You have every reason and right to rant, Trip06, but I would like to point out something to you. You said "They never read a history book" and I dissagree, I think maybe they have, and probably a text book dealing with history. The problem is, it is revisionist history not always the true history.

Example is the founding of the country, most school children will tell you that the pilgrims came to America for religious freedom. But the pilgrims were christians coming from a christian country, thier problem was political becuase they were religious radical fundementalists who where trying to push thier agenda on the secular government. These where not fun people to have around, you would not invite them to your BBQ, and were a pain in the ass. England was happy to send them and see them go. Somehow all of this gets omitted from history textbooks.

The same holds true for the history of the War of Northern Aggression (known as the Civil War in textbooks). The average person when asked will tell you it was fought to free the slaves and Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipater. ALL BS. It was started and fought to stop the tyranny that was the federal government, it was about State's Rights not slaves. The straw that broke the back was the marching of armed federal troops thru the streets of Charleston to intimadate the civilian populace. How's that for real history...armed troops in the streets, imposing curfews, limiting people's rights to move around or assemble. Even sounds like something FEMA might do, oh wait they did, it was called New Orleans post Katrina.

I need to close now, if I start in on the 2nd amendment issue I will start ranting (more) also. Not sure what the answer is...heck what was the question?