But
Nixon left amid scandal and Ford came in, and Ford's Secretary of
Defense (Donald Rumsfeld) and Chief of Staff (Dick Cheney) believed it
was intolerable that Americans might no longer be bound by fear. Without
fear, how could Americans be manipulated? And how could billions of
dollars taken as taxes from average working people be transferred to the
companies that Rumsfeld and Cheney - and their cronies - would soon
work for and/or run?
Constititution
of the United States: 1stAmendment, Bill of Rights
: "Congress shall make no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances."