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Good rant. I want to rant with you! :)

The internet generation is being raised in an atmosphere that, in part, breeds sympathy to some (l)ibertarian causes. Fewer government restrictions, freer markets, and more unfettered capitalism; Freedom and liberty, especially the right to be left alone by the government. I like to take the opportunity to show young people where their tax dollars are spent (wasted), and they invariably end up angry. But more and more, I don't have to show them. They already know, and they are already angry. And I find that deeply satisfying.

The question is, should this resource should be channeled in a way to change the major parties (growth of the Republican Liberty Caucus in the US, and realignment of the Conservative Party in Canada, and so on in other countries), or should third party growth should be the goal to expand liberties and kill off the nanny-states. As a matter of political expediency, I would prefer to opt with changing the existing major parties - mostly because of the political atmosphere imposed upon us by the MSM and the polling industry (wherever they aren't one in the same!).

We have to, unfortunately, write-off most of those who are already hooked either on the entitlements themselves, or the warm fuzzies they get by supporting them, and focus on those who haven't been brainwashed into "thinking" that the government is the best solution to every problem. The cancer of compulsory collectivism cannot be removed except through time - and lots of sweat.

Let the small government dream RIP? Don't even let it rest.

" ... We have to, unfortunately, write-off most of those who are already hooked either on the entitlements themselves, or the warm fuzzies they get by supporting them, and focus on those who haven't been brainwashed into "thinking" that the government is the best solution to every problem."

Not to rain on your parade, but consider the following:

There were 59,028,439 persons, dead and alive, legally, or illegally, who voted for J.Effin Kerry.(The "Brainwashed")

Aditionally there were 35 million persons over 65 (the "WarmFuzzies") in the U.S. (2000 census)

That makes a mountain of about 95 million to climb.

Add to that the ever increasing population of uneducated youths being foisted upon society by the "public" educational system and there is now grease on the mountain.

IMHO the only way out of this morass is to have a complete meltdown, such as is happening with our borders, and gasoline prices.

Then, and only then will we begin to remedy the problems.

Hell, most people I talk to (seemingly intelligent people) think that Exon-Mobile, by making less that 10% profit, are raping and pillaging, yet think it perfectly alright for Yahoo to make 37%. Of course one doesn't need Yahoo to drive around.