Spring, Election Year

The Patriot Post Founders' Quote Daily
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."-- Patrick Henry (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,5 June 1778)Reference: The Debates of the Several State..., Elliot, vol. 3 (45)
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Of course the pundits are all over the board on all sorts of topics, these two caught my eye. James Taranto has some interesting items on the populist vote effort in a move against the electoral college. The electoral college is a system by which the majority of states choose our president. We are not a true "democracy", we are a constitutional federalist republic. A majority in the majority of States gets to choose not a simple majority. I far favor the system we have now, with its simple flaws over any other. A simple democracy leads to mob rules and that does not cross well with freedom. This means conservatives, in all districts must vote in '06 and '08, even at the primary level, and uproot the RINOs and place good folks up there in congress,. We have done it before , we can do it again. I have zero problem with the people in charge of our protection snooping around for those that want to kill us or harm our children, so Feingold is a fool , we knew that already. Time to kick the free spenders out once again, and show our clout. There is a bunch of goofy stuff going on in the swamp, stay informed.
Other good reads can be found here and here.