1Declaration: Free Markets, Free People, Free Minds

It is now clear: John McCain cannot win the election.

There is not one reasonable poll suggesting that he has a chance. While Republicans have long dominated absentee ballot collections and early voting, this year, this is not the case.

So the next question America needs to ask is do we want the socialism and one-party corruption of an Obama administration, or the free-markets, low taxes, small government and more personal freedom of Bob Barr?

The contrast could not be more stark. Monday evening, on The Lehrer News Hour, Bob was clear on the issues. He offered a vision for our nation’s economic future. He contrasted his views with those of his opponents and when it was over, it was clear that only Bob Barr has the courage and guts to take on our national problems and lead us for the next four years.

In the 13 days until the election, it is clear that momentum is gaining for this campaign.

For one, many Republican recognize that John McCain will lose. If they are principled conservatives they are beginning to ask what will become of their party in the future. The moderate to liberal wings are not saddened by a McCain defeat.

If a principled conservative wants to have his or her voice heard in both political parties, they should vote for Bob Barr. A vote for Barr will be counted as a protest against the Bush/McCain big spending policies.

To keep reading the article by Russ Verney click here or find out more about Bob Barr click here.

Discussing politics is a common area of verbal discourse for myself. I come across a wide variety of people with many different thoughts on the role of government in the daily lives of its citizens. Recent discussions have been on my choice for President, Senators, and Congressmen and subsequent scorn I have received for standing on the principles set out by the founding fathers. I was scorned for wanting to hold my leaders accountable for their actions. Apparently now is not the time for accountability from what I was told. Instead I have to vote for one man because of fear of the other when both options are equally atrocious.

So...when is the time for accountability?

Our political leaders have voted on a disastrous bailout plan putting the American taxpayer at greater risk than we were in before. We are told for the greater need for more social programs at the burden of others (another term for this is THEFT). We are told that the reason for taxation is not to run the basic operations of government: the administration of justice, the pursuit of a common defense, or the protection of Liberty, but instead for "fairness."

The harder we work, the more we are penalized for the benefit of others who choose to leech off the lifeblood of others. The more insecurity that comes against us in this world, the more civil liberties the US government takes from us in the name of our own security. Ben Franklin stated it best that "those who would give up essential Liberty for a little temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." When we complain that taxes are too high we are told we are not patriotic enough, too greedy, or that we are not doing our part to take care of the "less fortunate." Perhaps it is the reverse as Thomas Jefferson, architect of the Declaration of Independence and one of the principle minds of the US Constitution, who stated that "
[t]o compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."

When is the time to hold our leaders accountable to the Constitution? When will Americans learn that a vote out of fear for the alternative is a net negative for our country, not a net positive? When will Americans realize that we are being destroyed not by external sources but by our own selfishness as Abraham Lincoln correctly predicted an Alexander Tytler wrote about? When will Americans head the advice of our founding fathers to not rely on government? When will Americans remember our origins and our struggle for Liberty against the tyranny of government?

When is the time for accountability?

Haven't figured out who you are voting for like I have, well I have the perfect answer to your problem that should help you give you the information you need to narrow down this very difficult and confusing choice. This informative video shows why simple, average, middle class Americans are voting for Democrat Barack Obama this November 4th and why you should too. If you haven't ever understood the reasons before, you will now.

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Last night if you are unaware the Senate passed a horrid bailout bill (socialist in nature) to bailout the financial markets from their own reckless behavior and against the wishes of the American people. Not to mention the numerous earmarks included in the bill briefly outlined below.

New Tax earmarks in Bailout bill

- Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502)
- Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503)
- 6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska (Sec. 504)

Tax earmark “extenders” in the bailout bill

- Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308)
- American Samoa (Sec. 309)
- Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310)
- Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311)
- Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312)
- Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315)
- Railroads (Sec. 316)
- Auto Racing Tracks (317)
- District of Columbia (Sec. 322)
- Wool Research (Sec. 325)

Not to mention on top of this a tax hike on oil and gas companies that will further increase the price of a gallon of gas. Check out this article in the Houston Chronicle about this issue.

John McCain: A Conservative who will NOT support a bill with Earmarks - Oh Really?

John McCain's vote in support of this bill offers a clear image of the deception he has espoused in his rhetoric about not signing or supporting a bill with an earmark. Not to mention sacrificing conservative/libertarian economic ideology that offers the idea that government should not intervene in the free markets as it is counter productive to solving problems, slows the rectification of economic woes, and sets a precedence for reckless business practices in the future by removing the consequences for failure.

The free market is the best avenue for opportunity and prosperity for all Americans. Too bad this bill espousing government intervention is more in line with the neo-liberal* socialist ideology of the US Democratic Party. So much for the idea of being a principled conservative Senator McCain.

Barack Obama's vote for a socialist government intervention is to say the least expected. No deception or lies on his part on this issue.

I would urge you all to vote for the only Presidential candidate that has opposed the Bush-McCain-Obama-Bailout (B.O.M.B.) watching out for the American taxpayer: Libertarian Bob Barr.

Correspondence to Texas Senators John Cornyn (up for reelection) and Kay Bailey Hutchinson

To the Honorable Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson,

Tonight I was dismayed and surprised to see your "Aye" vote on the Financial Bailout issue. This vote is directly contrary to traditional conservative or in my case libertarian economic philosophy. Government intervention in the marketplace exacerbates problems and slows the correction of the problems.

Your vote precipitated by fear instead of rationality, big government solutions (bordering socialist) instead of free market principles marks a dark day for this great nation that will breed further fiscal irresponsibility and recklessness by corporations, CEO's and individuals. This sets poor precedence for the future as it breeds a sense of government dependency and irresponsibility for both corporations and individuals by removing the consequences for failure.

Free markets cannot be free without the right succeed and the right to fail. Removing the first breeds economic and job stagnation. Removing the latter breeds complacency for responsibility and accountability. The free market is the best avenue for prosperity and opportunity for all Americans. Without both aspects due to governmental intervention, economic prospects and the American people suffer.

This Congressional action is on the same level of the abhorrent Patriot Act that was hastily enacted by the use of fear instead of rationality and disregarding the consequences of the further erosion of civil liberties and the Constitution for governmental expediency and power.

As it stands, you can no longer count on my vote in the upcoming election or in the future.

In Liberty,
skeiser

I would urge ever reader here to likewise send a correspondence to your Senators letting them know of your opposition to this bill and either thank them for their support or scorn them for their lack of rationality on this issue. Then take a moment to write to your member of the House of Representative to express your opposition to this bill. You can find their emails here or visit their official Senate or House pages. Take a moment to send McCain, Obama, Harry Reid (Senate Majority Leader), and Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House) an email as well. Feel free to use my correspondence as an outline or template for your own.

With any luck and a lot of constituent correspondence the bailout bill will once again fail in the House vote on Friday but only if you act as a reasonable voice of opposition.

Make your declaration!

Definitions
neo-liberal - political ideology of government intervention in economic matters as in opposition to liberalism/classical liberalism political philosphy of laissez faire economic principles