Which campaigns did you work on?
And regarding the dueling twins- you still took the side of supporting campaign finance reform, which makes you a suspect person to be complaining about free speech issues.
I love America, but that does not mean I love our current government. In fact, I started this website to try to do something about the rampant government corruption and abuse. Like most conservatives, I am alarmed at the continuing expansion of government power and erosion of our individual liberty.
To let you know where I stand politically, I believe completely in the U.S. Constitution. The federal government should be strictly limited to the the dozen and a half powers granted it by We the People and enumerated in Article I of the U.S Constitution. The congress and the courts should not be eroding away the Bill of Rights. Most of the ABC agencies set up by the federal government are unconstitutional and should be abolished. The federal government was not intended by our founders to be involved in crime or social issues. These were reserved for the states and the people and should be under local control. The founders did not intend for a huge and powerful central government. And they did not intend for the people to be taxed on their income. The 16th amendment should be repealed and the Income Tax and the IRS abolished. The war on drugs should be ended. Federal meddling into our personal affairs and businesses should be stopped. The 17th amendment should be repealed and the balance between federal and state powers should be restored.
I am no fan of expanding federal power. I am not in favor of "compassionate" conservatism. Nor am I in favor of federal involvement in education or any other social issue. I am not in favor of expanded security at the cost of lost liberty. I want no part of a national ID card. I support the 2nd amendment as I do the 1st and the 3rd through 10th.
But, getting back to your article, you seem to be bothered by something I wrote and posted to Free Republic. I wrote the paragraph you quoted sometime after our country was brutally attacked by a foreign power. I feel that one of the few valid duties of our federal government is to defend the nation when attacked. I not only support our President in his military response against this attack, but I demand and expect these actions. As a nation, we cannot allow attacks such as this to go unanswered.
And I fully support our military and our intelligence agencies during wartime. I am not going to allow Free Republic to be used to undermine these efforts. There were several blame America first people who were posting all sorts of conspiracy theories about our own government being involved in a plot to blow up the WTC and the Pentagon. Sorry, but that does not pass the smell test. They got banned and their posts deleted. And I then posted my desire (the paragraph you quoted) NOT to have that sort of garbage posted to FR. Those of you who believe that President Bush or the CIA blew up the twin towers to expand his or their federal powers are more than welcome to spew your nonsense somewhere else. It will not be allowed to stand on FR.
Otherwise, thank you for your interest in FR.
Jim