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Don't let that headline fool you, both parties have contributed to the corruption and growth of big government and the abomination of the American dream; our founders' vision of self-government! An America free of big government oppression and tyranny, is the one true patriots still hold dear.

The Obama Administration does continue the warring policies and tries to sell it as a changeling, Obamanation of America! But dear readers with a burning desire for liberty; with a gnawing hunger for small government, true believers in the American dream of self-government, we know that is not our real true America.

"I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father." Will Rogers mused.

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." Our first president warned. Many leaders are outright servants of tyranny; good at ignoring the rule of law, history and science while catering to the needs of special interests but very bad at determining what is best or safer for the individual or society.

As Honest Abe stated, "The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

It is worth repeating, the Spirit of 1776 was the Holy Spirit and is our true North. The real visionaries, who gave birth to this Nation, those who defined what an American patriot would be, were rebels with just cause!

Since 2006 I have awarded two Rebel with Just Cause portraits yearly.

One of my 2010 Rebel with Just Cause portraits goes to Willie Nelson for his passionate support for marijuana legalization. The other will be awarded to Daniel Ellsberg for the documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers." The Oscar-nominated account of Pentagon insider, Ellsberg's daring endeavor to leak top-secret government papers that disclosed shocking truths about the Vietnam War and Nixon's presidency. They are our heroes of the decade, maybe the past century.

One of my 2011 Rebels with Just Cause portraits goes to Bradley Manning for posting Afghanistan war diaries on wikileaks. It is not a crime to expose war crimes. " The Manning case is at the center of revolutionary change in the United States and around the world. Please call the White House at 202-456-1414. And, please send an email to President Obama! He can end the the daily torture Manning faces! "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." The man who could not tell a lie proclaimed.

Repeal the Patriot Act. Do NOT renew any of its provisions. The name itself is a misnomer. True patriots with a burning desire for liberty; with a gnawing hunger for small government, true believers in the American dream of self-government see it as a dark moment of fear-imposed unfaithfulness to the Bill of Rights and other founding documents.

Please take action to prohibit the President from intervening in Libya. "No Intervention!" read a banner displayed by Libyan insurgents, "We have to get him ourselves."Yelled a Libyan demonstrator. Intervention has created new enemies for the American people. Nothing undermines the insurgents more than the perception that they are US stooges.

Reduce our military presence and spending around the world. Bring our troops home. Cut the interventionists, military industrial complex, warmongering budget to the bone! Big government or the establishment ideology of unethical capitalism and the welfare/warfare state is an assault on the American dream of self-government, free of tyranny and oppression.

All dreams of freedom around the world come from the Holy Spirit. At America's heart are well-wishes for the freedom and independence of everyone.. America is the champion and vindicator only in her own constant vigilance to protect liberty. We spread the freedom philosophy best by being a shining example.

"Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her [America's] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own". — John Quincy Adams

Watch a comprehensive analysis of the 2008 global financial crisis, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly caused global financial collapse. Trace the rise of a rogue industry and realize the corrosive relationships which has corrupted politics, regulation and academia. Bring corrupt, predatory financiers and their enablers to justice. We will be derelict in our duties to maintain an in fact, free republic if we don't insist on it.

In March 2010, an Australian class-action lawsuit against Merck ruled that Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attacks, and that Merck had breached the Trade Practices Act by selling a drug which was unfit for sale. Hold Congress members and the other lawmakers responsible, too! Many were partners of the FDA and pharmaceutical industry. Viox, alone, has been estimated to have caused more deaths than the Vietnam War .Investigate why and how the FDA became a partner instead of a watchdog of the industry or its role in approving even one of the 13 dangerous drugs pulled from the market in the fall of 2002 that caused thousands of needless deaths and injuries. We will be derelict in our duties to maintain an in fact, free republic if we don't insist on it.

CATO: "Social Security as we know it is facing irresistible demographic and fiscal pressures that threaten the future retirement benefits of today’s young workers."

I have heard this all my working life. I was forced to pay into SS everywhere I worked for the past 50 odd years whether I liked it or not. I would have done better with private investment of what I was forced to pay SS. Now they owe me and all workers who were forced to pay.

CATO: "Although Social Security is currently running a surplus, according
to the system’s own trustees, that surplus will turn into a deficit within the next nine years. That is, by 2017, Social Security will be paying out more in benefits than it takes in through taxes.

In theory, Social Security is supposed to continue paying benefits after
2017 by drawing on the Social Security Trust Fund. Furthermore, the trust fund is supposed to provide sufficient funds to continue paying full benefits until 2041, after which it will be exhausted. At that point, by law, Social Security benefits will have to be cut by approximately 27 percent. However, in reality, the Social Security Trust Fund is not an asset that can be used to pay benefits. Any Social Security surpluses accumulated to date have been spent, leaving a trust fund that consists only of government bonds (IOUs) that will eventually have to be repaid by taxpayers."

How is it our leadership can get away with continually ripping US off?? Morally bankrupt financiers, empire builders and leaders in their pockets give American capitalism a black eye with their predatory capitalism. Predatory capitalism due to big government interference and protection destroys people, benign or ethical capitalism, America's founders' vision, creates a world of abundance for all.

CATO: "Congress should allow workers to privately invest at least half their Social Security payroll taxes through individual accounts."

Privatize SS. At least if you get ripped off by an individual or a corporation you can use the court system to charge them with embezzlement or fraud. Well, except for those predator corporations that own the government and are therefore above the law, somehow, for now.

Tell President Obama and Congress not to subsidize nuclear energy. We have much safer, better options. Put those millions to use by making good on some of government bonds (IOUs) to the SS trust fund. We will be derelict in our duties to maintain an in fact, free republic if we don't insist on it.

Instead of cuts to education, health care, and Social Security, cut the military industrial complex's budget to the bone. Bring our troops home! End prohibition and see all related agencies disbanded. Put more resources toward incarcerating violent and sexual predators.

Marc Emery is our hero and wins the other 2011 portrait for taking a stand for justice against a morally bankrupt, violence triggering, nightmare policy.

Restore public and law enforcement safety!

Paramilitary drug raids trigger violence rather than lessen the risk. "Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty." According to our Father, George. The carnage and crime associated with illicit drugs are triggered by our demented, punitive policy. Notice alcohol distributors no longer kill off the competition!

End demonizing drug courts! The people believe in self-government and self-medication. Murderers and other violent predators roam free, while we police nonviolent adult social, medicinal and religious drug use. That's soft on public safety, out-of-control, historically ignorant policy.

It is down right sinister, a crime against humanity, for the medicinal uses of cannabis to be suppressed. Some scientific researchers speculate that cannabinoids play a protective role in the brain, slowing the rate of disease. Ooooops! Who spilled the beans? Scientists and patients all over
the world, that's who!

It is morally bankrupt to punish nonviolent adults for making a safer health choice, cannabis or marijuana, compared to other medicinal/social drugs. Less than 1% of US are actually addicts. Treatment is seven times less expensive than prison. Change to ethical policy and show fiscal responsibility; use resources to catch more violent and sexual predators or incarcerate more of those morally bankrupt, who sell drugs to children or drive intoxicated.

Save lives instead of ruining them. Join LEAP, COP and DownsizeDC!

Get tough on violent crime! Restore Justice, the guardian of liberty!

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Changing who's in charge will not affect much. The real cause of this huge quagmire of failed policy is the beast, big government, that money hungry beast, Uncle Sam! Ma Freedom tells it like it is! The beauty of it is when we focus on down-sizing our government we regain our roots of self-government and secure the blessings of liberty for future generations and ourselves.

Compiled and written by Colleen McCool