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Pappadave Wrote: Apr 11, 2012 12:43 PM

How silly! The freedoms we all SHOULD enjoy are spelled out pretty clearly in both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution/Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments. The Federal government, over the past 100 years or so, has systematically taken away more and more of those freedoms. Think not? Try buying a piece of property and avoid paying the government their annual triple tithe for the privilege of "owning" land in the U.S. You'll find out VERY quickly just how "free" you are to own property. The conservative concept of freedom is pretty simple.

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Random thoughts on the passing scene:

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