Reply #16: Well said (and thought out)... [View All]

[Peter Frank]

The only fly in the ointment that I see here is that American policy (foreign & domestic) has largely mirrored the politics of fear in the Mideast -- instead of embracing and trusting in the spirit and the lawfulness of our Constitution.

I would avoid this subject like the plague -- if our "Patriot" act and "Homeland" security weren't born of paranoia. These institutions insult the very fabric of what America was founded on.

America was founded on dreams -- not nightmares. Our hard-won Constitution is soundly based on the dreams (in particular -- the world respected American dream of accomplishing anything you set your mind to).