Nothing is so interesting and revealing as our Society's believes and actions about freedom than in the field of "religious" freedom.  The recent incarceration of the El Dorado Texas group is a prime example.  Does the Government have an interest in outlawing polygamy? Should arranged marriage be a violation of law?  What's the "correct" age of consent?  Are these issues a matter of law or religion?

I've been away from KOS for a couple of weeks due to a dead computer but I am back now to find the everyone all 'atwitter with how their candidates are doing in Iowa and NH.  I suppose its good to focus on the future but have we forgotten we have to endure a little more than a year with criminals in charge in Washington?  
 With the passing of time it seems more and more likely the Congress is going to abrogate its impeachment responsibility in order to focus on the 2008 election.  After the Vietnam War (Tonkin Gulf Resolution) and some of the abuses of the Nixon administration, the Congress did take steps to keep some of these abuses from re-occurring.  Now it seems everyone is focused on how their particular candidate for President is doing and I fear we are going to do nothing to redress the abuses that have occurred over the last 7 years. Have we learned nothing?

At the very least we need a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission".

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You just might be a Republican if you believe------

There are two AP stories out about pumps the Army Corps of Engineers have installed in New Orleans canals to help prevent another Katrina.  The Corps installed 34 pumps last year despite reports that they were faulty. The stories might lead one to suspect that the procurement process for the pumps was politically influenced.