• creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
• satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
• augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
• rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.

 by Karen Brauer

Senator John McCain's choice for vice president, Sarah Palin, has had extreme liberals foaming at the mouth for days.

I sense a fundamental loss of confidence for team Obama, and his supporting media.

Attacks on Governor Palin range from suggestions that a mother cannot govern in high office (though she's already doing that), to crazy suppositions that her daughter was the one who actually bore Trig Palin, Sarah's child born in April of this year. Now extreme lefties have intensified their attacks, since learning the fact that Bristol is actually pregnant with a child of her own.

I watched Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, to the Republican convention and to America. While my position is not to endorse any candidate for political office, I can express admiration for this gutsy woman, who delivered her address with fire and good humor.

Sarah Palin and her family are Normal with a capital N. They have the challenges and make the mistakes with which regular Americans are very familiar, and they face them with honesty and integrity. What a refreshing contrast to so many of the disingenuous politicians jockeying for power in public offices.

To the liberals: no, Bristol can't kill her baby to 'cover up' the fact that she had sex before marriage, because she's pro-life. Bristol and her family apparently regard the unexpected baby is a gift and a challenge, not a "punishment", as the opposing candidate had previously suggested in relation to his own daughters.

To the pro-aborts who suggest that she might have been "forced to keep the baby", please attend to the lawsuits against your abortion businesses for concealing the coerced abortions committed on girls who have been molested and raped.

I looked at Sarah Palin and her family tonight and saw an image of the myriad people who hold America together. Normal with a capital N. This family exemplifies optimism and real hope for all of us. I pray for God to bless the Palins, no matter where this campaign trail leads them.

by Greg Beck

Ronald Reagan once said, "…we have come to a time for choosing. Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector."And what is our government's legitimate function? Our Constitution's Preamble says "to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty."

On the contrary the founders were rugged individualists that inherently believed in property rights and distrusted authority.  They knew all too well about the abuse of power and individual/state's rights when too much power devolves to any central authority-- say like a despotic monarch or an overtaxing parliament/legislature.

The founders believed in capitalism, free markets, and private businesses and believed that government, although a necessary evil, needed to be kept small, with its powers limited and dispersed to keep it from depriving people and businesses of the rewards of their work--their wages, their property, and their liberty.  That's why taxes, while necessary, need to be kept low.  Legitimate government functions need to be conducted and fairly paid for while only lightly infringing on an individual's liberty, money, or pursuit of happiness and the ability to take care of one's own family and their lives.

But too often today we're taken in by the politician's siren call of promises to deliver "free" education, "free" healthcare, Medicare, social security and other "entitlement" freebies.  We want to believe that and we want to trust their good intentions, but we know that there are no real "free" lunches.  Everything comes at some cost and that cost is always our freedom and ability to choose for ourselves. 

by The Kansas Federalist E-Newsline                               

The Chinese, Mexicans, and Russians are drilling near our own coastlines! And yet, we serve the master of Oil Fascism in the US. That’s right my friends. God has blessed America with great natural resources. From oil reserves to gas to coal, the US has enough energy capability for the next 100 years+. In addition, we have great American ingenuity that can advance Biofuel energy for our future needs. America also has a great Nuclear energy program with successful energy centers across America. But do we drill, build new refineries or plants? No, instead we bow down to eco-liberalism and faulty science.
 
And yet what is our liberal-led congress doing in response? They are looking to increase personal, business and consumption taxes. And it’s not just the Federal Government, but state and local governments as well.
 
Let good old fashion America business ingenuity provide for us. Profitability, supply factors and demand will tell us what will work.  Regulate to prevent monopolistic behaviors is the guideline that should be used, not socialism. Free market rule and supply side economics will win the day.  
 
Until this happens, American consumers will continue to be held at gunpoint by OPEC and the sheiks. Congress needs to get the hell out of the way and let the natural market fix this issue. We need to drill now, build more refineries for gas, coal, and oil, and expand our nuclear program. At the same time, we can advance research for new methods of energy.
 
Our Founding Fathers responded to the Tyrant King under far less regulation and taxes.