A quick note on revolution:

"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government."
-George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796

In our pursuit of "progress" I am wondering if we haven't lost ourselves. Our new president (and please think logically about what I'm saying, I mean NO disrespect) built the most effective campaign of all time on marketing strategy and one slogan, "change".

"Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security."
-Edmund Burke

Burke is considered the "father of conservatism" and his quotes resonate with me. Often I am chastised for having strong opinions and many conservatives are chastised in this day for "fear mongering". And yet it was Edmund Burke who was one of the strongest proponents of the American Revolution; and freedom, who reminds us that to be despised is OKAY. I wonder if the American Revolution would work today? If the people of this nation existed in the 1700's in equal proportions to the numbers of the "new world" and old England; would the revolution have been won, and the even bigger question, would it even be fought?

I will no longer support a nation that kills it's babies in the name of "choice". I will no longer support government social programs like public education and welfare and medical (in this state) as long as they exist to enable the lazy and reward those who learn the "system" and then live by it. Especially when that system is one that promotes socialism and humanist principles. I will no longer live to promote the false security created by "the greatest nation on Earth" when we give ourselves freely to foreign powers.

The Union Tribune had an editorial article on the Republican Party and this was the catch phrase, "Unless the Republican Party ends its self-imposed captivity to social fundamentalists, it will spend a long time in the political wilderness." So here we are. The democrats today are not the democrats of the 50's people. The liberal compromise of the Democrats was won them a seat in power, but the answer is not a watering down of values and morals and a reducing to another common denominator lower; the answer is vision.

We need a leader who can unify the country and build on freedom and history. The tradition of this country is strong, but it has been hijacked by a minority of people who have prostituted our values, morals, trade, and law. We need a leader who will stand on innovation and AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. We need a leader who promotes personal responsibility for actions and requires accountability from elected and appointed officials. We need a leader who will promote prosperity through deregulation and free trade among Americans, lowering taxes and reducing the bureaucracy that our government has become.

I'm done with what America has become; we need change, but not to shirk the past, to embrace it. Where are the Edmund Burke's? The George Washington's? The Thomas Paine's? The John Adam's?