1Declaration: Free Markets, Free People, Free Minds

A major topic of many politicians in contemporary America is the need for welfare and wealth redistribution. I urge you, especially those who believe in these programs, to consider the thoughts of the principle writer of the ideals of the Constitution.

To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.--Thomas Jefferson

Libertarian Presidential Nominee Bob Barr is the only real nominee for change from the status quo. John McCain and Barack Obama favor politics as usual in contemporary American politics. The two party system has hindered American choice and enlarged the size of the federal government in an attempt to keep others out of the picture. Bob Barr favors elimination of the IRS, replacement of the tax system with the Fair Tax, reduction in federal spending, balancing the budget, and personal choice. Barr's campaign platform is the Constitution of the United States.

Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr offers actual change. He has not only renounced the two-party system, the Patriot Act and the Defense of Marriage Act, he’s worked with the libertarian party, the ACLU and the NRA to undo decades of damage to our civil liberties.

There is much to be said for someone so entrenched in the system to not only admit wrong, but to take initiative in correcting it. This is not something we can say for John McCain or [Barack] Obama, both of whom voted to fund the war and extend the Patriot Act.

Unlike Obama or McCain, who Barr rightly calls a vote for business-as-usual, he is committed to addressing our dependence on foreign oil, the falling value of our dollar and the $58 trillion the two-party system would have our grandchildren pay off. Barr is the only major contender willing to do this by addressing the cause of these problems — not the pretend causes. Barr offers real hope and actual change by unifying us as Americans, as citizens with unalienable rights and a servant government.

The sooner we embrace this vision, the sooner it will be achieved.

Read the article here in the Norwich Bulletin.

The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves. The relationship produces nothing but mutual corruption. It is impossible in concept. The nearest approach to it in reality -- the man who lives to serve others -- is the slave. If physical slavery is repulsive, how much more repulsive is the concept of servility of the spirit. The conquered slave has a vestige of honor. He has the merit of having resisted and of considering his condition evil. But the man who enslaves himself voluntarily in the name of love is the basest of creatures. He degrades the dignity of man, and he degrades the conception of love. But that is the essence of altruism. --Ayn Rand

Enslavement to the Crown

American history has a rich heritage of the enslavement of people of all races, cultures, and genders. The first slavery was servitude to the crown of a tyrannical government. Read the Declaration of Independence from start to finish and analyze the document. You may be surprised if you have never read it before in this context. The Declaration of Independence was a Declaration from Enslavement from big and oppressive government to allow all people to chose their own individual path of success free from the tyranny government brings.

Today most Americans do not realize the enslavement capabilities of a big government that was supposed to be a beneficial dictatorship. This was the first story of slavery in American history. Americans like Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington, and the like fought to overthrow the enslavement of men to the oppressive British crown. Because of their resistance to the enslavement of man to a tyrannical and oppressive government we have had the opportunity to devise our freedom today.

Black Slavery

The second enslavement is where men and women were forced to work without compensation or mercy. This was the forced servitude of blacks. This time is an embarrassment in the history of the United States and violated the founding principles of our country in which "all me are created equal" and of individual liberty. The end of formal forced servitude was not the end of slavery.

Blacks were forced to like separate from society at the hands of a government that said forced separation and discrimination was fine. The leading from of this enslavement was from liberals and progressives. Blacks were still enslaved but this time it was a slave to law that prevented equality. Blacks and other groups have fought for and achieved a climate where equality is the norm today. Denying that forms of racism and prejudice still exist is idiocy, but by in large, minority groups in the United States have the freedom to choose their own path and live in freedom.

Dependency

Today's enslavement is perhaps the worst in American history. Today we have politicians such as Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, and many others who have enslaved themselves to the idea of dependency on government to increase their power. These people enslave the masses with fantastic oratory and rhetoric about change, a 'Third Way,' or hope.

Breaking this idea down. "The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves. The relationship produces nothing but mutual corruption." Barak Obama clearly lives for others preaching for equality. Barak Obama's equality is not equality in treatment or under the law but instead equality of wealth and possessions. He has become a parasite feeding off of the masses to acquire power and votes whom he enslaves to lives of dependency and fear.

In turn the people become parasites on societies enslaved to government handouts at the hands of those who work hard and make coherent choices in their lives. These people voluntarily enslave themselves to lives of dependency: mentally, financially, and spiritually. Take an objective look at any Barak "The Messiah" Obama rally with people fainting in his presence and believing every word of his hope and change by creating a United States of Dependency and Oppression. Barak Obama (or any other dependency loving politician) and his faithful masses have become corrupt. The live on the idea that government and society owe them their living. Living for others "is impossible in concept. The nearest approach to it in reality -- the man who lives to serve others -- is the slave."

Ayn Rand concluded, "if physical slavery is repulsive, how much more repulsive is the concept of servility of the spirit. The conquered slave has a vestige of honor. He has the merit of having resisted and of considering his condition evil. But the man who enslaves himself voluntarily in the name of love is the basest of creatures. He degrades the dignity of man, and he degrades the conception of love. But that is the essence of altruism." Barak Obama (or any other politician preaching dependency) has enslaved himself and consequentially enslaved the masses that follow him. The masses have not resisted but have succumbed to ideas of servility Obama preaches. They have not resisted and have not considered that they are willingly relinquishing their freedoms. These people are degrade their dignity and degrade American principles of indivuduality, small government, and freedom of choice.

Billions of people around the world live in governments where they have not freedoms and are willing to fight for their freedom. Iraqi's are fighting for their freedoms after decades of tyranny and in some cases acts of benevolence to buy their acquiescence. Afghani's are doing the same. Citizens of Venezuela are becoming increasingly disgusted with the control-all dictator Hugo Chavez. Millions of people in the countries in the Middle East North Africa region have offered their citizens many of the same benefits that the Democrats and some Republicans, I should just say liberals, are preaching today to solidify their power.

Forced enslavement of man is no doubt evil but those who are forced into servitude have at least resisted. Those who enslave themselves to the whims of politicians have given their mind, spirit, and soul to those who seek only more power. Those who have enslaved themselves to the rhetoric of politicians along with those who enslave them are the clearest definition of a parasite. Each entity leeches off the other. Both become increasingly corrupt as they feed off of the benefits of the other and of society at large.

You make the call, "If physical slavery is repulsive, how much more repulsive is the concept of servility of the spirit?"

As of 11:20 AM CDT over 1,000,000 American citizens have signed the petition to Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less.

We have trillions of barrels of oil in the United States, more than any other country in the world. We have over 3 times the oil than Saudi Arabia. Make your declaration to Congress to lift regulations of drilling and refining.

The petition is picking up steam. Americans are fed up with high oil and gas prices. We need to do everything possible to lower energy prices and this is the first step. Make your declaration!

Newt Gingrich founder of AmericanSolutions.com has started a bi-partisan grassroots movement to show Congress that Americans support a sound energy policy that lifts regulations on drilling in the United States, which could become the premier supplier of oil in the world. So far almost 950,000 Americans have signed the Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less petition. What are you waiting for?

America has the largest oil resources in the world with over 10 billion barrels of oil in ANWR, billions more off of America's coastline, and nearly 1 trillion barrels of oil in oil shale in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado that is currently under Congressional regulations that prohibit drilling.



Sign Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less and make your declaration!

Have you ever heard the old saying that actions speak louder than words. Clearly Al Gore has not. Former Vice President, Presidential Nominee, and global warming alarmist Al Gore clearly has not, either that or he is really just a hypocrite or nonbeliever of global warming.

“A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to his commitment to the environment, judging by his home energy consumption.”

In the past year, Gore’s home burned through 213,210 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, enough to power 232 average American households for a month.

Al Gore as is well known made an award winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, and went on to win a Nobel Peace Price on what many climatologists and meteorologists will tell you is soft science. A New Zealand court stated multiple major falsehoods that were portrayed in the movie and urged Al Gore to give back his Emmy for Best Documentary. Had Al Gore created a drama it would have been fine but a documentary indicates that the information presented is factual.

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research uncovered that Gore’s Nashville home guzzled 20 times more electricity than the average American household.

After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.

Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.

So what is Al Gore's motives? Are they really an attempt to change the world and stop a phenomenon that is highly debated among academics? I would contend that Al Gore is motivated by profit and power. Al Gore has become a god among environmentalists and liberals. Liberals throughout history have created situations of overhyped danger in an attempt to garner power from Hitler to JFK. Now I am not comparing Gore to Hitler. That would be pure ignorance. I am comparing tactics used by both men to garner more power by creating fear among the masses in an attempt to garner power and stature.

Gore's other motive: Money! "Gore saw his personal wealth increase by an estimated $100 million thanks largely to speaking fees and investments related to global warming hysteria." That's right Al Gore is getting rich off of soft science and fear mongering.

Now I am a free market guy and clearly some people want to waste their money to give him a nice house and a private jet so I am fine with that, but stop calling this guy a saint or savior of the world. He is not. Al Gore is a hypocrite and elitist at best if he does believe what he is saying. At worst though Al Gore is a nonbeliever garnering political power and wealth. Either way, Al Gore is hindering the United States from expanding and utilizing our own energy resources in the name of global warming, a soft science.

To finish reading the article by the Tennessee Center for Policy Reasearch click here.