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Scottw - Marxism is pretty widespread. I majored in Econ at UMass and it was the pervasive (sic) thoery in the department. What I'm saying is that Marxism is pretty popular and state-sponsored. Don't worry about the elitism. While it makes you feel bad, it also makes it nearly impossible to win a national presidential election, so it all evens out in the end.
Ben Franklin was being short sighted, but considering the times in which he lived I think he can be forgiven. There is in inherent inverse relationship between safety and liberty. We would be more free without police, for instance. Maybe all that time in France clouded his judgement.
I agree, by the way, that we need to reduce the size of government in order to make us all more free. You think Hillary or B. Hussein Obama are going to do that?
Nebe - some people feel that the founding fathers put the Second Ammendment in the constitution as a "doomsday" clause. I hope those homeowners tell the police to go to hell.
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