The dangers we face...

If America is in such grave danger from global terror networks, why haven't the American People in the form of National Guardsmen and militias been called forth to stand guard and protect the homeland?

In fact, when one such group of patriots recently did just that, our leader dubbed them "vigilantes".

That question is at the heart of this column by Dr. Edwin Vieira Jr.

I am beginning to have serious questions as to the motivations of our leaders. Much the same as the war on drugs, poverty, Aids, diversity, and racism, the war on terror seems to be another method by which power hungry politicians soak the American taxpayer out of his property via taxation.

The knee jerk Republicans claim that we may have to fight this war for decades so that we complete our generations obligation to "spread freedom" around the world.

News flash: the Earth will always have tyrants and dictators because human nature is what it is.

The problem with the knee jerk Republicrats who sell the sheeple on the idea that the infringements on our civil liberties are temporary and necessary while we battle "the terrorists".

When was the last time our federal government expanded temporarily?