random thought of the moment:
A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.
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March 27th, 2006 by Funky Dung
The flurry of commenting activity you may have noticed is due to my rescue efforts. I've restored all the original mail-in comments. I just need to fix the dates. Then I'll see if my old BackBlog comments still exist.
Update 03/28/06: All of the mail-in and BackBblog comments have been restored. If anyone has a perverse desire to read what (little) people were saying in the early days of this blog, I encourage them to take a walk through the archives. 
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Go Mason! I believe.
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