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I think you are taking it a bit too far, but the main difference I see between us is that you seem to believe that government is inherently oppressive while I do not. The passage of a particular piece of legislation does not have to be liked by myself in order for me to recognize the legitimacy of the legislature to approve of such action. I may not like a "no spitting" law, or an anti-sodomy law, but I can see where the legislature indeed has the right to pass such a law.

The Founding Fathers, in their inspired wisdom, did not merely restrict power from the Federal Government, but provided the tools for the different levels of Government to weild power. They did this by making sure that every State had a Republican form of government. Thus they empowered each State with it's own legislature that represented the people of that State. Just as a major flaw of many liberals is the failure to recognize the restrictions on power weilded by the Government, so it is a major flaw of many conservatives to fail to recognize that power is indeed allowed to be wielded by the Government.

Sometimes this means laws are passed we don't like, but that doesn't mean that every law which has it's critics should be removed or deemed inappropriate.

I think you are taking it a bit too far, but the main difference I see between us is that you seem to believe that government is inherently oppressive while I do not.

No, I believe government should be protective of our rights, and will be if properly limited. I also believe that an unlimited government will inherently trend towards oppressive.

You haven't commented on my reiteration of what you're saying the limits are. While my examples may seem silly, they fall within the definition I think you provided: anything goes unless it violates a right specifically addressed in the Constitution, or a statute of a superior government.

Which effectively negates the Ninth Amendment.

Is that correct? Or are there any other limits?

so it is a major flaw of many conservatives to fail to recognize that power is indeed allowed to be wielded by the Government.

Power to protect rights. If they are not enacting laws that protect rights, they are not a proper government.