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Hate to say we told you so! Sin taxes by socialists!

Few people recognize the inner Nazi that resides inside the average liberal. They, themselves, certainly don't.

It's the desire to work on behalf of the 'collective' (community, flock, herd, etc.) with a devotion they never apply to their own 'individual' failings (fat, overweight, ugly, mean, stupid, etc.) It's a projection of that which they should apply to themselves that they wish to impose on others. Why? It makes them "feel good".

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness- each one of these concepts have been and are being attacked by liberals (including some who think themselves 'conservative').

Life: In Miracle on 34th Street, a department store Santa was declared the real Santa by virtue of the Postal Service's inundation with letters sent to him. Would 40 million fetuses delivered to the steps of the Supreme (joke) Court convince them they had abandoned this concept?

Liberty: This is a tough one because it should exclude that which you do that doesn't impact others. Sadly, there isn't much that you can do today that isn't regulated to some extent- not because it has any direct effect on others, but because it might. The best example would be the 2nd ammendment which states clearly that a right "shall not be infringed", yet is routinely infringed upon or made a priviledge by fee or application in 57 states that ignore it outright. While trying to shoot a rapist, you might hit an innocent bystander 'cause you ain't a trained 'professional'. "Right denied!".

To deny the State revenues gleaned from the regulation of activities that should be un-regulated would be like removing traffic cameras from intersections where 'taking liberty' can be measured in inches, while fines for doing so are measured in hundreds of dollars.

Pursuit of Happiness: I don't see much 'happiness' when I look around these days. Happiness could be defined as a state where those things that bug you aren't present. There are many things that bug me that I can't do a thing about. I can't drive down a street without a couple of cops radaring my ass and the asses of many others in the hope of writing tickets to warrant their existence. [In a normal body, when cells begin to act this way, it's called cancer. In society (not really normal by many standards) it's called 'safety']. Cells feeding off other cells and multiplying unchecked pretty much describes government- both federal, state and local, does it not?

Traditions are things I hold dearly to for the fact that they've served us well over time. That's what makes the Constitution so attractive and what makes Gay Marriage un-attractive. Shirley, gay marriage has been tried elsewhere and it's benefits to society at-large may be documented. Until then, steady as she goes.

Government has become, in many ways, a barrier to happiness and has limited liberty to serve it's own needs. In short, it has become too liberal. Americans are serving overseas to defend freedom and liberty while it is being corroded back at home. Not good.

I predict what will happen to government has already happened to private enterprise when the bottom fell out (bubbles burst). This administration is blowing the biggest bubble of modern times with it's various spending plans. When it pops (and it will) a lot Change is gonna occur. Freedom and liberty will begin to re-grow where it has been clear-cut for over fifty years. Individuals (where freedom rings) will re-assert their sovereignty and hold society together using the basic tools that worked before (see Bill of Rights).

Bozambi and his friends from Hope + Change think they might ring in a new collectivist era (Venezuela on steroids) but will be decimated by those who hold on to those values that make this country great. This Boy President and his cohorts are thinking they can 'flip' this country during a time of severe economic distress.(not a bad theory, really) But what they don't know is that 'real' Americans watched John Wayne. They grew up on the "Duke".

This Community Organizer retires in 2012. The next three years will be a trying time of putting up with his malfeasance, naivete, and incompetence. God help us to get through this mess is all I can say.