tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post4590450391791843270..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Why Are Americans Giving Up Their Freedom?Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-31860415629874251802008-02-27T12:32:00.000-05:002008-02-27T12:32:00.000-05:00Let's not pretend that this began with the Bush Ad...Let's not pretend that this began with the Bush Adminstration. I think that we can go back just a bit further to say, oh, the New Deal to begin to find a culprit; but that misses the point.<BR/><BR/>As disgusted as any of us might be with some of the recent laws passed, it is the regulations of government bureaucracy, from the FCC to the FDA that have most impacted our lives. It is the edicts imposed by officials never elected to office, and mandated without a popular vote that most constrain our freedom. These self-appointed guardians of what is right and good work their will upon us and the system provides little or no redress from their machinations.<BR/><BR/>The tragedy is that we are entertained as magician fools us again, while we fail to perceive the misdirection.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-28556192018548399572008-02-26T15:11:00.000-05:002008-02-26T15:11:00.000-05:00To the previous comments, a question.What is it to...To the previous comments, a question.<BR/><BR/>What is it today that you're not able to do today that you were able to do prior to the Bush Administration?<BR/><BR/>In other words, exactly what freedoms have you lost?<BR/><BR/>As far as the post goes, I'm convinced that as our society has turned into a "flop in front of the TV culture" where we are continually bombarded with messages that we can have it all without a cost to us. Americans will continue to believe they can sit in front of that TV, not do anything , and someone will bail them out.gordon gekkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01225518630957083300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-67995276503255721112008-02-26T14:55:00.000-05:002008-02-26T14:55:00.000-05:00Victoria...don't forget Congress, too. They're th...Victoria...don't forget Congress, too. They're the ones who pass the laws...Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-27123824781836237102008-02-26T14:42:00.000-05:002008-02-26T14:42:00.000-05:00Maggie,I agree completely. The Bush administratio...Maggie,<BR/><BR/>I agree completely. The Bush administration has been very successful in using fear to encroach on our civil liberties. Americans are now afraid of everything and when people are afraid they will do whatever they can to feel safe and in control of their own lives. Regrettably people are more afraid of terrorists than the loss of free speech and privacy. <BR/><BR/>The terrorists hate us for our freedoms? Probably not as much as they used to. We lost too many in the hysterical response to a small group of nuts.Victoria Kammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078581390061455909noreply@blogger.com