"There is only one fundamental right (all the others are its consequences or corollaries): A man's right to his own life. The Bill of Rights was not directed against private citizens, but against the government; as an explicit declaration that individual rights supercede any public or social power."
--- Ayn Rand

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
--- Sigmund Freud

I am a Contitutional Conservative (for one definition click here.), a gun owner and a Patriot (Patriot is NOT a dirty word by the way, as some would have you believe), I believe in God and I believe this nation is still full of people who believe exactly as I do.

I believe that the United States of America is the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, not because of its power and might, but because we have "The Constitution" and "The Bill of Rights" which recognize that a free people have certain unalienable rights, and additionally forbid the government from infringing upon those rights, something the government seems not to understand any longer.

Let us never forget those who made this way of life possible: To name but a few, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Crispus Attucks, Paul Revere, John Paul Jones, Mary Hays McCauly, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Luther King and all the other men and women, who, over the years did their part, even unto death, to make and keep this country free. For their sacrifices, and our future, we must preserve it.

As if this will come as a surprise to you, but there are people in positions of power today who would take away, not only our rights, but our means of remaining free (our guns). These people are violating the public trust, and the oath of office they took to protect the Constitution. There are various theories as to why they are doing this, but the "why?" of it, shouldn't be the issue. The simple fact that it is occuring should be enough to cause concern in anyone who cares to remain free.

While I'm proud to be an old, white guy, neither of which I had any control over by the way, I'm not a racist, or a bigot. You won't find any hatred in these pages, anger yes and frustration, but not hatred, except perhaps, for those who would take away our freedoms and natural, God given rights, regardless of their race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Actually, natural, God given rights cannot be taken away except by God, or natural causes. They can however, be forcibly denied us by an oppressive and tyrannical government.

I was born in 1939, at the dawn of the Second World War. I was raised in an atmosphere of patriotism, duty, honor, and respect for our flag, our country, the military and the American way of life. Over the years I've seen patriotism, honor, ethics, duty, justice, truth, pride, the respect for life, and God; washed down the drain of liberal politics.

No more is it acceptable to be the best. Striving to "be the best you can be," is a joke. Everyone is now expected to lower themselves to the lowest common denominator so that those who are incapable of competing, for what ever reason, will still be able to feel good about themselves. We have become a nation based on mediocrity. You see it everywhere; in the family, our education system, children's sports, on the job, the military, and sadly, even our national leadership. When our population is taught that being mediocre is O.K., can we as a nation be anything but mediocre on the world stage?

If you're not concerned about the erosion of your guaranteed freedoms you should be. There have been attempts in Congress, by liberal factions, to eliminate some of your natural, God given rights. Major Owens (D N.Y.) actually introduced a bill to eliminate the entire Second Amendment. If that type of move against the Constitution were to come to fruition, the government would no longer be restrained from moving against any and all rights. The "Patriot Act" put in place by "Conservatives" has shredded your Fourth Amendment rights to privacy and activist courts, supporting the A.C.L.U. have done the same to your First Amendment rights.

Your natural, God given rights are under attack each and every day by trial lawyers, the United Nations, the A.C.L.U., activist judges and believe it or not, the very people you have elected to office, people sworn to uphold the Constitution. If the courts and the people we elect, cannot be depended upon to support the Constitution and continue to strip away our rights with their liberal, globalist points of view, who can we trust? It will come down to, who it always comes down to, "we the people." When the people have had enough they will stand up and make their will known. Usually this comes too late and society as a whole will suffer, but my hope is that this time, the people will awaken from their lethargy in time to save this great nation, our Constituiton and our very way of life.