to Chelsea,

Submitted by john (United States), Dec 9, 2008 at 04:48

I agree the ideals of our forefathers are indeed worth fighting for Chelsea, but it must be done on our soil. These freedoms that we are supposedly protecting in Iraq, are being lost at home. Please read the Patriot Act, and you will get an example of our government destroying our constitution. If not convinced, research the Federal Reserve and their unseen power, to quote one of our beloved founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."

Some would say we were warned. The real battle is not continuing our imperialistic agenda overseas, but working for a more perfect union at home. You seem to be drinking the government "kool-aid" a bit too much. If you truly would fight for the principles of our founding fathers, remember these words "entangling alliances with none."

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