The primaries are coming, the primaries are coming.

"Is anybody out there?" -- Roger Waters

So, I've been so deeply disenchanted with the current Administration and the media's ongoing "War on my common sense" that I started to withdraw from caring about any of the issues that need addressing in this nation. Both the conservative and the liberal rhetoric is so extreme, that there's no way that any of it can be taken seriously. I'm not a fan of the current administration and their proclivity to sponsoring an ever larger centralized government, oh and laws that benefit corporations over the rights of the citizen, but I equally (if not just a touch more) dislike a bleeding heart, tree hugging, "feel your way through life" liberal.

Let's face it, at the end of the day they both want the same basic thing. BIG government(police force) to hold your hand(watch you like a hawk) until the day you die. They want you under control, and dependent on the government for your daily existence in at least one way.

Where's my personal liberty? Where's my right to screw up my life as much as I want until I start interfering with someone else's right to do the same? Where's my freedom? I have been certain that it finally died with the end of the Clinton administration. Not that President Clinton's administration was any great shakes, but at least I wasn't in a war (that wasn't a war) that was never declared as such by the legislative branch of the government. At least I wasn't living in a country that thought the Patriot Act (and the dissolving of the checks and balances, and wire-tapping, and labeling someone a combatant was enough to hold me for years with no charges, and habeas corpus can go to hell, and...) was okay because "If you have nothing to hide, then your fine".

I shouldn't have to prove my innocence, and I should be able to say the word bomb in an airport without being held for questioning for 36 months. I'm not saying it's okay to run down the concourse screaming the word, but if I'm in conversation and the word happens to come up, i.e. "I drank like ten Irish car bombs that night.." I shouldn't be worried that I'm going to be dry humped by my government. If you're overheard in this day and age someone will decide they want to be a good "citizen" and report it to some well trained TSA jerk...next thing you know it's Midnight Express, and my life is screwed. Over a bad anecdote! THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. Hyperbole? Yes! It's at least as bad as Brokedown Palace, though.

ANYWAY, the only reason I'm writing this now, is I've finally found someone from within the current system that I believe can change the system, or at least get the ship back on the right course.

If you don't have any idea who I'm talking about, Dr. Ron Paul is his name. Although Republican he may be, Dr. Paul is the closest thing to a Constitutionalist/Libertarian that you're going to get in the two party system. His platform makes sense if you believe that the government needs to get back to the basic ideals of our founding fathers. No candidate is perfect, but this man is the closest thing I've seen to a true conservative in my entire voting life. He's a true Republican, and I think in a somewhat fractured GOP, he has a real shot if the conservatives who don't support the current administration (the so called neo-cons) will get in there and vote. People are starting to notice Dr. Paul's campaign and what started as a grassroots type effort has become a real concern for the other Republican candidates.

Am I late to the Ron Paul party? Maybe a little, but I'm right on time for the election. That's the good news right there. Anyone who's read anything I've written (yes, you two) knows it's a good thing that I live in a state where political party registration is unnecessary, as I think the two party system has lived it's out it's useful life. With that said, this may be the best shot to change the system a little from within.

If you don't know about his campaign, or his platform visit his site. It's free and informative. That should appeal to you Socialists.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/