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Doh!

You've probably had this dream (some might call it a nightmare). You know, the one where you are yelling as loud as you can but no one seems to hear you. Sometimes, I feel like that when a survey finds that more people know the names of the cartoon Simpsons family than the freedoms protected in the US Constitution. Marge? Yes. The First Amendment? What's that?

I don't know how reliable this survey is and I don't know who/what is the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum. But if the survey is accurate, what does this say about us? What does it say that people know the names of the American Idol judges but can't name a single US Supreme Court justice or their state's justices?

I wonder if you don't know what your freedoms are, why would you get upset about loosing them? I mean, if you don't know what they are, you won't miss them. Right? Until you want to express your opinion on a subject and the government arrests you and puts you in jail without charge, for as long as they want. Until you want to go to church but you find that it is now illegal to worship in any way other that the One True Way the government orders you to. Until you no longer know how your tax money is being spent because the government is no longer required to tell you and the press because of, you know, September 11th.

I hope people wake up soon. At least, before we no longer have the freedoms most people apparently don't know they have.

Aloha!

Comments

Excellent point Dan. If you ont know what your losing then why spend time wondering why its being taken away. In my case though Im well aware of what they are trying to take away and Im going to prevent that from happening if I have to bring the whole famdamly down with their stupid plans. their is more then one way to skin a cat but it would seem like they are stuck on only one way. think of a new way to accomplish the same ultimate goal with less misstress and the process will move along on its marry way.

But keeping up to date on the laws is becoming a full time job.