On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:08:00 -0700, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:

both the religious-right and
socialist-left demand that we genuflect to their rigid thinking.

So true. I see them both as brain-damaged control freaks, driven to
imprison others by force in the same mental straitjackets they wear by
choice.

The Left takes control...we get Vietnam.
The Right takes control...we get Iraq.

Despite the feeble, often fabricated public excuses for such wars, it
really boils down to an attitude of "We're gonna make YOU be just like US
whether you like it or not". Bully, bribe, and beat 'em into conformity
and obedience, and they'll be grateful junior Americanoids someday. Too
bad that notion keeps failing expensively.

The loony right and loony left--Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

--
Thomas

"Driven by fear, we have succumbed to the age-old temptation to sacrifice
liberty on the pretense of obtaining security. Love of security, unfortu-
nately, all too often vanquishes love of liberty." Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX