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i see...

well if you want to go against the grain, you might want to tackle

secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity

and discuss the bush record.

so, it falls on the citizens to secure the blessings of liberty. they are not handed to you. so who's more patriotic-- the rah rah blind supporter of the government, or the protester who fights to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity? ehhhh???

if you want to get even more philosophical you could discuss liberty as a value, and how it is the quintessential american value which distinguishes this country from others where citizens are by definition subjects of the state.

how unamerican is the attack on civil liberties?

how american is it to protest the government?

can you destroy america by claiming to protect it?

this & more down the road less taken travelled...