tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118063.post4887031370932758882..comments2007-07-18T15:44:53.946-05:00Jeff Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08180585964823143954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118063.post-40344178667388963952007-07-18T15:44:00.000-05:002007-07-18T15:44:00.000-05:00I have been supporting Ron Paul since his decision to run for the GOP ticket. I love his stances on NATO, the UN and the IRS. However, as time has gone by, I have decided that an alternative candidate has little to no chance of winning a major party nomination, let alone an election. I believe it is time to heed the words of Thomas Jefferson... "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." I believe the American political system has failed the electorate. Not only is the average citizen not properly represented, but his constitutional means for addressing such a shortcoming has been whittled down to a farcical version of its former self. I believe it is time for the American people to rise up and begin again with a true republic, one that is concerned more with its own governance than with the interests of private business; more with its own responsibility to its citizenry than empire building abroad; more with the further growth of the opportunities afforded by the Declaration of Independence than the minutes of United Nations meetings. Every man should exercise his right to bear arms and demonstrate to his leaders that the Second Amendment was put in place to insure that the United States Federal Government should never hold sway over its populace, but be beholden to it. Tommy J warned us that foreign entanglements, banking and a general apathy toward the affairs of Washington would lead us into the very world from which our forefathers escaped. Let us all rise up and denounce with great fervor and militant declaration that we will no longer tolerate the misrepresentation, theft and feudal despotism to which our government has grown accustom.Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538340070723290113noreply@blogger.com