A CRITICAL TIME

This to me is a critical time in politics. Both the Democrats and Republicans are working hard to put us under their control. The Republicans on one hand are pushing through legalisation that some would argue is a total violation of an individual privacy The democrats are out of control socialists who will turn this country into Cuba if given half the chance. Both have little regard for the Constitution and individual rights.
First the Republicans. I came across an article describing a proposed law which I find extremely dangerous. This law is dubbed the LAW AND ORDER agenda, which is proposed by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas. Under this bill a ISP would be required to track and retain all information about what a persons web surfing habits are. This not only interferes with our privacy rights, but also the rights of the ISP's themselves. What right does the government have to force a private company t o keep records on its customers? These records can be used not only in criminal, but in civil cases, such as divorces or custody hearings. I understand the need to stop web crime, but it should not come at a violation of our freedoms. I do not think any American wants a database of their daily web use stored about them.

I believe Ben Franklin said it best here

"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security"

The Republicans also are attempting to legislate our morality. All one has to do is look at the attempted ban on on-line poker to see an example of this. This may be small rights lost, but anyone who believes they have a right to tell a grown adult what he can do in his/her home has a mentality that the people are his to control.

It should be noted that both these examples have bipartisan support, but the Republicans did take the lead on these.

While Republicans have little respect for privacy and social rights, some of the things coming out of the Democrats mouths are frightening and fly in the face of what this country stands for.

The Democrats would like nothing more than to than to destroy the very foundation of our individual rights and prosperity.....the want to destroy Capitalism. Listening to the Democrats speak one concludeds that they want to replace the idea of the "individual" with the idea of society. This starts with destroying capitalism.

These quotes from leading Democrats speak for themselves...

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society. --Hillary Clinton


I support a health care plan that would cover every child and millions of vulnerable adults, and also bring down health costs for all Americans. I support a strong Patients Bill of Rights, prescription drug benefit in Medicare, and stem cell research- John Edward

Obama says he is "determined to enact universal health care by the end of his first presidential term".

I prefer a 'we're all in it together' society. I believe our government can
once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American
tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none...There is
no greater force for economic growth than free markets. But markets work
best with rules that promote our values, protect our workers and give all
people a chance to succeed. Fairness doesn't just happen. It requires the
right government policies." - Hillary Clinton


Well, what we've offered already, in fact, and that is, of course, we ought to be saying here that when the price of a barrel of oil gets beyond $40 a barrel, where there's plenty of profit here, that those dollars ought to be returned to the consumers in a rebate or plowed back into the research that would allow us to develop alternative technologies. -Chris Dodd

Obama on Insurance . So my emphasis is on driving down the costs, taking on the insurance companies, making sure that they are limited in the ability to extract profits and deny coverage; that we make sure the drug companies have to do what's right by their patients instead of simply hording their profits.

I can go on, but I will stop here. The Democrats will stop at nothing to control every American by putting them in a health program they do not want and forcing them to pay for it. They will add to the budget deficit and the overall size of government. They will also want to take control over the economy by controlling companies that have been successful. Today it is big oil and health care companies, tomorrow who knows.

Once they are given the power to take some companies profits, why not all?

Hillary's comments regarding the individual were most disturbing. This country was founded on individual rights and prosperity.The constitution says " we have a right to pursue happiness" not the right to demand happiness from the people who did pursue it.

This is a critical time in our society, before voting in the "lesser of two evils" think. We can not afford to have one more right no matter how small, taken away from us.