[thecavemaster]

You are right on one point. We have a federal republic and we have had such a system since the Articles of Confederation were signed. When our current Constitution was signed, the federal government gained additional powers but the founders took great pains to restrict the power of the federal government and to preserve the rights of both state governments and their citizens.

However, the Soviet Union also had a federal system. Each time our own federal government increases its power over our lives, we lose power and the states in which we live lose power. Power over one's own life is a zero-sum gain. The federal government cannot grow in size and power without depriving us of our natural rights.

If Al Sharpton can man up and admit that Obama is a socialist, then why can't you? Are you going to continue to be part of the problem, or are you going to step up in defense of your own personal liberty?

Come on over to the right side and I will take up a collection for a bottle of bumper sticker remover. What do you have to lose but your chains of bondage?

I'm trying to get past the whole "if Al Sharpton can man up" thing... I am going to continue to be a gadfly in your hack saddle, Hoot. And, Deacon Hoot, just share the plate among the Flirty brethren... I'm just fine. "Chains of bondage...." What is this, some sort of S & M tribute post?