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The Tipping Point -- Liberty in the Balance

The two crime families have got us into this mess. It is time to vote third party and not for Obomney both are the reason for Obummercare, he got the idea from Obomney. WAKE UP and realize they are both the same and part of the problem. I am voting Gary Johnson the Libertarian third choice!

I too have a father that grew up during the Great Depression and WWII. He just turned 96 years old this past September and is sad at the way the world is living. I don't have much hope for this country if BHO get elected again.

As an immigrant from Canada, when I was allowed to become an American citizen, the swearing-in ceremony required that we raise our right hand and swear to uphold the Constitution with all its rights and responsibilities. However, I cannot recall my children who were born here, have ever been required to do the same. They swear allegiance to the flag, but when do natural-born citizens swear to uphold the Constitution? Am I overlooking something here?

In response to your assertion that seniors are "expressing grief for the state of affairs they're leaving behind," may it be observed that those same seniors elected representatives who altered the way social security benefits were calculated, tying them to wages rather than inflation, and giving themselves a nice raise in their dotage, to be paid for by those of us who remain in the workforce. So, perhaps it is a dearth of patriotism that they lament amongst their progeny, but perhaps some among those progeny perceive a certain lack of patriotism on the part of that lionized prior generation, who after all should take responsibility for all of the affairs they left us, including the nearly-bankrupt safety net which they expect us to fund in full,

Casting your vote in any election in our country is as solemn a relationship with your country and your fellow citizens as your relationship with a friend or family member before they pass into their eternal life. If you do not clear your concience with your friend or family member and heal all old wounds and explode into that glory of relief and clelbration, you will never have another chance. If you likewise do not vote with your mind and heart to preserve open communication, cooperation, accommodation with your fellow citizens, remembering those massive, unselfish efforts and life investments our forefathers expended to assure your liberty ito vote in our electoral process, your vote is dishonest and will haunt you to your grave, and is irreconsilable. If liberty fails in our America, then hope for you and yours is lost irrirtevably, irreconsilably until your and their untimate end. Vote carefully, honestly and unselfishly - wisely: for liberty - for the ability to control your own life, instead of control by others. Thank you all Americans for your careful consideration of your follow Americans, in the continuation of our persuit of liberty for all.

The future is incredibly bright for those who can see a future where science continues to outpreform all markets and pettiness in local squables. But that future is in liberty for our people, not control. Liberty is essential for continued progress. When a vote is cast in contrary ideas, that vote is dark, dishonest and irreconsilable.

Why does half of the people in the the US still say they would vote for Obama at this late date? Polls now show that the candidates are virtually tied. Here is my thought. For decades now, our public school system has been failing. My limited reserach leads me to conclude that most of the younger generations have been "dumbed down" by the system. They have limited critical and analytical thinking skills, and know very little about the founding of our Country, our values, our Consitution, etc. I teach college, and I have too many students that don't even know how to simple arithemetic. I asked my grand daughter (senior in High School) about her US History course and what they had taught her about the founding principles of the company and the fight for freedom. She said, "Very little." So, we have a very large group of people out there who are evaluating Barak Obama on his "likeability factor". Below that, they have no idea of what is doing, what he has done and the prospects for what he will do. They just can't muster a good thought for process for voting.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GREGORY v. HELVERING 293 U.S. 465; (1934)

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The so called Greatest Generation also voted for the Socialist FDR 4 times who then built and left us the mess we have today. FDR built on the legacy of tyranny left to him by Lincoln who, as you may recall, trampled the rights of Americans and ruled by martial law. If you are going to tell the story, at least tell all of it.

Obama's adherence to his Cloward-Piven socialist mantra results in the shortest, sadest legacy of any American President: "Waste, Welfare and Windmills".

My husband was in World War II and we so very much agree with you and are so very concerned that our children and their children are on the path to losing their liberty. So much blood, tears and sacrifice have gone in to fighting for our liberty and it is heartbreaking to us to see the nonchalant attitude of some of our younger American citizens. Some cannot see that there is a HUGE difference in our two Presidential candidates. We pray continually that we do not vote ourselves into tyranny! Thanks so much for your good news reporting! Jean

A "Christian" televangelist announce that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has been removed from the "cult" list. Christian? That is to say, a believer, a lover of the Savior, Jesus the Christ? What happened to judge not, lest ye be judged? A recent tragedy in our neighborhood, a home fire. The owner an elderly bachelor, not prosperous. Help ,outside the fire fighters, in the form of neighbors, friends, some family, all arriving to assist a fellow human in need. "Mormons", every one! Which is as it should be, and demonstrates perfectly why this Republic must rid itself of Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. He is not a good neighbor. Neighbors, not government, is there in need. Those who support this Muslim interloper really should seek assistance for dire mental problems. If they put this miscreant peasant back in office, they will have no place to seek that help. He is not a good neighbor.

mark, you seem to be well versed in your history of the older sort, but seemingly are in the pocket of the same globalists that you appear on the surface to dislike...if only of the liberal kind. the neo-cons that you support are no less totalitarian globalists than obama. you seem to forget that romney supported the patriot act and the ndaa(the capture and rendition of americans without the rule of law). you seem to forget that romney accepted an invitation to a debate hosted by jews that discriminated against dr ron paul by not inviting him. you are worried about muslim terrorists, when it is zionists that have the record of constant and uninterrupted terrorism. iran hasnt started a war in 300 years, and israel has never stopped starting, or attempting to start, wars since its inception; including the attack on the united states when it torpedoed and strafed the uss liberty slaughtering 34 united states servicemen in cold blood. are you jewish mark ?? then why the slanted and misleading feigned patriotism ?? if there is a nuke set off in the united states, it will surely be an inside job used to strip americans of more liberty... as if there was any left !! are you merely a straw man set up by the globalists to prepare the conservative side with pre-propaganda in order that they will expect and then be prepared to blame muslims for another zionist/globalist inside job ?? another gulf of tonkin, pearl harbor, fort sumptner, world trade center scam ?? i seriously question your patriotism mark, so please open your eyes to the TRUTH. as jefferson said, "question even the existence of God." jefferson and i both believe in God, but that doesnt make us fear the questioning. so dont fear questioning zionists and/or globalists on the supposedly conservative side. you can start with listening to a jew named nathanael kapner on realjewnews.com and by googling gilad atzmon, also a jew, who wrote "the wandering who". next check out professor of psychology kevin macdonalds website, "the occidental observer". if you mean to be a patriot, then you must learn and promote the truth; if you mean to be a lap-dog, then keep up what you are doing and the slave-masters of the new world order will love you. in truth and liberty, jeff

when my father came home from the war he set out to work hard and buy his home and raise his family he went to work each day to provide for his family and give them a future and that memory that grew out of the great depression and war was lost on the generations that followed because they had it all and believed it was their right. they wanted what mom and dad had because it was their right and they believed that government would provide for them. they didnt' have to work hard. false promises made by the ruling elite to keep getting elected will never keep the slaves on the plantation because the crops will fail and the economy will crumble as the foundation of our great republic crumbles under the weight of socialist and collective failure. only the bright light of a shining city on a hill will guide us back to the founding principles that build a better tomorrow. Rise up America your best days are ahead of you. Press On !

While I am certainly concerned about the outcome of the coming election, I am even more concerned about the future. What happens the next time a Democrat is elected? It will eventually happen. I wonder about the pendulum swings back and forth. I wonder why an acquaintance of mine is writing in "Ron Paul" on Tuesday, thereby wasting his vote. I have become increasingly concerned over the last couple of years about politics in general and the overall direction of the great Republic. I have also purchased a sidearm and a longarm and am becoming quite proficient in their use.

If Barak Obama is reelected, then someone in Congress should grow a pair and immediately level impeachment charges. There is plenty of ammunition from the response (or lack thereof) in Libya to the Executive Orders that outright defy the written law. Short of that, I will be prepared for another revolution which may be the last hope that we have to truly restore our Constitutional Republic.

Thank you to those at the Patriot Post who labor to provide education and a forum of like-minded patriots. I will be submitting my contribution in support of your cause.

The scary part is the civil disorder that would result from an executive branch and legislatures closely adhering to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The parasites will riot, steal, and destroy. Legitimate, needy welfare recipients will suffer by the overwhelming whining of the “Yes, but not in my backyard” crowd. Our now national yellow journalism will thrive — uncaring that factual journalists [Oxymoron?] are the first to go if the Fascists gain power. Perhaps the evil that Obama has laid on the country cannot be overcome. But we have to try.

We have the choice this election between a liar and a crook and a really smart guy who evidences morals and values and a real free-market intellect. I'm voting for Romney over the crook and can't do Ron Paul or Gary Johnson laments while Barack sweeps to victory amidst our moral posturing. Get Romney elected and then seek to be his primary influence... or just waste your vote and get 'four more years'! To all who understand, Semper Fi! RNB

Viscerally divided maybe, but clear battle lines, hardly. Don't be fooled again by a big govt warmongering neo-con republican, who clearly has little of his own philisophical grounding. He is a Statist, political pragmatist, who wants to substitute his own cronies for Obamas. If you people voting for him get want you want you may end up more disappointed than the liberals are who voted for Obama last time.

The usual prattle that freely flows from the mouths of Obama/Biden about the magic of government and the inequity and incompetence of unfettered capitalism simply echoes their Party's generalized talking points. That's not a surprise.

The shock is that roughly half of the electorate buy into it.

If you think that there is no real difference in these two candidates consider the Kagan and Sotomayor appointments to the Supreme Court. If you would like these appointments, vote Obama. If you would like to see conservative Justices in our court, vote Romney. This election is a lot larger than just the two candidates with a legacy that lasts for a very long time.

I am in total agreement that the WWII generation of Americans are truly the greatest generation. My Dad passed five years ago and the selfless and compassionate legacy he left behind still makes me choke up. My Mom, God Bless Her, is 94 and is quite sharp for her age. She listens and pays attention to what she hears and sees and she, too, is gravely concerned at the direction this country is heading. Hopefully there are others like me who were raised with the same values and character as our parents and we will make a difference in getting this country back in gear. This socialistic agenda Obama is implementing into our daily lives is a tragedy. Obama has lied his way through office with the help of the mainstream media and it's up to us to put a stop to this "reign of terror". All people have to do is go to a legislative site and check the executive orders he has implemented to see what he's planning for the next four! We can't allow this to happen. He has superseded Congress to implement the potential for these executive orders, and thereby, supersedes our rights as American Citizens. This is too important to ignore. Our parents fought for the American Dream and it's up to us to continue fighting for our kids as well!

It's such a shame that once a nation wallows in excessive luxury, for such a long time, then following that is loss of freedom and disdain for all that is good and honorable. God help us!

Mr. Alexander, I enjoy your thoughts and expressions, but there has been a trend in them recently to wheedle a bit because Mr. Romney hasn't adhered to your own specific debate game plan often enough. You make frequent mention of your disappointment over this. It begins to smell of whining, frnakly. As to Romney v. Obama, in my opinion, and despite my own wishes for a more conservative direction by the Republican ticket, anyone who wastes a vote on a candidate who cannot possibly win is committing an act of selfishness, if not treason. VOTE NOV.6 - Romney/Ryan

Having seen and experienced the exact same decline in Britain, and having escaped at age eighteen when I emmigrated alone to avoid the unemployment that was imminent in the mid-sixties, I am appalled when I see free-born Americans embrace the same ideology that sank the UK. Socialism is the most insidious and dangerous threat to liberty. In it's more overt forms, fasciosm and comunism, it is more obviuous and therefore easy to recognize. The more passive and covert form we see throughout the modern world is harder to define as an imminent threat. IT takes a more eduated mind to see it's pitfalls and hidden traps. Sadly, by the time they are obvious, they also deeply embedded into the threads of the culture. Witness the Europeans, Canadians, Australians and others who have succumbed to this disease. Fearful of "losing their benefits" they cling to the government and defend the system, unaware of the cost in liberty. They prefer to be well fed serfs than self determined free people. This is ourt last chance to thwart the ambitions of the global socialists and define the barrier between serfdom and liberty. If we fail now, liberty is lost for another two hundred years until the cycle comes around again. By then, who will remember what liberty looked like?

Many have stated that this election is the most important since …… mainly sighting the radical difference in direction the two sides are taking. I would contend that the real significance of this election is a check point on the character of the American Citizen. For over 4 centuries (as colonies and states) the American has been characterized as hard working, diligent, determined, innovative, ingenious, independent and dedicated to freedom. Some politicians believe that times have changed, and that Americans in general no longer have that character and now want to clock in at 9, clock out at 5 and put in minimal effort, willing to surrender their freedom to a government that will take care of them. It was clear from the first presidential debate that one candidate, though short on specifics of how to get the economy back on track was counting on the traditional character of the American people to make it happen. The other candidate clear thinks that a big, powerful, invasive government is the only solution because the American people are no longer hard working, diligent, determined, innovative, ingenious, independent and dedicated to freedom.

Great Jablonski,this is your right,but why didn't you just vote for Obama,that stupid protest vote was the same thing. If Obama is re-elected you will have four long miserble years to think about your actions. And when your liberties start disappearing think about it again, better still ask Gary Johnson.

I was born in 1929. Since then (since I came of age) I felt that Carter was our worst president. However, I now feel that O is by far the worst when it comes to our nation's welfare and survival! Come Lord Jesus!

The reason that many voting citizens today cannot discern between liberty and tyranny is because our public government school systems have churned out several generations of graduates who are ignorant of the history, politics, science, literature, and economics that made our country great.

At 82, I am as worried about the future of this nation as is your father. If Obama is reelected, we stand only the slimmest of chances that America will ever again be a free land. Socialism is anything but free; our children and all our descendants will be slaves to the government. This must not be allowed to happen -- but my knowing that is no help. I pray that our nation will be saved and will return to its original status as a nation; that our descendants will be free to worship -- that, I believe, is threatened now, along with all our other freedoms. Freedom of speech, once lost, will take all the other freedoms with it.

Mark Alexander, You are once more absolutely correct in your comments. This nation, in certain fact, stands at the threshold of making quite literally a decisive choice in the 2012 presidential election which extends far beyond individual candidates for office. Those among us who would sacrifice any portion of our Liberty and Freedom would therefore at the same time embrace tyranny and national failure of this republic whether wittingly or, I would surmise, quite ignorantly. No observant student of our long history could help but recognize the critical and sure dangers of tyrannical statism and its "from the top down" form of ruling as opposed to the absolute sovereignty of We the People who elect to govern us only those whose unswerving allegiance is to uphold the Constitution which embodies the values and realities as stated in our Declaration of Independence. To "rule" and to "govern" are two very different conceptual constructs. Americans know instinctively the difference between the two and must vote in this election in such manner so as to uphold our hard won Liberty and Freedom. That we have a perfect living example of what we face by having a President who wishes to blur or even obliterate the distinction between ruling and governing must be reason enough to put a stop to the already revealed use of rule by men as opposed to governance by laws. Liberty and Freedom can be lost in a mere short period of time if our people do not once again demand by their enlightened self-interests that this nation shall remain free and independent with Liberty and Justice for all as the only valid standards by which we judge all actions taken by those in authority.

TO: Mark Alexander, The Patriot Post SUBJ: Today's Post, Mr. Alexander, NavAir (former) Well Done! An accolade to the senior Mr. Alexander. Highest Navy compliment. Another Well Done, for Mr. Alexander, the son. Today's piece must go to the top of the list of those many pieces so well presented with astounding accuracy and insight. Agree, en toto with today's comments! Though barely, I am of that group you describe as "The Greatest Generation". We did not know, until much later, that such a title would occur. Fifteen million men and women of the United States of America, once again pulled the European chestnuts from of the fire . At the same time it was necessary to reduce the boiling rice pot of Asia. We did it because the Republic coalesced! At that time there was a backup force of about thirty people, military and civilian, to keep one rifle on the battle line Every aspect of support was created and provided. Blinded, all the while by the events at hand, to the directions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Republic has been rotted from the inside, with one or two exceptions, since then to now and the successor to FDR, Barack Hussein Obama , Jr.
Today's piece is absolutely accurate as to the consequence of this electorate notarizing the death warrant of the Republic. In that if BHO, Jr is re-seated the electorate will have chosen his path and he will "fundamentally change (end) the Republic of America. Semper Fi!

Socialism is Slavery . We had a group of people in America in the past that were given free health care, free living quarters, free food, free clothing and their job was provided for them. They lived in the height of security with all there basic needs in life provide to them. This group of people had a name they were called by. That name was SLAVE.

The Republican Party was founded on doing away with the institution of slavery and living up to the principle in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal”. The Democrat Party divided our country and went to war to preserve the institution of slavery. After they lost the Civil War the Democrat party instituted the KKK as their terrorist wing to continue to fight the advance of freedom for the former slaves. That’s right every single member of the KKK was a Democrat.

For the next hundred years the Democrat Party and their terrorist wing the KKK fought tooth and nail to stop the advance of freedom. During the Civil Rights battles of the 50s and 60s every Governor, every Mayor, every Police Chief and every local Sherriff that turned the fire hoses on, turned the dogs lose on and orders the Billy clubs on the Civil Rights marchers was a Democrat. A higher percentage of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than Democrats. Before 1960 every elected Black official in this Country was elected as a Republican.

After losing all the battles to make all Americans free and equal the Democrat Party started a slow incremental process of selling Socialism to America and particularly the Black community. It has taken them 50 years of gradually passing one government give away program after another, until now they have most of the Black community and a large group of Hispanics and Whites totally dependent on the Government the same way the former slaves where dependent on their slave masters. When the government provides your health care, your living quarters, your food, your clothes and provides you with a government job or a make work job funded by stimulus money; then they control you and you have become their SLAVE.

The only true freedom is economic freedom!

VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT – VOTE FOR SLAVERY VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN – VOTE FOR LIBERTY

I wish your dad a happy 90th birthday. Like him; my dad, too, was one of The Greatest Generation. He was wounded in The Battle of the Bulge and what was left of his company all came home on a hospital ship. He died this past March; two days after his 88th birthday. The values of that generation are dwindling and yet they are exactly what our country so badly needs now. Let us pray that common sense prevails on election day.

This election is about a very clear choice between the preservation of traditional principles that have made our Country great, and the radical transformation of America that could bring us to our knees. It's a lot more than Romney versus Obama, it's Jefferson versus Marx. It's very serious, and those who throw their precious vote away reflect a severe lack of understanding the problem we face if Obama happens to be re-elected.

I hope that Romney wins election and wins by a large margin. The people need to realize that Obama is one of the worst presidents America has ever had. In over 3.5 years he has only done one thing right and that was to rid us of Osama Bin Laden. A truly good leader would not take credit for an action that he did not do but did support as he should have supported the 4 Americans in Benghazi so they did not die.

At 87, like your father, I am appaled at where we have strayed. From my time in the Navy in WWll until now it is absolutley astonding how far along to Communizm we have come. THEY call it Socialism, progeressivism,etc., but it is just plain Communism You asked what I think. We should not have stopped the draft, as that made Americans out of an awful lot of idiots. We should stop playing games instead of making war. As I was taughtn the Amphibs, bomb them all, let God sort them out. In order to get our nation back it is now neccesary to hold a Constitutional Convention to get back our original Constsitution, make Senators electable by the whole nation instead of working for just one state, make all Federal and State representatives elected for one six year term and then they are out forever. I know it will never happen, but it would be nice if we could make it illegal for lawyers and Social PHD's to vote or hold office. Jerry

I submit that the true amount of Federal debt per person in the US is closer to $500,000.00 when the SS, Medicare and Medicaid to say nothing about Union pensions for Fed., State and City,(and that includes teachers). Jerry

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We are living in dangerous times; the present administration has, through it's 'bow, scrape and apologies' strategy, made it even more so. To continue with such an administration that would deliver up its own citizens to death, bring upon them economic destruction, and scheme to devoid them of their rights, freedoms, and liberties, is to totally turn our backs on what was so valiantly and heroically fought for by our present military and our past veterans and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice...The Land of the FREE and the Home of the BRAVE; The United States of America!

Every election, all you hear is economy, economy, economy. It ain't the economy, folks. I get tears in my eyes when I read about the American Revolution, the Minutemen, the Founding Fathers, etc., and see what has happened to this country. There's a phrase I don't hear anymore. "It's a free country." The two - party system has led to the destruction of this country. Actually, there should be no political parties. When political parties start maneuvering for control, there's one thing that loses control - the Constitution. And when the people are too stupid to see what's going on, freedom goes out the window. People make fun of Ron Paul, but there's one thing about him - everything he does is in line with the Constitution. People have to be re-educated as to what the Constitution is and what a Constitutional Republic is. Obama is the greatest threat to the Constitution we have ever had in the White House. If he is re-elected, it's the end of the United States of America. Forget about the economy. Let's get our freedom back, even if we have to come out from behind the trees to do it.

I believe that never in the history of our country has it been more important to vote. The future of our Republic hangs in the balance. Psalm 12:8 comes to mind everytime I watch the news or read the news on Patriot Post or the other conservative sites that I frequent. Psalm 12:8 says, "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted." Surely we have elevated some vile men and women to the highest offices in the land. It is of utmost importance that we try to remedy this situation by voting these vile people out of office. We desperately need those in office that first of all believe in the sanctity of life from conception to the grave. Without this fundamental belief, we as a society are in deep trouble. We know where the present Administration stands on this subject and it is past time to send them packing.

I completely agree with everything that you said in this article except to ad that we need TO PRAY fervently to the God who created this great nation by giving men the wisdom to construct our remarkable Constitution. Yes we need to get people to the polls but without PRAYER we have also failed to remember Who keeps this nation GREAT!

I don't believe we'll set things right again until we refresh the tree.

God bless your Dad and his generation. Your work makes him proud and certainly inspires us as well. Keeping the faith! Now everyone go out and vote...

Just a question, How can someone, i.e. the goverment take out a loan in my name without my consent and then expect me to willingly pay it back? And yet we are currently creating debt for yet unborn generations who have never even cast a vote. I vote and fore some reason my representatives still feel that they can raise the debt limit and force me to repay that debt. Enough with the lawyers in congress already.

I too lived through the 'Great Generation,' including the attack at Pearl Harbor I am 94 now. Having lived through all of that, it makes me sad and angry at the same time that the years during WW2 while I was in my 20s may have been simply wasted in light of the current trend of this administration.

It is fascinating the most people advocate continuing to tinker around with the tax code rather than discuss a real solution....the fair tax. Already, the national sales tax legislation has been introduced in the Congress...HR #25 and S #13....but most people and the media continue ignore it. The 141 page bill would replace the 73,000 page IRS code.... but, most candidates will not mention it. This year I have limited my contributions to candidates who promise to co-sponsor the legislation. Unfortunately, I have never heard Romney discuss it.....

Some of these comments are unbelievable. Refusing to vote for Romney over Obama because you think they are interchangeable. Yes, Romney is not as conservative or libertarian as you might like. I can see that. The man is electable - and Gary Johnson and Ron Paul are not. You are like starving people who won't eat because the food isn't to your liking. You'd rather see the whole country starve - which is what will happen if Obama finishes transforming this country to his taste.

I helped elect Clinton the first time by going 3rd party for Ross Perot. Never again. Romney does believe in the Constitution, even if he does have a moderate view of it. It's simply in Obama's way - as he has said explicitly more than once.

Should the Republicans sweep (retain the House, takeover the Senate and White House), they will face a severe test. Will they have the will to begin the rollback of the overgrown Federal government? Or will they make the same mistake they did in 2001-2002, and increase the size of the monster? If they pass the test, hundreds of businesses dependent on a massive federal government will be ruined. If they fail the test, millions of Americans will be impoverished, the liberty of the nation will continue to be threatened, and the reputation of the Republican Party will be destroyed.

My fear for our country is that if Obama is re-elected, we will not only become a socialist country, but also a country more like the Middle East countries. I recall a conversation with my Mother in the late 40's/early 50's discussing the Cold War and Russia threats. She told me that Russia wouldn't be the problem; that is would be the Middle East. That's the only full conversation I can recall, and I've pondered how she would know this as I had no doubt that she was correct. I surmised her wisdom came from the Bible.

"the declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man." indeed! Jefferson has always been my favorite of the founding fathers, he knew the hearts of men. I believe Franklin, Madison and the rest were keenly aware of the temptation that could bring down this experiment of a democratic republic, but they expected the free press to keep the politicians in line. Little did they conceive that the press would make alliances within one party.

To echo a recent Patriot Post Quote, "these are the times that try men's souls.

Another quote from a couple of thousand years prior..."Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."~ Socrates

Knowing the amount of $4520 reduction in income should be enough for anyone to realize that Obama and his ways are not 'forward' but instead backward. His results and decisions have been fundamentally terrible for all America and he should be voted out. As president he has no respect for the laws and constitution of the United States!

A nation's "tipping point" is almost never perceived until after the fall. Fortunately, we have people like your father and millions like him, who have an engrained wisdom passed down from our Founders. That wisdom will prevail not because Americans are somehow to be spared the ravages of a terrible economy or deadly threats from foreign tyrannies. Rather, we have a heritage of ferociously defending our freedom and we will never give in to the marxist fools. It's true, we have a lot of people in this country who have temporarily given up on the idea of self reliance and personal responsibility. But, show them a path to prosperity and a lot of this "government will take care of me" attitude will go by the wayside. There are national leaders with a vision of creating prosperity through work and diligence. They must not give up in encouraging the despirited towards a better path. The liberals and their national media are propagandists for failure because bad news "sells". Our job is to point out that what they're selling is snake oil. Keep up the great job of pointing that out.

Gosh Darn it Wikipedia is totally left slant too?? Give me a break! I am writing you this because I was looking up Ayn Rand as as a subject matter of great interest to me. Please read her books. They are related to our subject matter big time. Of course Wikipedia goes right to the negative facts of her life.....you know I should not be surprised. When you are well informed, truth, always gives you the upper hand in life.

A little over two weeks ago, I lost my hero, my late wifes uncle, he was 96, we we're planning on having a big birthday bash in early December for him, but that just wasn't to be. He was a nose gunner in a B24 liberator during the Polyosti raids, and he did fly all 25 missions, I could spend hours telling of many of the good things he has done during his lifetime, May Mr. Leo G. Carroll (not the actor) rest in Gods arms.

Mark/All, it used to be enjoyable to read some of the comments to the Post for that day. But, the back and forth between some of the commenters has made the habit of reading the comments a distasteful one. Please go back to the old way of posting comments.....

Did anyone but me notice that in the last debate Obama never identified terrorists as Muslims. Not only is a in economic terms seeking a regime like Mussolini's,but I believe from his admitted background that he is a closet Muslim , who joined Wrights church , in part becauae of its associations with and commonality of views with the Black Muslims and that that he holds to and has and is practicing the Muslim tenet of Takqina( variously spelled) so that when he professes daily prayers they may be those of the Muslim and not the Christian God.

I think Mr. Jablonski has it right about twidledee and twidledum. It's hard to reconcile voting for either. Having picked one over the other as the lesser of two evils... one has still picked an "evil". One could vote Libertarian, but then there's that "wasted vote" problem. No. In fact, nothing significant will change in the wake of the presidential election. The office of the president is not the best hope for change Instead, focus on sending a loud, clear message to congress on every single issue at every occasion possible. Use tools like downsize DC dot org so you leverage your time a little better than you can on your own. There are only two issues congress should be addressing in the foreseeable future: Protecting our homeland and reducing the debt. Everything else is second order business. Let congress know that there can be no compromise on taxation. Every marginal penny spent must come from corresponding cuts to any (gasp) government budgets other than homeland security. When I say "homeland security", I mean bring the troops home and deploy them all to protect our borders. Homeland Security - the department - is a complete boondoggle and should be immediately shut down. Aid to other countries? We have a $16 Trillion debt and we're borrowing money to send it to Pakistan. Dept. of Education? We're now spending more than anyone in the world on education and we're ranked about 40th overall. Dept of Energy? What a joke. We're nowhere on energy independence and beholden to the Arab states to a greater degree than ever. FDA? We've got Monsanto's (ex) litigation specialist in charge of our food safety! USDA? We're poisoning our crops with GMO for the sake of "feeding the world" while paying farmers not to plant! Wake up! We are on an unsustainable spending binge that ends in oblivion. Do you really think Romney is going to change any of that? Even Romney says he won't. We need a congress that is willing to focus all of their effort on the two issues that threaten to bring this country down... and it has to happen beginning with this election. Fight if you must over Obama vs Romney, but neither of these sock-dolls will have much influence on congress and it's there that all the heavy lifting needs to occur. Any member of congress who introduces a spending bill not offset by a larger budget decrease must be sacked immediately. Please join me in making it so.

Many, many people have said how much they despise Obama and his cohorts in crime. I have also heard that Obama could not win a fair election as many realize his plans to collapse America. Further rumors say that Obama will win due to rigged voting machines which are serviced by unions, dead people rising to vote, illegals and multiple votes from one person; as well as various and sundry fraudulent tactics to "win." Knowing this and assuming these statements are true, we need to demand that each vote be counted and recounted for validity even though it might take weeks to do so. It sounds like there will be a lot of fraud to wade through to get at the truth of each vote. Franklin

If the useful idiots of the left and the mindless, Kardashian-loving morons of this generation win this election there is but one course, and it will not. E pretty.