ARM THE SHEEP

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting. Liberty is a well-armed sheep
contesting the vote.

I wish the public understood the true nature of the two major political
parties in this country. A plain and clear picture is really quite simple.
For the word Democrat, substitute the words socialism and communism, and
for the word Republican, substitute the words fascism and Nazism. I prefer
the latter to the former, but like neither, since I consider the
Jeffersonian and Libertarian ideologies far superior.

The public should be familiar with Martin Niemoller's famous quote: "First
they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a
communist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I
was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak
out because I was not a trade unionists. Then they came for the Catholics
and I did not speak out because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak for me."

The modern American version goes like this: "When they took the Fourth
Amendment I was quiet, because I didn't deal drugs. When they took the
Fifth Amendment I was quiet, since I wasn't in organized crime. When they
took the Second Amendment I was quiet, since I didn't own a gun. Now they
have taken the First Amendment, and I can say nothing about it."

BOBBY WADDELL

Hays.