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The article about Germany brought home some issues for me. Mostly because it provides a contrast which helps illuminate my own thoughts about America. Speaking about our relentless "freedom" rhetoric got me thinking because he is right. In many ways we are less free than we think. I'm particularly cognizant of this because I am discovering some rather onerous housing codes down here in Florida. We were just cited by the Police for code violations including such horrible terrorist-loving offenses as: peeling paint on the house, bare patches on the lawn, a torn screen on the BACK PORCH. Yes, the police will begin charging us $200 a day on the 1st if we don't fix these things. And apparently they can wander into our back yeard any time they want to check the screens. I hadn't realized I was moving to FascistConformityville