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It is heartening to see how many good Freepers are declining to be Bush cheerleaders and Republican shills. Don't get me wrong -- I voted for Bush. My wife and I live in Austin and we spent many a day, during the Presidential election debacle, demonstrating for Bush and protesting Gore, by carrying our signs around the Governor's Mansion, where Bush resided. We would have done almost anything to keep Gore out of that White House.

Nonetheless, the facts show that the Federal Government will grow no matter which of the 2 political parties is in power. As the power of the government expands, the power of the individual recedes. We can't have it both ways -- they are mutually exclusive. Either individuals, additively, hold the power or a larger group (e.g., political party, special interest, "protected" collection) holds it.

Our Founding Fathers intended for the sovereign individual to enjoy the power, Rights, and freedoms that few (if any) civilizations have ever known. I believe that liberty is too far gone to ever get it back. However, I will do the only thing I can do -- and that is to live my life in support of individual freedom/autonomy and limited government power. This includes individual Rights in favor of group privileges (groups do not have Rights), with an emphasis on individual Property Rights, from which ALL Rights derive. I will always look to the Constitution and the Common Law that underlies it, to find my answers.

If criticizing the 2 monopolistic, establishment political parties makes my positions unpopular, or gets me flamed, so be it. Though I admit, my views are in the minority, I am proud to join with those fellow Freepers and other Americans who feel as I do with regard to the extant over-bearing government power and corresponding ceaseless intrusion into the Rights and freedoms of individual citizens.