It was a very great pleasure to read such well thought out dissent. One of the sections I found the most amusing was the part about, “Perhaps your correspondent, and the other *criminally strident* among your subscribers, would be well served to take a break from their misery occasionally and watch a ball game.”

Mr. Wolfe, may I please borrow the term “criminally strident” from your post? I’m thinking about changing my name from Reality Seeker to something more provocative. “Criminally Strident,” “Borderline Offensive,” “Chicken Little-ing,” or “Tired Old Screed—or maybe just plain “Screed”—will do just fine as my new name I think. It will circumvent some of the more boorish name calling I plan on receiving in response to some of my future correspondences.

I sincerely hope that you, Mr Wolf—and more the likes of you—will take some more of your precious time off and away from—how did you phrase it?— oh yes, the “root, root, root for the home team” chants;
and instead, contribute to future discussions before the chants of the hoi polloi turn from “root, root, root” to “BLOOD, BLOOD, BLOOD.”

Henry David Thoreau once said, “They who know of no purer sources of truth, who have traced up its stream no higher, stand, and wisely stand, by the Bible and the Constitution, and drink at it there with reverence and humility; but, they who behold where it comes trickling into this lake or that pool, grid up their loins once more, and continue their pilgrimage toward its fountainhead.”

Clearly, both Mr. Deusimplicitus and Mr. Ringer made the distinction, in their posts, between the unhealthy *worship* of sports and athletes by their devotees and the healthy relaxation and/or invigoration that takes place when somebody watches, plays, or roots on or for a team. If you put Mr. Ringers blog comments into context with his life’s
work, then you’ll quickly find that Mr. Ringer encourages individuals to climb past childish worship up to and beyond even the Constitution itself, to “its fountainhead.”

As for me,(aka Mr. Nobody), personally, I’m not above getting into the ring for a few rounds of Thai Kickboxing(although I don’t do full contact any longer). Call me a brute, and maybe it’s partly true;
however, at least I don’t go partly insane over my victories, my opponents, or worship the sport itself.

Moreover, the most adroit boxers in Thailand are not overpaid; in fact, they are underpaid and most possess a most humble mental-posture.

Fighting both as a sport and an art has its place, for now at least,until all mankind can stop drinking Kool-Aid and start drinking from the “fountainhead” that feeds freedom and peace.

“Then we can all sit back, arms folded, and say to the new power holders, “Okay, folks, now prove to us that you understand the Constitution.”

What their response will be remains to be seen.”

Helloooo Robert we have already BEEN watching their response to the Constitution for the last ten years.

And one more thing Robert lose WordPress, after wasting time trying everything to just type in normal black type,it didn’t work. Typing in different colors is not that important on blogs, you might even get more responses.

“The public announcement of the India purchase (200 tons of gold with its U.S. Dollars) was made on November 4th, the day Fed officials met to decide whether to raise interest rates to strengthen the dollar.

The Fed did not raise rates, and in fact stated the opposite, that they would maintain “exceptionally low” interest rates for “an extended period.”

In other words, the government of India fired a shot across Washington’s bow, and Washington ignored it.

India is a second tier financial power. If a first tier power, say the government of China, Germany or Saudi Arabia, had fired the warning shot, this may have been startling enough to trigger a global stampede out of the dollar.

A theory is that the first tier powers secretly asked the Indians to make the move, so that the message would be sent in a less frightening way.

I believe the Federal reserve has run out of maneuvering room. It no longer has a choice between recession and double-digit inflation. The choice now is only between depression and runaway inflation.

By announcing on November 4th that it would not raise interest rates even so much as a quarter point, the Fed was saying it has made it’s choice: runaway inflation. The Fed is sacrificing the dollar.”

Jon from Arizona

By the way, Robert, in the interim, how is it that YOU do not have your own national TV or radio program? Hearing you transmit your intelligible, America-first values and viewpoint five days a week, into our living rooms would be a pleasure and truly enlightening for millions of Americans- that is REAL Americans, I need to qualify. Of course the I.R.S., the F.C.C. and Rachel Maddow will be all over you like flies on a garbage pail, but I think you can take the heat, as well as dish it out.

RB Port Leyden, NY

I can’t just blame the Democrats, (or as they prefer to be called, “the Progressives”. Hey, at least they stopped calling themselves “Liberal”, which is double-speak worthy of something straight out of 1984). The Republicans are no longer Conservatives, so our rights have been diminishing steadily no matter which party has been in office. At some point – soon, I hope – the American people have to realize that neither party has the interests of the People at heart.

I sent emails to both “my” Senators a few weeks ago regarding my views re the pending health care legislation. Kyle’s office (certainly not him, personally) replied with what amounted to a canned press release that barely resembled the subject of my letter. I have not received any acknowledgment of my correspondence from McCain & Company. And they are BOTH Republicans! Is this how representative government is supposed to work?

By contrast, I have been reading a book written by Wayne Allyn Root (He was the Libertarian Party’s Vice-Presidential candidate in 2008 and the front-runner for that party’s Presidential nomination in 2012). He reminds me of Barry Goldwater, and I find myself in agreement with him on most of his positions, but I disagreed strongly on one point.

So, I sent him an email. To my surprise, I received a personal response within an hour! Of course, he lost the election, so maybe he doesn’t have anything else to do, but he’s got my vote! I’m in favor of change – as long as it is a change BACK to a limited Federal government.

I personally know dozens of disappointed individuals who waited their entire adult lives for Republicans to have the majority control of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Well then? Please tell me what happened when the hoi polloi voted the Republicans, including President George Bush, into majority control? Do I really have to point out the results of republican control and then extrapolate what will happen if they gain control back?

America desperately, desperately needs a new party that will embrace liberty as its fundamental reason for existing. Let us call it the Freedom Party. The platform will be called The RE-DE-DIS Platform(REpeal DEfund DISmantle).

1) Repeal the thousands of suffocating laws and regulations that are
stifling freedom.

2) Defund the hundreds of socialist-government-programs and departments, including major departments like the Department of Education, that are bankrupting freedom.

3) Dismantle entire socialist-government-entities that confiscate freedom; such as the IRS.

No new laws, regulations, taxes, fees, tariffs, money printing, or borrowing.

Slash the Department of Defence’s budget and shrink the military down to a reasonable size; a size that allows for national defence only.

For America: No more gallivanting around the world with our military as some sort of supposed deliverer of dollars, “liberator” and/or “nation-builder.”

If we ourselves, in America, unchain all aspects of freedom, including pure economic and unfettered Capitalism, then we will economically crush and dominate all the nations that oppose our freedom. Our economy and markets will once again flourish to the point of total world domination. People around
the world will once again whistle in amazement at the superiority and quality of the freedom enjoyed in America. The freedom to choose is what makes a country economically invincible, and that’s what America use to be—-invincible.

And let us not forget that unencumbered freedom is what exponentially begets Muse. In turn, Muse, i.e. the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus(metaphorically speaking), is a vital component in establishing and maintaining a halcyon empire like America. And a halcyon empire’s culture, innovation, creativity, ideology, and dynamic economy are what drives it to the top and keeps it there, above all other nations, as the number one in every metric.

Conquer the world not with military might, but with a culture of competitive freedom.

Alas, America will continue its decline unless it rids itself of extraneous governance and corrupt organizations, like the United Nations. In fact, one of the first things on the list is to DEfund the UN
and remove its headquarters off American soil. Let the Chinese have it in China. That would send a strong message to the world that the socialist party is over in America and that selfish competition is back (i.e. game on)

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL( not perfect, but beautiful) IS THE RESULT OF FREEDOM FOR INDIVIDUAL SELFISH MEN AND WOMEN TO ACT IN THEIR OWN LONG-TERM BEST INTEREST.

By the way, I know what some of you are thinking about a new party: We already have such a party, the Libertarian Party—-right? Yes, I know it’s true, and it’s filled with good people too; however, we need a party that’s brand new. One that has the smell, feel, and that is powered like a shiny new muscle car. A new party which marks the beginning of one era and the end of another. A party with leaders that fire up young people and causes both ire and goose pimples to rise up on the back of young revolutionaries necks. A party that’s born from revolution, and grows into a renaissance.

In his book, The Constitution Of Liberty, F.A. Hayek gave us a clue as to how the future would likely unfold when he warned his readers that Social Security and all the other social programs would inevitably overburden the young and pit them against the old.

I pose this question to thinking men and women: Who in the hell is going to take care of all the old Baby-Boomers once they have stopped producing? The Social Security Fund? (laugh) The young? I think not. Currently, we can’t even get the young to vote in any large numbers.

What will likely happen is that both the Democrats and Republicans will finish the job they started(i.e. ruining the country and destroying the future of the young.) Then, one day, the young will be in so much pain that they’ll be forced into making a move.

There will be a revolutionary movement and a counter revolutionary movement that is spearheaded by the young. It will be interesting to see which movement prevails—the socialist movement or freedom movement.

Those whom win the hearts of a large portion of the young and gain their support will, in turn, win the fight.

We desperately need to “clean house” in Congress – as well as in the White House.

Sometimes I wonder if there’s some kind of poison in the water in Washington D.C. They almost all appear to have lost all sense of reason, judgment, and common sense.

Your points are powerful and cogent. The ideals this country were built on have been weakened for years of the “gimmee gimmee” special interests and mindless politicians.

Then, when the Republicans had their chance, instead of keeping with their core principles, they caved to special interest groups everywhere with spend, spend, spend.

Bush didn’t veto anything for years and the money trees were left with very little fruit.

Now Obama’s crew is going to take what’s left of this precious “fruit,” which they’ve done, but that’s not enough. Now they’re selling the seeds too. There will be nothing left of our “orchards” and that seems just fine with them.

Look at how they are rushing to dump money, create regulatory machines and take greater control of our lives. Trillions at stake with gobbldygook bills that none of them read or if they did, could understand. Yet they’ll vote across party lines?

We’ve been wearing out the snooze alarm buttons with all the wake-up calls we’ve had. Is it too late? No, but action is now what it takes. Alert your senators and congregational representatives. Let them know (respectfully) where you stand and that you’ll do all you can to keep standing there and bringing others with you.

Best regards,

Tom Justin

P.S. I love your phrase, “Marxist pacemaker.”

The accountant in the group came in and was handing out lo books to everyone because most in the group are his clients. He is telling everyone that they need to keep careful records of expenses. He was ta an IRS seminar last week and with the electronic submission of tex returns and database technology, they are going over records and flagging anything out of there “ratio limits”. He said computers make it easy. he also said the IRS is being told by the administration to crack down. He said they are increasing fines where they can greatly exceed the taxes. They are also going to fine the accountant if they find something wrong with the business return even if its not the accountant fault. His statement was it was like being in 150′s Soviet Union and the IRS scared him more than ever. There is no representation, this is just government going after the business people because they think they are rich. The small businesses suffer the most.

Mike Raymond

Somewhere in the back of my mind I have been wondering whether BHO would cause or take advantage of a crisis in order to attempt a complete power grab. I don’t think it would succeed but then again look at what has already been shoved down the throat of the American public.

Thanks for being that Voice of Sanity!

The mandatory co-dependence is manifested in how the citizenry is forced through legislation, to be completely dependent upon the good intentions and altruism of their government. This kind of government is generally composed of child-like characters who insist that their subservient citizenry live one way, while these oligarchs are held to a different set of standards and rules. A large portion of the American Congress is composed of millionaires and Ivory Tower blue bloods, and few of these isolated elitists, have ever held any occupation that would have instilled a sense of what real labor and personal initiative is actually all about.
They learned to accumulate their wealth by very passive methods in the transfer of wealth. They bill at exorbitant rates in their pre-political practices, they inherit, and they legislate.

As those of us who have studied the lessons of history and understand the inherent truth in Lord Acton’s observation, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.