I read in the news today that it's supposed to take hundreds of thousands of troops to occupy Iraq. I read about the Patriot Act, and Patriot II, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Then, I read about the alternatives. I read editorials from people who remember where we came from.

And I realize that maybe, hopefully, things could get better. Hopefully we won't have to go to war with Iraq. And hopefully, the clowns will remember what this country stood for.

-- Des