[Kleon]

Government advocacy of socially deviant lifestyles

How does this interfere with your freedoms?

[RightWhale]

Add this: car drivers disregarding traffic laws
people jumping in their car several times a day instead of asking if this trip is really necessary

[Momaw Nadon]

Elimination of the right to defend our borders against ILLEGAL immigration.

[sure_fine]

most recent, allowed dog sniffing in your vehicle

[agitator]

It started with mandatory auto license and registration laws that started guess where? Taxxachusetts in 1903.

http://taor.agitator.dynip.com/on_law.htm

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Bush's fault, right?

[unixfox]

The so called "War On Drugs" has spawned a lot of this crap.

It's definitely time to knock lawmakers down from their high horses!

[Radix]

Oh, rent control in cities is a big infringement.

Here in Massachusetts a court ordered a private country club which receives no tax money to allow in a group of women as full fledged members against the wishes of the club members and owners.

There are many many examples.

[monkeywrench]

Use of litigation to control peoples behavior. Smoking. Soon eating.

[swilhelm73]

I would suggest that perhaps your list would be better served by dividing issues into state and federal ones.

Many of the issues you note are state issues, not national ones, and best solved by a return to federalism.

Of course, there are issues on your list that are indeed problems at the federal level, and more difficult to address.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Here's some more for you:

The creation of policies that virtually force our children into public schools.

Increasing federal intervention in the public school curricula.

Virtual elimination of accessibility to the public lands.

The creation of tax policies that undermine our Agricultural industries.

[satchmodog9]

Government seizure of private land for the "public good".

[CBart95]

Dear Cornpone: Good news. All you loss of "freedoms" is a little circus going on between your ears. The events you list probably have not really occured and don't be expecting to go to Heaven, cause crybabies automatically go to the other place.

[Betis70]

>>Increasing restrictions on traditional methods of outdoor cooking

This one baffled me--most of the others I could see where you were going with them. What methods do you mean? Asking because I really haven't a clue. Pig roasts or something similar?

[Vicki]

Burn Bans
Here in Washington State we used to be able to burn outdoors whenever we wanted. Certainly can understand a ban in the summer, however, we have bans now for air quality.

[secretagent]

Encroachment on the constitutional right to assembly

Examples please.

[dancusa]

Vehicle emmissions testing. After paying property tax, registration and license fees. The state wants to check your emmisions on your car. If your car fails,it costs about 500.00 to fix your car(the garage has to do the work)to meet emmission standards. You cannot fix the problem yourself (this would cost you less than 150.00). If you have two cars, it could cost you about 1000.00 if they both fail.

[Paperdoll]

Here in the State of Washington, where our nonest votes mean notheing, but fraudulent votes ride an armored truck, the legislation is trying to pass the illegality of using rain barrels on privately owned property to collect rain water for irrigation or for livestock! Unbelievable!

[texasreb]

Most of these things have been started by people like the kennedy's. People that have millions of dollars spending millions of dollars to get a job that pays thousands of dollars. This is past a joke. Look at the things they have done and escaped with no punishment. I do guess ol' teddy probably thinks the presidency belonged to him but we stole it from him for a murder? that happened in his car. If
you notice, they start to steal these things by first talking about a "problem" and the problems we all face because of it and they keep talking until a lot of folks think well it won't hurt to let them do this, if any one pays attention any more, anyway. God Bfless y'all, KennyBob

[mrfixit514]

How can we live in such a Draconian nation. I think we should all go to a place where we have more freedoms. Like...uh let's see... uh.../sarcasm

You bunch of whiners need to grow up. WE HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!