... a writer writes -- "liberals are obsessed with equality" -- which quickly brings to mind the conservative's own psychotic obsession ... liberty.

"LIBERTY & EQUALITY" -- is the great american mantra that establishes our own unique national identity.

It has been huffed & puffed by Our People continuously in every political, social and economic debate since 1787.

The perplexing motto, however, also highlights the peculiar doppelganger nature of The American Citizen -- one that forever pits him at war with himself --

The ampersand ought to be removed -- for the words "LIBERTY" and "EQUALITY" in fact represent two very different worlds -- ideals --- in the human psyche.

And so it is -- in our Great Debate -- that the social engineers of the Left will forever keep their eyes on the 'equality' issues while the libertarians on the Right keep the focus on 'liberty' in check.

it is a good balance --- one we should be pleased with --- one that must be maintained, --- regardless of The War now being waged by the minority Lunatic Fringes of the Far Right and Far Left who wish to control the rest of us with their self-centered, scatter-brained 'theories' of Reality.

yes ... it should read, "Liberty, Equality & Justice for All"

However, by virtue of legitimizing the first two attributes, the third becomes a virtual impossibility.

The Best Case Scenario for The People -- will always be in maintaining our System of Checks & Balances.

The Left learned this lesson when Mr. Clinton & Company attempted to Go To Town with the gov't after 1992 -- when they lost both Houses of Congress. The duller thinking Right led by Mr. Dimthinker & Co. still seem to have no clue about the Election Lesson of 2006 when they lost both Houses.

We are a Nation that continues to lurch into the voting booths and pull half the Left leavers and half the Right leavers, leaving almost 50% of the voters as whimpering Loozers with axes to grind.

Our Government is in its Healthiest State when the White House and Congress are run by two different sets of Squabblers.

But whenever one party of Squabblers takes hold of both branches --- look out. For such scenarios always have resulted in such Tar Babies as WMDs, Hillarycare, and Teapot Domes.

In a cavern, in a canyon,

Excavating for a mine,

Dewelt a miner, forty-niner

And his daughter, Clementine.

Oh mah darling, oh mah darling,

Oh my darling, Clementine,

Thou are lost and gone forever,

Dredful sorry, Clementine.

Light she was and like a fairy,

And her shoes were No. Nine,

Herring boxes, without topses

Sandals were for Clementine.

Oh mah darling, oh mah darling,

Oh my darling, Clementine,

Thou are lost and gone forever,

Dredful sorry, Clementine.

Drove she ducklings, to the water,

Every morning, just at nine,

Hit her foot against a splinter,

Fell into the foaming brine.

Oh mah darling, oh mah darling,

Oh my darling, Clementine,

Thou are lost and gone forever,

Dredful sorry, Clementine.

Ruby lips above the water,

Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,

But alas, I was no swimmer,

So I lost my Clementine.

Oh mah darling, oh mah darling,

Oh my darling, Clementine,

Thou are lost and gone forever,

Dredful sorry, Clementine.

Then the miner, forty-niner,

Soon began to peak and pine,

Thought he oughter 'jine his daughter

Now he's with his Clementine.

Oh mah darling, oh mah darling,

Oh my darling, Clementine,

Thou are lost and gone forever,

Dredful sorry, Clementine.

In my dre'ams, she still doth haunt me,

Robed in garments, soaked in brine;

Though in life I sued to hug her,

Now she's dead -- I draw the line.

None of the 3 would appear to be as chock-fulla-machismo as Governor ARNOLD -- who famously characterized the entire DEMOCRATIC PARTY as proliferating with ....

"GURLEY MEN"...

CowHeadSoup: "what's da heck's goin on in here?"

CharlieBarnyard: "Nada --it's just noisy -- let's split"

CowHeadSoup: "No, no --- shhhh, wait a sec"

MockTurtle: "Pssst ..... hey lookie at ChrisBabbler, Man"

CharlieBarnyard: "Jeepers, he's all frothin at the mouth and squirmin on the floor. Better call a doctor."

Alice: "Guuuuys !! This room's fulla creeps --- let's go.

CowHeadSoup: "I said wait -- his eyes are about ready to pop"

MockTurtle: "DUDE, Imma gittin this on 'YourTube' tonite"

Alice: "These people are disgusting -- and they have potty mouths"

CharlieBarnyard: "Elites are ALLOWED to use "Sh___ words, theys shmart ... and besides, it helps 'em to look schmarterer"

Alice: "Oh, shugars, Charlie i thunk everybody was shmart"

CowHeadSoup: Yup, mebee, but this mark blowman sez he's got a 175 IQ !!

Alice: "didn't his daddie tell him that Self-Inflation ALWAYS leads to Self-Flagelation ?"

MockTurtle: "Well, yooz guys can stick around, I'm splittin"

CharlieBarnyard: (pouting) "Where ya goin Turdle?"

MockTurtle: "Back to Ann Coulter's Lounge -- its mo' funnier there"

CowHeadSoup: "Fraulein Von Dauggkunt, that Notzie ?-- No ways Ho-zay"

CharlieBarnyard: "you just hates her cause she's allaways stickin needles in youz Leftwinger's Eyezes -- (yuck, yuck)

ChrisBabbler: (rising from his pool of upchuck) "Ann C ? THEE Ann C ? -- Hey yo! Freaks ... canna I come too ? -- Huh ? Can I, Can I ? -- purtty pweeze ?"

[ DOOR SLAMS SHUT }

- pau -