situation regarded censorship is hardly any more harsh than it has been at any time in the last 20 years. It is just at the forefront today. Tomorrow, it will sneak into the back of the line while other things come forward.

Granted, many of the government representatives are of questionable honor. However, on must consider who we have to blame for them reaching their positions of power.