Mostly Free. Is that good enough for you.

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How do you feel about being "mostly free?" Is that the current American dream? Maybe we need to change our National Anthem to "the land of the mostly-free."

Perhaps when you were growing up, you were under the assumption that you were "totally free." You would probably be correct, because until now the United States has been considered "totally free" the index that defines "economic freedom.on " This index defines "totally free" as follows:

"You can follow your dreams, express yourself, create a business, do whatever job you want. Government doesn't run labor markets, or plan what business you can open, or over-regulate you."

For the first time in 16 years, The Index of Economic Freedom has moved the United States has fallen from being "totally free" to "mostly free."

What do you think, folks? Is that "close enough" for you? Are you thinking, Eh that's just one notch down but we still mostly have our freedoms .. I'm OK with that as long as I can watch Entertainment Tonight and listen to sport talk radio. It should scare the pants off you. Perhaps you should be asking yourself is what you can do to get us back to the top of the rung, to re-establishing our total freedom. If we continue this backwards slide, where will our country be by the time your children are adults? What about their children? A Bloomberg National Poll found that more than 50% of Americans are NOT confident or are just somewhat confident that their children will have better lives than they have. With each passing election, presidential or otherwise, we have a chance to do something about the people leading this country. In 2008, I believe we took a giant leap backwards in terms of government's size, government dependency and restoring our freedoms and liberties. I didn't know it at the time. I should have seen it coming .. and the months that followed brought us pork-laden spending bills under the guise of "stimulus," a takeover of a hefty portion of the auto industry, ObamaCare, financial reform, increased burdensome regulations and soon tax increases. The combined efforts of a Democrat Congress and an anti-private sector, anti-freedom-loving president have primed the pump for our "new economy," led by the government rather than the private sector. This is the fundamental change that Obama spoke of. A quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson reads ...

"Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers (administrators) too plainly proves a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing us to slavery."

That is what you are up against. You can change the path of this country on November 2nd. So long as the Republicans are willing and able to put a stop to this tyranny and oppression, you may save your children from living in a country where their exist to serve the state.

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That is what you are up against. You can change the path of this country on November 2nd. So long as the Republicans are willing and able to put a stop to this tyranny and oppression, you may save your children from living in a country where their exist to serve the state.

And there you have the crux of the matter. The Republicans aren't offering us anything markedly different. The best we're able to get is "Democrat Lite" such as McCain, or the last 6 years of Bush II.

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And there you have the crux of the matter. The Republicans aren't offering us anything markedly different. The best we're able to get is "Democrat Lite" such as McCain, or the last 6 years of Bush II.

HOPEFULLY the Tea Party movement will actually lite a REAL fire for change, otherwise, it will not JUST be worse, but even MORE Democrats will get a stronger hold on the country! Then, good luck NOT re-electing Obama in two years!

I believe the Tea Movement started back when the republicans lost the house and senate. The theory is throw all the RINOs out and get some real conservatives.