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I am a very proud American and conservative. I fear that we are heading down the road to socialism, or worse. We must get this beautiful country back on track again, by being aware of what Barack Obama and congress are doing, letting them know if what they propose is not good for the American people, and by voting better people into office in 2010. We need to do this, in order to win back in 2012 what we lost in 2008.

"People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." Benjamin Franklin "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crises, shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No.1, December 19, 1776

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatiques of supporting it."

Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No.4, September 11, 1777

The devastation and ignorance being caused by this catastrophic occurrence will forever destroy the fiber and character of a once great nation with little hope for correction or rebuilding at the present rate of duplicity and complacence being displayed by the American public.

The Bill of Rights December 15, 1791 Amendment I

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.

"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

John Adams, July 17,1775Letter to Abigail Adams

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

George Washington, Farewell Address September 19, 1796

"Excessive taxation will carry reason and reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election."

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Taylor,
November 26, 1798

"The freedom and happiness of man ... (are) the sole objects of all legitimate government." Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1810

"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt." Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BORN JULY 4, 1776 DIED NOV. 4, 2008 SUICIDE REST IN PEACE

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning last November's Presidential election: