Alphecca

Alternatives

It was good to get that mini-rant off my chest yesterday, responding to the Supreme Court decision that you are not entitled to your own home if it stands in the way of currupt politicians and their big business friends wanting to put up a strip-mall or some other property-tax-rich construction. This country is going down the tubes as the federal government usurps powers that rightfully should belong to the states, and more than that, to the citizens. Jim at Smoke On The Water agrees, as do others.

Since we can no longer count on Republicans, Democrats, and the courts to protect our rights, I more firmly than ever feel that I am -- not just independent -- but almost alone in this country. I feel as if I've been transplanted in some THX-1138 universe (or is it The Matrix) where the politicos know best and why don't we just lay in our cacoons while Big-Brother tells us what is best for us. We don't need Rights anymore because the government is in control of our VR screens. Suddenly, the opening of the original Outer Limits TV show seems oddly prescient.

Both the Left and the Right are destroying this country and the Moderate Middle doesn't seem to give a fuck. The Kerrys, Kennedys, Delays, Santorums, Bushs, Schumers; they all suck the life out of our Constitution. Can you imagine what the Founding Fathers would think of our federal government today?

To that end, I need to begin exploring other political venues -- organizations -- that limit their scope to preserving our rights as they were originally written AND INTENDED instead of attempting to re-engineer those rights as well as our liberties and.

I've been invited to hear one-time NH Libertarian gubernatorial candidate John Babiarz speak at the Orford Common about American history. I think I'll go. I also think I'll start spending more time at websites such as the American Sons of Liberty. Your recommendations are welcome. So are your thoughts.