The actual title of this article is GET OUT OF OUR LIVES NOW.  I don’t mean tomorrow, I mean right now, this very instant. This article isn’t for the brain dead, those dependent on the nanny state, but for those who want freedom from the government telling us what to do and who want our liberty restored so we can do as we desire within the bounds of common sense and moral decency. I have had enough of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Charlie Schumer, Vic Snyder, Mark Pryor, et al, Barack Obama and John McCain. Where in the world did the political crowd, both Democrats and Republicans, ever get the idea they are so smart they need to tell millions of people how to live and what to do?  

The intrusion into our lives began with FDR’s New Deal; continued with Truman’s Fair Deal; went forward with John Kennedy’s New Frontier; LBJ ushered in the Great Society with the War on Poverty; George W. Bush used Compassionate Conservatism; and Obama touts Change and Hope. Each one of those was and is directed at more government and more intrusion into our affairs that is none of the government’s business.

Obama wants to strangle us more with an energy policy sure to bring changes no one will want. He doesn’t want to drill anywhere; he wants big investments in alternative energy research. Read that as more taxes on the “rich” to pay for his schemes. Obama opposes lifting the gas tax, arguing that prices would still rise while eliminating a needed source of revenue. He opposes lifting the ban on offshore exploration, arguing such a move would provide no appreciable savings to consumers now. He wants to keep the government in our lives to please the other countries. He said, "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."  In addition, he wants to expand entitlement programs, meaning more people will be entitled to dip into the pockets of those whom Obama believes should pay most of the cost of government. Translation: The Obama form of Communism. Won’t it be wonderful?  

John McCain wants to give tax credits to those buying insurance, but he will tax employer contributions toward health insurance like income, meaning workers would have to pay income, but not payroll, taxes on it. In other words, if insurance isn’t bought as the government desires, then the workers will be taxed because they disobeyed the mighty government.  

Now we arrive at Senator Harry Reid who is less brilliant than a burned out light bulb. He and President Bush have invaded our homes with mandated mercury laden bulbs. Bush signed the energy bill that mandated that food crops be used to make ethanol fuel which is helping to fuel a rise in the cost of food. The bulbs and fuel are more government intrusions on our liberty. That law limits our choices for products and extracts more dollars from our pockets, not to mention increased government control of our lives.

Harry Reid showed his continuing non-brilliance when he said, "coal is making us sick, oil is making us sick – we're ruining our country, we're ruining the planet." The truth is Harry, you and your ignorant ilk are making those of us sick who aren’t dependent on government and who have enough sense not to swallow your bilge. It’s you and your ilk who are ruining our country’s liberty by imposing tyrannical laws that we must follow or else.

Roger Hedgecock ended his article with the following paragraph “… Sen. Reid, stop the madness. If you really believe (with my county supervisor) that we must stop using all coal, natural gas and oil, then you have become the Mad Hatter of American politics. Please step aside for new leadership capable of rational thought and bipartisan problem solving.” (Unquote)

In Sorting It Out, I’ll be less charitable to Harry Reid than Mr. Hedgecock. Simply, you and those like you, Republicans and Democrats alike, GET OUT OF OUR LIVES NOW and leave us alone so we can go about restoring the greatness of this nation which you and your ungodly fellows are ruining more and more with each passing day that you remain in office.

© 07-07-2008 DEC