Today we remember all those that gave their lives for their country. Whether willingly or bound by slavery that military services demands, these people had their lives taken so that we can live as free citizens of a great country. I know this is true because our politicians remind us of this often; more so during election years. Why, if it wasn't for the brave souls in World War II, we could be living under the influence of Nazism -- the idea that you can have private ownership of property with the government controlling how you use it. Fortunately, decades after that terrible war, Joe Citizen can buy a pickup truck in America and proudly park it in his driveway ... provided that community laws allow him to do so. Ok then, bad example. He can fix his house and rightly show his individual tastes ... in keeping with rigid zoning restrictions of course. Ok, forget that then. Ah, what about the brave veterans who fought the communists in Vietnam? What about our battles of the cold war to prevent a government from saying, "We have a right to the hard earned fruits of your blood, sweat and tears. It belongs to all of us." Thank God, we don't have to worry about such thievery. When our federal officials said they need our money to study the sex lives of fruit flies, we said .... Um, ok, when the North Carolina legislative body said that they were going to take our money to fund a tea pot museum, we ... never mind that. Who needs economic freedom when we have our personal freedom! Why, two consenting adults --- a man and a woman can enjoy each other's pleasures without fear of arrest. Well, there was that couple in Arkansas and another in Georgia... Alright then, who needs personal freedom when you live in the greatest country in the world! So what if your money is not entirely yours and your life isn't complete under your control. If we were responsible people, we wouldn't need to be told how to live our lives now would we! So salute those brave departed loved ones that died so that you could read this and I could write this without reprisal.
Now who is pounding at my door at this hour? OH NO, IT'S.............................
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