The founders of our country faced dire threats. If they failed in their endeavors, they would have been hung as traitors. The very existence of our country was at risk.
Yet, in the teeth of those dangers, they insisted on establishing the Bill of Rights.
Is our Congress today in more danger than were their predecessors when the British army was marching on the Capitol? Is the world more dangerous than when we faced an ideological enemy with tens of thousands of missiles poised to be launched against us and annihilate our country at a moment's notice? Is America in more danger now than when we faced worldwide fascism on the march-when our fathers fought and won two World Wars simultaneously?
It is simply an insult to those who came before us and sacrificed so much on our behalf to imply that we have more to be fearful of than they. Yet they faithfully protected our freedoms and now it is up to us to do the same.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Gore Puts Terror Threats in Perspective
I finally read Gore's entire speech, having just seen clips yesterday. To me this was the high point:
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It was a great speech. Gore did a terrific job.
ReplyDeleteGore finally delivered a speech where he was so concerned about getting the message out, that he forgot to be inhibited.
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish he was the president. Oh how I wish he was the president. I clicked my heels like Dorothy4but it hasn't done any good yet. It's not that easy to get to Kansas.
The Founding Fathers established the Bill of Rights years after the Peace of Paris. A number of them helped to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts a decade later, fearing the contagion of the French Revolution. Fascism was certainly a greater threat, but to compare internment to eavesdropping on phone calls to the Middle East is silly. Throughout our history, we have responded to threats with infringements upon our civil liberties; the balance between freedom and security. Keeping in mind the French Revolution, the Civil War, and fascism/militarism, is the response to terrorism really disproportionate?
ReplyDeleteNow there's a word the President should work into his SOTU Address to prove how smart he is:
ReplyDeleteCon-tay-jun!