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“Well, we’re not going to pussyfoot around with these people.”

Believe me, I’m weary of the hog trough sloppin’ lot of them.

I posted in response to your post. The whole “what would we do” thing.

If it happened right now, the first thing that would happen is...it would be ignored. It would be mocked. I don’t know if a million would show up.

It’s kind of the trouble with the tea parties. Don’t get me wrong, I went to my local tea party with my entire family and my 101-year-old grandma who has never protested in her long life.

(The idea that the government might decide she needs to talk about her death with a special counselor every five years turns my stomach, she retired at 93 and pays for private insurance. She’s lost her husband, 7 of her 8 siblings and two of her three sons. And someone thinks she needs to talk about death? She needs to learn to use some cuss words for that meeting.)

Anyway, the tea parties were great because of the disorganization. The fact that you googled and showed up with your signs. The signs said a lot of different things.

It was about much more than taxes in the end.

So, what I’m saying is, I agree with your plan to work on a document. There’s a lot of chaos right now. And some are completely ignorant of what’s going on.

You know, let’s look at the health care. Let’s look at the idea that the government is planning long term to somehow STOP tobacco usage in the military because insurance costs are high. Now, imagine you live in the ‘hood and you have the government insurance...you really think they’re not going to be coming for your cigarettes, too? What do you think about that? How are you going to like it when the government decides which foods you get to consume? It won’t be long until they are controlling your alcohol, too.

Are those the rights you wanted when you voted for them? The prohibition on doing certain things because it costs THEM too much?

Our government is becoming larger than our individual rights.

Is that the America we want? Maybe if you’re on Social Security, you should be forced to buy your new car from government motors? It could sound reasonable. But it’s definitely the path to totalitarianism.

I’ll be really curious to see the “manifesto”. There’s just so much to be concerned about right now, that I think people feel splintered on certain things. Having it concisely and with bullet points and major contentions, I think at least, would be helpful.

Then if you are asked, “What’s this about?” You are ready.