Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like we're watching the Decline of Our Beloved Democratic Republic right before our very eyes?

What sucks is that I live in the People's Republic of Illinois and we can't carry and conceal.Now, having said that, when I have gone into more "challenged" neighborhoods, I have brought a "deterrent" with me.

However, as I said before it is smart taking extra care when you go behind other people's closed doors.Typerider - fyi, baseball bat is about all you're allowed in the People's Republic of Cook County.

(PS - Czech by birth; Hungarian by marriage and divorced by choice) :)Although I respect both your opinion and that of my dad, I do disagree to an extent.

You can't get blood from a turnip - especially in the People's Republic of California.Mike

He's dangerously ignorant, and unpredictable as a result-- take bombing Pakistan for instance, or flip flopping on the status of Jerusalem, or whether or not Iran is a serious threat-- because he flat doesn't know what he's doing.Add to that his terrorist / marxist / black liberation theology mentors and you've really got a volatile mix that will make Jimmy Carter appear stable, and competent.McCain isn't my personal choice, and I live in a "blue" State anyway (Obama will run away with the People's Republic of Illinois by 20 points) but if I lived in a "swing" state-- I'd have to vote for McCain against Obama.

It was the collapse of the Weimar Republic that vomited up Adolf Hitler.

We are a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC based on the rule of law not the rule of man or "fairness" of the outcome, only the opportunity.

I, on the other hand, live in the People's Republic of the Chosenland.

I pray our republic survives your turn at the helm of power.