Inaugural

In Pres. Bush's inaugural speech yesterday, he apparently overused the concept of freedom according to many people on the left and people across the pond. Why? What is so "wrong" with advocating freedom? Neal Boortz was asking the same question.

What is the problem with freedom? I think that the biggest problem is that people realize that along with personal freedom comes personal responsibility. To be sure, Americans will say nice things about freedom ... right up until the time that personal responsibility rears its ugly head. Freedom of speech? Sure, that takes no real effort. Freedom of religion? No problem there. It doesn't really require you to actually do anything. Introduce responsibility and consequences for irresponsibility, and the love of freedom suddenly wanes.