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Old 12-17-2008, 11:52 AM
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My point is that as long as Fox news (for example) keep having political pundits on that say that our freedom is a privilege and not an (inalienable) right, then we might start to forget that this is not the case - I think this is happening already.

Off topic but important. This is not semantics or syntax - it is at the crux of our society and people need reminding.
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Old 12-17-2008, 11:54 AM
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I should qualify that statement by saying that I am a subject, not a citizen - I have no bill of rights and can never be president of my country.
That is why USA is so cool and UK kinds sucks in a 500 year old kind of a way.
Still, we do grow nice lawns.
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Old 12-17-2008, 01:26 PM
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I have a dream that one day, our country will be able to rise above the shortcomings and lack of ethics, our disregard for morality, our disdain for those that decide they will not conform to the masses' stance on honesty and integrity and our total disconnection to sound principles that has managed to engulf our citizens, our families, our neighborhoods, our cities & towns, our provinces, our country.

I dream that one day, public civil service will not be contingent upon your political party affiliation but rather on your competence, skills and educational background.

And so I ask myself, how likely (or unlikely) could it be that corruption can start to be rooted out from the government by removing the political interests from the equation and allowing a civil service infrastructure to come into existence that will allow public servants to perform their jobs based on their capabilities rather than their partisan affinity?

As they say, it all starts with a dream...
keep dreaming buddy...those dreams only come true in evil countrys run by very bad men, like George Bush....yeah..America

outside of that country...good luck turning a burning plane around.

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