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I have always been a proponent of the flat tax, but only Steve Forbes can make the argument so eloquently.

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I believe supermajorities in any governing house regardless of political party is detrimental to the democratic process. Apparently, a lot of folks in the state of Massachusetts agree. Congratulations Scott Brown on your win!

It will be very interesting to see how the Democratic Senators go about running for reelection in November. Other than Speaker of the House Pelosi’s seat, the former Kennedy senate seat was the most secure seat for the Democratic party and they lost it in a landslide.

The next ten months leading up to the 2010 elections are going to be intense! We have another possible upset brewing here in Wisconsin with Terrence Wall‘s composed campaign against 18-year Senate verteran Russ Feingold.

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Net “Neutrality” is the Trojan horse of our era. On the outside it looks like it will force broadband companies to give everyone unfiltered access to the Internet. The truth, however, is that it gives the U.S. government the authority to take absolute control of any and all American Internet Service Providers. It is painfully obvious this power will forever be abused by reigning political bodies, now and in the future, to filter out the voice of their opposition.

Contact your Senators and demand they protect Free Speech and the Free Economy by saying NO to Net Neutrality!

As is always the case, our founding fathers have enlightening words about every topic in dark times. I find the following passage from Samuel Adams in 1772 regarding tyranny to be insightful:

Is it not high time for the people of this country explicitly to declare whether they will be freemen or slaves? It is an important question, which ought to be decided. It concerns us more than anything in this life. The salvation of our souls is interested in the event; for wherever tyranny is established, immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent. It is the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice, for they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail. The religion and public liberty of the people are intimately connected: their interests are interwoven; they cannot subsist separately, and therefore they rise and fall together. For this reason, it is always observable that those who are combined to destroy the people’s liberties practice every art to poison their morals. How greatly then does it concern us, at all events, to put a stop to the progress of tyranny. It has advanced already by far too many strides. We are this moment upon a precipice. The next step may be fatal to us. Let us, then, act like wise men, calmly look around us, and consider what is best to be done.

- Samuel Adams, 1772

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You can find out more information about abortion in the upcoming health care reform bills and Americans United for Life Action at www.RealHealthCareRespectsLife.com.

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