I imagine he'd react the same to the way Jefferson would over the Democratic party has been portrayed.
To each their own and to the rest nothing!

Imagine what would happen in the USA if they allowed people to be turned away from the ballot box because of their Religious beliefs.
If their houses were burned, their men shot, their women raped, and their children left for dead.
If their leaders were arrested and murdered.
If they were driven from state to state until they fled the country.
If their land was taken from them by the government or devalued.
If their men were conscripted into the military and had to march in a war with a foreign power.
Wait, it's already happened once.
I wonder if it will happen again.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and
inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter
or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its
foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and
happiness." --Declaration of Independence as originally written by
Thomas Jefferson, 1776.

"It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing
every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are
honest, and ourselves united." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on
Virginia, 1782.

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too
much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
--Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart, 1791.

"There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and
birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial
aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and
provision should be made to prevent its ascendency." --Thomas
Jefferson to John Adams, 1813.

"The people...are the only sure reliance for the preservation of
our liberty." --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787.

"No government can continue good, but under the control of the
people." --Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1819.

"No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have
ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their own
profit the earnings of those committed to their charge." --Thomas
Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816.

sigh..how things seem to have changed since DDE gave these warnings and same with Jefferson in last post. [B)]

In the councils of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex.. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together.

President Eisenhower - January 1961

................

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security

Dwight David Eisenhower - 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969

Eisenhower should have mentioned using imminent domain to take property too.
Here in WA we've had a bad time with that.

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry......

Unfortunately that hasn't happened for a while...
Today people don't take the "civic responsibility" seriously...
And IMHO that is because of the current state of campaining... Most of the candidates today only throw mud and other excrement at each other. There is no real debate on the issues that could/would affect us.
It is Candidate A got caught doing something "immoral" or "unethical", and this is why we should vote for Candidate B. Then Candidate A starts saying well Candidate B did this and that instead of saying hey people enough of this dirt, This is what I plan on doing if I am elected.

Paraphrasing an old saying If a lie is repeated enough eventually it will turn in to the truth.

Sorry for the PWD* here but just had to say something.

*PWD, (v) posting while drunk.

Hell no Maniac that was a good post! I take your point of view on that one 100%. You should PWD more often, laff.

Here are some really funny articles, wouldn’t life be just a hoot if these were actually happening… LMAO


MPAA to Thwart Pirates By Making All Movies Suck:

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/03/mpaa_piracy.html


MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations:

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/home ... egulations. html
 

Sony Unveils New Self-Destructive DVD Player:

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/05/self_destruct.html

 
MPAA and DVD Manufacturers Agree on HD-DVD Format:

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/04/unbreakable-drm.html