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You're right, Ernie. I have nothing to add, so I will depart. But let me try to redeem the bandwidth here a little before I go. In response to your question if you are correct in your analysis of what my politics are, let me submit this:

Yes, you are mistaken.

Like millions of Americans, I am fed up with our out of control federal government. Therefore, I am helping to roll back decades of liberal/socialist public policy and eliminate the waste, fraud, abuse and corruption pervasive in Washington today.

I am dedicated to helping reverse the trend of unconstitutional government expansion and advocate a complete restoration of our constitutional republic.

I submit:

Basically, I believe that the Founders designed our system of government in the form of a constitutionally limited republic, with maximum freedom intended for the people and minimum government control or interference into our personal lives and business affairs.

The united states of America was intended to be a federation of sovereign states, each with its own constitution and state government. Governments at all levels -- federal, state and local -- were to be controlled by the people. Our Constitution explicitly restricts the power of our federal government; and our Bill of Rights guarantees that NO government may infringe upon our God given unalienable rights. This is to ensure that the real power remains close to home, with the states, the local governments and always in the hands of the people.

We the People have granted our federal government limited powers to oversee certain things, such as national defense, interstate commerce, the postal service, the coining of money, and the operation of a court system. Most other powers now in the hands of the federal government were illegally usurped from the states and from the people.

Somehow, over the years, our guiding principles of law, as set forth in the Constitution, have been eroded to the point that the federal government now has total control -- leaving the states impotent and the people as captive servants to the federal government. This must be reversed if we are to survive as a free Republic and a free people.

I am determined to help return the Constitution to its rightful place as the Supreme Law of the land as the Founders intended.

To wit:

The preservation and complete restoration of our Constitution and Bill of Rights with special emphasis on the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth amendments and, of course, our right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness -- free of government intervention.

I call for the repeal of the 17th amendment, which will reverse the independence of the Senate and reestablish the Senate as a representative of the State governments, as intended by the Founding Fathers. This arrangement was intended to be a critical check against illegal federal expansion over the States, and the people residing in the various States, and will act to return the powers not granted to the federal government, as enumerated in the Constitution, to the states.

I call for the repeal of the 16th amendment and to abolish the income tax and the IRS. Revenues to the federal government should come from excise taxes and tariffs.

I call for the repeal of the Emergency and War Powers Acts, an end to all national emergencies and a ban on the unilateral creation of law by Presidential edict. I all call for the repeal all laws created by unconstitutional and extraconstitutional devices, such as Executive Order or Presidential Directive.

I call for the repeal of the war and emergency powers acts and the various states of national emergencies, which will allow the abolishing of all unconstitutional federal law, agencies and departments. This will return us to a Federalist system of government and return many responsibilities to the States and personal rights to the citizens.

I call for the return to a strictly Constitutional form of federal government that will automatically repeal and abolish all unconstitutional federal involvement in states issues such as: crime, health, education, welfare and the environment. The Tenth Amendment will again be in effect, which will bar all federal attempts at legislating social issues. This will also require that social programs such as Social Security, welfare and Medicare be repealed. So too, will most federal subsidies.

I also call for the rescinding of all treaties and/or International Agreements which are not in perfect agreement with the federal government’s Constitutionally mandated task of protecting the rights of the people.

I believe that the United States should disassociate itself from the U.N. and that the U.N. should be forced to leave the United States. Furthermore, I demand that the federal government refrain from meddling in the business and squabbles of foreign nations, unless there is an imminent threat to the people of the United States.

I also call for the strengthening of our military and defenses; the effective control over illegal immigration and smuggling; the paying down the national debt; and strict control over federal agencies like the CIA and the FBI.

I DO NOT condone bigotry or violence and DO NOT advocate an overthrow of the government.

If this sounds a little too radical and restrictive for you, you might want to take it up with the person who composed it.

There is nothing in your message that I consider troubling.

FYI: I happen to agree with many of the ideas contained in your message --- including, but not limited to, inviting the UN to move their operations to another country and adoption of a more isolationist foreign policy.

Eastbound---I hope you remember that this discussion began as a consideration of whether or not the Birch Society is a responsible organization and a reliable source of information. Nothing in your current message deals with that subject.

One can believe every iota of what your message says but still oppose the Birch Society--as MANY prominent conservatives do!

Major figures within the conservative movement (who share many of your views) have, over the years, repudiated the JBS. The list is quite comprehensive: Russell Kirk, Eugene Lyons, Frank Meyer, James Burnham, Bill Buckley, Sen. Barry Goldwater, Sen. John Tower, the editors of Human Events, and so many more.

Others, who were JBS members or endorsers, subsequently left the JBS in disgust (including such luminaries as John Rousselot, Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, and even Mrs. Welch!)

Do you honestly believe that they ALL were stupid fools? Or maybe -- JUST MAYBE -- do you think they discovered that the JBS was grievously wrong about many matters and could not be considered as a rational, responsible organization?

In closing, I will copy below J. Edgar Hoover's comments before the Warren Commission when he was asked for his opinion about an article appearing in the JBS magazine, American Opinion:

"Mr. Hoover: I have read that piece. My comment on it is this in general: I think the extreme right is just as much a danger to the freedom of this country as the extreme left. There are groups, organizations, and individuals on the extreme right who make these very violent statements, allegations that General Eisenhower was a Communist, disparaging references to the Chief Justice and at the other end of the spectrum you have these leftists who make wild statements charging almost anybody with being a Fascist or belonging to some of these so-called extreme right societies.

Now, I have felt, and I have said publicly in speeches, that they are just as much a danger, at either end of the spectrum. They don't deal with facts. Anybody who will allege that General Eisenhower was a Communist agent, has something wrong with him. A lot of people read such allegations because I get some of the weirdest letters wanting to know whether we have inquired to find out whether that is true. I have known General Eisenhower quite well myself and I have found him to be a sound, level-headed man."