bagman45 wrote:This kind of thing wouldn't have flown in the 70's. We were not yet politically-corrected to death, and were still taught lessons about self-reliance and personal responsibility. My kids are younger, but old enough to know what's going on and draw their own conclusions, so we talk about these kinds of things and other current events and politics over our family dinners. Thankfully my boys seem to have their heads in the right place.
I recall reading about the trial of Jane Fonda for treason after her N.V.A. morale tour during the Viet Nam war, a war my father, and his father, fought in while I was but a baby. Oh yea, that's right, they blew that off too...
Fast forward 40 years later and with two wars of my very own, I'm STILL waiting for "them" to prosecute and EXECUTE the sorry son of a...er....the dirtbag that shot up Ft. Hood.
IMO, there should have been quite a few folks over the years strung up by the neck until dead for their communist activities.
Now, it is entirely too late, and I wouldn't be surprised if they don't start charging citizens with "treason" for simply voicing concerns about constitutional rights (firearms, searches, seizures, freedom of speech).