Free Republic

When my family lived in West Berlin, some of the simple personal freedoms Germans enjoyed — freedoms that we here in the US don’t have — amazed me. They were small things, really – like no speed limit on the autobahn (highway), and no legal restrictions on the drinking age. Such restrictions have become so commonplace for us, that we can scarcely imagine life without them. I told a German friend of mine that I found it odd that her fellow countrymen had so many more personal freedoms than we do in America. She shrugged her shoulders and said, with...

It is time to declare independence from big government! The next Tea party should be on July 4th! The following questions should be asked to all of our federal officials, from the president down: - Did you even bother to read the entire Stimulus package? - Do you know where the money is currently being spent and what the results are to date? - What controls are placed on the stimulus dollars to ensure that they are being spent properly? - Who is responsible for ensuring that these controls are adequate and effective? (Joe Biden? Yeah, right!) - Why did...