A rant....

"I wish a buck was still silver..."

I do. But, wishing won't get us back there. This is representative of something bigger than just the silver dollar, of course. It is a symbol of a time when things were much more "real". They were more real in terms of our liberty, our opportunity, and the consequences thereof.

How can we fix what is happening? I look around and I see people swallowing stories that are so incredibly wrong, and they don't see the errors. How can the federal reserve "print" $1 Trillion and not create inflation? Is wealth actually being generated that rapidly? I don't think so. So, we get triple taxed in that equation, right? First, the dollars we currently hold lose value and buy less, second we have to pay the money back, and third, we have to pick up the interest on the interest on the interest. And, yet, people around me are just so glad the government was there to swoop in and "save us". That isn't their job.

Folks, the government's job, as established by our constitution, is to protect us, not save us. We have become a nation of takers. We need to get back to focusing on liberty. We need to get back to protecting individuals from tyranny. Right now, our government is very much a tyranical giant operating on the guilt and fear of its constituents. They made you believe a war in Iraq was the "ONLY" solution capable of making you safe from planes flying into your houses. They made you believe that a loan from the Fed for $1 Trillion was the only salvation from financial collapse. In each case, we have given them more and more dictatorial power, and WE ARE PAYING FOR IT. It's like hiring a body guard and then having him tell you you can't leave your bathroom. ??

I am concerned about this election; more than I have been concerned about any election in recent times. While I realize that, constitutionally, the president has limited power, we are in very real danger of handing him/her the keys to the kingdom. Every day, our liberties shrink and we become further enslaved to the burden they have created. Think really long and hard about this election and you will come to realize that neither of the major party candidates have anything more to offer than further enslavement. The only responsible vote is one against them both.