at least you are honest jeannie


I fear nothing and noone really, life happens and some will be good and some will be bad and noone and nothing will be perfect. I appreciate all the things that I know could be worse and they still outlist those which could be better.....

To say that you fear nothing can't be the truth when you approve of certain things being done in the name of "national security." Apparently you are afraid of something.

Any time you make a decision based on fear... then you can't say that you are not afraid.

I disagree. There is no perfect system, but the absolute transparency some seek would be as catastrophic as any other.

there are things ID rather not see happen, perhaps that is a type of fear

the fear I am speaking of is the kind that interrupts or disrupts my thought process or my ability to enjoy life,,,

Problem is the government uses the fear of what could happen to justify inhibiting our lives in the way you speak of in the 2nd part of that statement. You may not think your life is changed, but it still is being changed.

Problem is the government uses the fear of what could happen to justify inhibiting our lives in the way you speak of in the 2nd part of that statement. You may not think your life is changed, but it still is being changed.

IM fine with that, the alternative to changing is standing still....

Really? How is your life affected by this? I don't wanna hear talking points but real circumstances that has happened to you.

what rights or freedom has been taken?

Ok I'll give you one, I had to spend an extra $30 or so to get a snowglobe shipped home on an airline cause I couldn't bring it on the plane cause of the liquid. It was stupid, and it made getting home a pain in my butt. There's one example. We're not as free as we think we are no matter how much we delude ourselves that we are.

Does the TSA ring a bell? Can't do this, can't take that, gotta be scanned for this, etc etc etc.

And now on top of this, they've taken away our rights to a fair trial, meaning they could arrest any one of us and not have to try us in court before detaining us.

If you don't think we are losing rights and freedoms, you're just not paying any attention.

Here is a small taste of how life has changed.
We survived just fine.

Those of You Born
1930 - 1979

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!

First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were
Pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.


We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon..
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?

Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.

No one was able
To reach us all day. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones, No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.

The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good .

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?

For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us.. ...go ahead and delete this.

you are free to criticize your government
you are free to shop where you want
you are free to spend your money how you want
you are free to choose your own job

there are far more freedoms in this country than a disallowed snowmobile could possibly be seen as a threat to,,,

I think people are mixing up 'inconvenience' with 'loss of freedom'

would you like to see crowded airports with NO rules or boundaries? seriously


wow....Ive been traveling for forty years and dont remember ever not being scanned for a flight

how is this some new risk to my freedom?