Irish..

I am sure you are not alone in your opinion of our government. Yes, there are decisions made daily that the average individual not only has no idea about.. but honestly few would probably even understand. As with any government, there are going to be things done (or undone) that are going to negatively effect the citizens. But.. in the great skeem of things.. all things considered.. the government that is in place in our country it the BEST there is. We have liberities in our country that few others experience. That is not to say that the US is better than any other.. for I don't believe that.. but I do believe that our government does more to secure our liberities.

I am not in any way shape or form a Bill Clinton Supporter (hell I wouldn't have traded places with Monica on a bet). I am a strong republican.. and damn proud of it. I do support our current administration.. but I also realize that they are HUMAN.. and that no matter how hard us humans try.. things will go wrong.. decisions will be made that in hind sight should have been made differently. I believe that our government is releasing as much information to the public as they feel they should... and that they are not knowingly withholding information that could save lives or better protect us.

In Bill CLintons defense (and I HATE defending that man on anything).. Even IF he, and his cabinet were presented with intelligence information indicating that something "Big" was gonna happen.. and that it would involve airplanes on US soil.. Do you really REALLY think that information would have been enough to save those lives? I honestly don't believe that it would have. Do you think it would have been accepted by the people if Pres. Clinton had decided to close every airport in this country and not allow planes in or out? On the other side of the coin.. how could anyone have guessed that WTC would have been the targets? Look how many places in our country could have been targets.. Mt. Rushmore, Golden Gate Bridge, Sears Tower, Empire State Building, Las Vegas, Dallas, Colorado, the list is endless. Would it have been wise for the president to close all those places down? And if he did so... wouldn't that be holding US hostage?

Yeah.. I wish that things could be different.. that someone had sent the President a letter.. with exact details of what would befall our great country.. but that was not to be so.. and any thing else falls short.