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PublishedBrownsville Herald April 20, 2008

In recent columns the subject has been the loss of our freedoms as related to politics. Also as I mentioned previously the elites are step by step moving our world and in particular our nation towards a dictatorship of the politicos supported by the religion of the state. One only has to look at the candidates’ rhetoric related to experience such as perceiving folks in small towns as leaning on religion or their firearms as a crutch. That comes off as Marxist “elite” tome. In the same vein we cannot forget the excessive legal challenges to the way some celebrate the joy of their religions publically to get a sense of the prevailing directions. As a minimum I would prefer my representative –or even president – to be a person like my dad or mom. 

I would expect someone with the ability to evaluate situations, determine when other advice is needed, secure several points of view, then based on needs of the time make a decision (which may be not to make one at all).  My president should be fair and honest as well as highly motivated, and most of all, be able to communicate the realities of government to us, in a manner that we can understand. I am also presuming a modest education and experience that provided skills in management. Most of the other stuff that is being touted, really relates to information that should be provided by staff.  More »

Published Brownsville Herald  April 6, 2008 

In my last column I focused on how the elite influence the outcomes of the elections so that they remain elites. I also pointed out how unique an opportunity there was for “We the people” to make our choices felt in this election. All that is needed is for “We the people” to become active in the campaigns and vote. The question then becomes what do we really want and whom do we vote for! 

From my perspective, I want the least amount of government interference in my life as possible but I realize a certain amount of government is needed to maintain order and to preserve the liberty I have. As humans gathered together into groups certain choices and liberties were traded in to secure security and a stable source of supply of the necessities. 

Most societies organized into groups dominated by the strongest and most powerful and for the most part the kings and dictators of most of the world before 1776 were the result. The elite dominated “We the people” for their own good and convinced us that we could not make choices on our own. With the birth of the United States a government was formed that derived its power from “We the people”. It seems to me that we are allowing that light of freedom and liberty to diminish with every election as government grows ever larger, feeding on the taxes that it extorts from us daily. Worse with every election we give the beast more power to enslave us further with our votes or apathy.  More »