[PeterPatrickJohn]

Significantly more free.. No hair splitting.

I'm straining here.. Srsly.

I have to go all the way back to Clinton and the Freedom of Information Act..

I almost said the Bush Tax Cuts, but then.. he didn't cut spending. Failing to fund the government isn't "freedom" it's merely differing payment. Which will have to come from the future, as we're not paying for it today. So it's a push.

What did you come up with?

[HotboTgameR]

sunset of clinton's assault weapon ban?

[beckercpa]

sunset of clinton's assault weapon ban?

Ya.. Not really a deliberate action, however. it's more like an inaction.

[nonDosearrany]

They overthrew Saddam Hussein!

Just kidding. I'm drawing a blank.

[Starichok]

true, lack of support/outright hostility for/to renewal.

[conurgenceDen]

They overthrew Saddam Hussein!

Just kidding. I'm drawing a blank.

lol...

[Gromiaaborn]

Ah... Well I wish I had some input here, hoss, but it just seems to get worse each year fer werkers like me! Yar, it be my estimation that our current gov can't be lastin' another fiddy year or so.

[MiniBoy]

not in its present form, at any rate.

as the executive seizes more and more power, the congress, scotus, and the constitution become less relevant.

[Pateeffelty]

Louisiana Purchase?

If you compare the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution that replaced it you will find that the Constitution was meant to transfer some power from the people and states to the central government and it was clearly laid out what those transferred powers were to be.
It has been a 'liberal' reading of the clauses of that document - something the signers never intended - which has led to an almost complete shift of power from the local to the national.
And with that shift of power was an inevitable diminishment of personal freedom.

I have come to the opinion that the Articles of Confederation, which had been found to be lacking in some details concerning defense, only required a few adjustments and that the abandonment of that document in favor of a radical new Constitution was a grievous mistake.

The Constitution was meant to be a more balanced system, and as written, it worked remarkably well.
Maximum freedom with minimum government necessary to protect those freedoms.
But that's not where we are now.
There was a flaw in the original plan which allowed its debasement.

Why did I choose the Louisiana Purchase as the last effort of the Federal government to make us freer?
It granted everyone in America who so wished the ability to move farther from DC, and for a time, into a less restrictive frontier environment.

[drycleden]

Whatever it is, it would have to be prior to the progressivism movement, which started over 100 years ago. Goddamn, we haven't been a free country in a LONG while.

[meencegic]

Revolutionary war?

[gusecrync]

I'm less than a year old. How the fuck would I know?

[bestcigsnick]

I'm less than a year old. How the fuck would I know?

I always theorized Internet users get younger and younger every year. Looks like I was right.

[Kinds Of Pain Meds]

Actually, the only thing I could think of would be the passing of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18. But judging from the way a lot of young people vote, that's probably not a good example.

[amusaasyday]

FIRE THE CONGRESS.


NOW!!!!!!!!

[u8MmZFmF]

Name the last thing the Federal Government did to make us more free? Er............

[GuitarLoverBe]

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UMMMMM......... TAKING AWAY OUR PAY?

MONEY IS SUCH A BURDEN.....

[corsar-caribean]

Drove the British out of New Orleans in 1815

[allaboutauto.us]

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SHUT UP, HOLE.

[halyshitzob]

Charmin has 25 more sheets than the old variety.