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Jim, I didn’t mean to offend you.

I’ll certainly go elsewhere, if that’s what you recommend.

As I said, I’m as concerned about this as you are...the problem we have is that, from research I’ve been doing and observations I’ve been making, while Free Republic is a large influence in the political internet spectrum, there are so many people who are simply struggling to find enough hours in the day to work, take care of family and eek out a tiny bit of relaxation time, that as a society, we’ve lost touch with the Founder’s Intent. It has been lost as we’ve simply gotten used to BOHICA from the government. And we come home and watch the news (increasingly LESS of it) that they decide is “worthy”.

Sometimes it strikes me how small the Constitution is. You can carry it around in your breast pocket. It’s “da bomb” as far as the nation goes. But most Americans probably don’t have a copy. They don’t understand checks and balances and how important they are. Many are too young to understand the importance of State’s Rights. You ask them where the “government” is located and they are not going to say, “the state capital in Springfield” or “City Hall”
they are going to say “Washington DC”!

So, we have our founding document, that can be carried with you and sometimes it boggles my mind wondering what size of building it would take now to hold all the laws, regulations and red tape created in the time since it was written.

As you have gathered, I live in Illinois. This is where freedom goes to die. We had a governor that was positively rotten and he’s not in jail yet. He may have sold our senator’s seat, but somehow, we’re stuck with that guy. They’ve simply TOLD US that we can’t afford an election. Still, they’re trying to come up with clever ways to tax us. If THIS isn’t taxation without representation, I don’t know what is. But you can’t fight city hall. Not even at the ballot box because there’s “not enough money”.

I think people can “feel” that something is wrong. I just finished “Dutch” and I believe we are at a time similar to the one that ushered Reagan and the Republicans into power. I also got to watch a PBS documentary on Reagan that was interesting, but sometimes the observation a person makes is not the one intended by the narrative. When Reagan made a speech or gave a press conference, the media acted like ravening wolves...positively bellowing angry questions at him.

I contrast this now with Obama’s appearances. No one’s bellowing at him or asking him to defend himself. If the Fox News reporter asks a difficult question, the blogosphere goes nuts calling that reporter disrespectful.

This is a sign of scary times. The media controls the information we get, and is NOT holding Obama to his promises. There’s no constant repetition of the speech in which he made the promise (read my lips). No one yells out to have their question answered. They are puppets and it is shameful.

And too many good people are falling for it. The right needs its own “Michael Moore”...to point out how LARGE and powerful government has gotten and to lead we the people back to the truth. With humor and simplicity.

But what we really need, and it ain’t me, is our own “Reagan”. We need someone whip smart and press savvy, with a sense of humor and speech that is skilled. We don’t need just another politician. We need that individual who can truly address what is going horribly wrong, because we FEEL it.

We need thinkers who will abandon the idea of “business as usual” and “wheeling and dealing” and who will assure us he or she will TAKE THE REIGNS...no focus group needed.

Maybe the Heritage Foundation would be helpful in producing something enlightening...or then again, maybe an entirely NEW group needs to be founded. Shoveit.org?