What chance do Constutionalists, left or right have, againt such a combine?

For the rest, a staid and traditionalist approach, saving what little one may saved of liberty and freedom, however paltry, and in the mold of, say, the quietism and resignation of Franklin or Jefferson is the only sensible course.

Not to forget John Hancock either, whose forte was trade.

As few who have not studied the American War of Independence may realize, none of these wanted a fight, but bent over backwards for decades to preserve the umbilical cord with their beloved mother, Great Britain.

No doubt had any of these lived nowadays, the blessings and prosperity of the present regime, with its streets paved with gold and its vast armies overseas, all without even a hint of the hated name “Rex”–all that would have doubtless enforced the Founders’ congenital urges toward peace and quiet and accomodation.

One leaves the vanity of a well-publicized “revolution” by law-abiding citizens to the followers of that inimitable firebrand and hothead, Congressman Ron Paul.

There–doesn’t everyone feel better now, even the self-described “soldier” who rightly sees all–each and every, with no exceptions–all change, I say, all accomplishment as activity, and the rest purposeless complaint and rant.

The sword is always mightier–always, I say-that is the history of the world, even of the French Revolution.

Empty words and ideas count for nothing, as tongue-tied Mao himself had it, compared to the barrel of a government gun.