Put the 'boots' to him Radio... We've got ourselves another real live unabashed communitarian, right here on FR.
Interesting that one finds a fair amount of support for the right to tyrany in the name of democracy on a site called FreeRepublic.
I think the original ideals of our country have been largely lost on both the Right and the Left. The only political parties that seem to support such things are both on the fringe and full of fringe types.
If I mention to my friends, regardless of whether they be "liberal" or "conservative," that the sole purpose of government is to protect liberty, since all other actions by it infringe that liberty," I get either an uncomprehending look or outright laughter.