Individual Rights Extremist? #DTOM, #CONCONV

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Yesterday we journeyed to KC for some shopping. Along the way Glenn Beck was on. Glenn was still ranting about the interview with the ACORN guy. Last night he apologized, but he was still ranting. He must realize he’s not doing himself any favors by putting people on who are patent liars and part of a huge governmental effort to re-shape this country. Everything in his message gets lost when he attempts to deal personally with them.
After a few stops, we starting listening to Mark Steyn on the EIB network. Mark for my money is the best right wing talker on the air. Probably, because I enjoy understatement, satire and sarcasm. While Mark is Canadian, he was educated in Britain which explains the English accent. That may put some people off him.
Mark talked with a young man who felt the republican’s Tea Parties were a move to the extreme right, which made it look bad. First, the republicans did not do Tea Parties. They are hoping to latch onto them, but it’s not their show. Second, Tea Parties are not about extremism. They are about individual rights. Someone who calls individual rights extreme needs a lesson in government.
We saw the Terror Reports where those of us who believe in individual rights and self government were labeled extremists. That was propaganda aimed at the weak, who will flee the movement fearing prosecution. Understand now, the movement for individual rights and state sovereignty are not for the faint of heart.
We must commend Texas Governor Rick Perry, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, Gov. Schweitzer signed the Montana Gun Law. Which I believe should be labeled Montana Gun Sovereignty Law. If the Texas legislature puts together a good bill, I assume Gov. Perry will step up and make it law. We must congratulate and praise these men for their stance on the power of individual states in the face of intense central government expansion.
During our trip about the city, actually we never went into the city, just the suburbs, we saw many store fronts and businesses empty. In Petco, there appeared to be only one employee at the register and no one else in the store. We were looking at Saltwater things for our tank. Nothing bought but interesting. At two different Best Buy stores there were was only one person in the Wireless department. We are looking at switching from Sprint to Verizon. Sprint as a company is on the ropes. They have an antiquated network and will not let Sprint customers switch to the newer Nextel network, so we remained tied to the antiquated CDMA system.
In the computer department, we looked at laptops. We have not yet moved to the laptop generation. And we may not soon. Prices are still artificially high for the current market. One department we almost ignored, the second store a person asked to help but then looked about the store while Heather asked questions. No computer purchase seems to be on the horizon.
Back to the extremist point raised yesterday, are we extreme because we desire to have less government in our lives? Are we cruel, heartless individuals because we do not believe we should support a culture in areas such as San Francisco or Washington DC which goes against our basic beliefs? Can we not expect people to work if capable to support themselves? Can we not have morals and expect our community have the right to enforce laws?
In my opinion, we have not moved. We are still rooted in the culture of the 1950’s. We spent the 60’s partying, the 70’s trying to adjust and the 80’s being told we were out of step and the 90’s being shamed for our culture. This decade has been highlighted by a war between what we believe and a growing number of welfare state socialists.
It is not us that has moved. The media has evolved from its responsibility to report the facts, and with that move truth has suffered. In education, we see educators with an agenda to change the face of culture to fit their concept of normal. Putting boys in dresses and forcing them to use girls names as is practiced in Sweden will never fly with me. But we can expect culture change unless we stand our ground.

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