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I might have to get this book and give it a read...

I myself have decided to dump my Republican membership when I realized that todays modern GOP leaders are basically no different than the Democratic leaders.. they just have the Republican in their tittle than the other.

I decided I was a Republican when I listened to Ronald Reagan talk about limiting the federal government.. and watching the Democrats demonize him for years.. because of it.

But I have in the past few months received soliciation letters from the GOP.. Wanting me to donate to the Repubulican party to block the "Liberal Democrats" who wish to destroy our country.. In the meantime.. the GOP allows such crazy things as Real ID come into being.. As well as a whole host of things that government has no business being into..

But if you read the book The Creature from Jekyll Island (A second look at the federal reserve) by G. Edward Griffin and then look on how our government has grown and done things and do a little bit of thinking.. on how our Government has grown so much since 1913... Then maybe you could see it from a Libertarian view.

Another Excellent Book is Michael Badnarik's Good to Be the King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom. Its written in a plain no nonsense way of looking at things.

If Freerepublic is just a bastion of the Republican Cult.. (That is my own opinion) then I guess I will not come here for a refreshing view of things.. It seems the Grand Old Party is just as closed minded as the Democrats.

I don't think it's a bastion of the cult of the GOP at all.

Some of us are GOP fans. Some of us are not. Most of us prefer limited government. Some are more willing to take the GOP position regardless of its shortcomings than others. All of us wish the GOP were able to be constitutionalist, though some of us disagree what that means (as evidenced by this thread).

There is substantial discussion of the shortcomings, believe me. I hope you're on freepatriot32's ping list--there are certainly more discussions on that subject to be found where he pings ya.