Freedom in the balance ~ By Henry Lamb

Commentary from WorldNetDaily

"The current majority in Washington, which obviously rejects the idea of limited government and individual freedom, must be removed, or at least significantly reduced, in 2010. In 2012, a whole new regime must capture the Capitol."

By Henry Lamb Posted: December 12, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 The federal government was created by people who were sick and tired of a king's government that controlled every facet of life. They wrote a Constitution that explicitly limited the power of the new government. Under this new government, individuals were free to pursue happiness as they chose. In 200 years, this new nation of free people created prosperity unmatched in all of history. While free people were busy pursuing their happiness, others were free to pursue political power. Throughout the 20th century, a cancer grew in the very fabric of freedom. The idea that the role of government is to provide for its citizens is a return to the Dark Ages when the prevailing thought was that without the protection of a benevolent government (king), man's life was, as Thomas Hobbes put it, "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." The people who share Hobbes' philosophy have been called by many labels over the years, but they all fit rather nicely into the ideas expressed most eloquently in modern times by Karl Marx. It matters not what labels are pinned on the people who want to put government in charge of individual lives; what matters is that freedom cannot exist when it requires the permission of government. The people who have found life to be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" are eager for government to take control of their lives, and the lives – and fortunes – of those people whose pursuit of happiness has produced prosperity. When government assumes control it can "spread the wealth around." READ FULL STORY >