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Government Aggravated Tragedy

Alan from NJ Wrote: Jun 23, 2010 9:53 PM

The light is dawning that Our Nobel Leader is no friend of the Constitution, or America. Every decision, coming down, is damaging. The people of the gulf region have, probably, never heard of the Jones Act, but, like Reconciliation, it was used as a ploy. Any leader, who really cared, would have taken command and called in international, practiced and knowledgeable help. Instead, he pretends bravery, speaks tough, and continues to hurt us all. He lies. I know many elected Democrats started out as patriots. It is amazing that they condescend to this enemy and liar.

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Government Aggravated Tragedy

When Thomas Paine said, "(G)overnment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one." He added that when it's self-inflicted, "(O)ur calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer." The Gulf of Mexico disaster has been made worse because of Washington acts similar to Great Britain's tyrannical acts that caused our founders to rise up in rebellion in 1776. Let's look at it.

The Navigation Act was that name given to laws that regulated trade and commerce between Great Britain and its colonies. First enacted in 1651, and...

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