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God if I could wake up early enough to catch Washington journal I would call in with a quote that would shut up all these waco people that wish to give everything for security.

Ben Franklin said it best (I'm paraphrasing) "those who wish to give up a little liberty for a little security deserve neither"

I have not heard one caller or one talking head say this yet, and its such an obvious point. The second people start giving up their rights for safety, our democracy consumes itself to the point where all power is vested in the executive branch, at which point we have no more democracy but a dictatorship.