Here's a blast from the past.

A declaration is an affirmation. Independence means self-government. They could have called The Declaration of Independence, The Affirmation of Self-Government! Aha! The Founders were libertarian.

Abraham Lincoln noted, "Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. "

Priebus says that the libertarian philosophy is "almost a non-factor" today. Republocrats AKA the oligarchy seeks to destroy our united spirit for self-government and have openly grown an authoritarian dictatorship in the land of the free. They blow hot air through their megaphones' corporate media.

Just because a dream has not been fully realized is no reason to abandon it. I want to declare, like Mark Twain, that reports of the libertarian philosophy's recent demise have been greatly over exaggerated! Perhaps you thought Uncle Sam was a benevolent spirit, well true patriots tell it like it is! He began ravishing Lady Liberty early on and continues to get away with it!! Uncle Sam, that money hungry beast, has fought against the Dream from square one.

All Obamney says..." is how inept the other one is. Honestly, we agree with both of them." Judge Gray quipped. Third Parties will be debating in Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8pm CST the day after early voting begins in Texas. The real debate will be broadcast live, free!

In the ballot fight the Greens were not challenged so why were the Libertarians? I'll be glad to answer that. It is because most voters are really true patriots who believe in the American Dream: Self-Government, freedom from big government tyranny and oppression. True patriots are libertarian. You might be. Take this 10 question quiz.

Johnson went crowd surfing. Ride the wave, Gary, straight to the WhiteHouse!

R's "Believe in America," means their version of big government, Amerika not the Founder's Dream. Recently that slogan seems to have been replaced with "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!"

Believe in the American Dream! Dreamy eyed patriots with hearts full of love for self-government CAN WIN!

D's "Forward" slogan means their version of big government, Amerika not the Founder's Dream. "Stand with Barack and create an economy built to last," is a total fantasy.

Morally bankrupt financiers, empire builders and leaders in their pockets make capitalism abhorrent with their predatory or crony capitalism. Predatory capitalism due to big government interference and protection destroys people, benign or ethical capitalism, America's founders' vision of the free market, creates a world of abundance for all.

WE, the consumers, are all powerful! We can refuse to buy from morally bankrupt sellers responsible for causing harm, destroying people or our environment. The free market is a more powerful and efficient regulator than government. Downsize DC, make that LEAP of faith to let ethics, compassion and the free market rule! Get tough on violent crime!

The Republocrats may as well be one party their differences are minuscule. They deserve the bird because they have deserted the American Dream. Give them the two middle fingers bird of peace everywhere you see them and vote accordingly.

People who are educated know their own power and don't surrender it to the lesser of two evils. They Stand for Peace & Liberty.

Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray are the only choice to Save the American Dream and to Restore Justice, the guardian of Liberty! The people believe in self-government and self-medication.

DENY CONSENT with Johnson/Gray! Tell Servants of Tyranny, their dictates and actions are criminal. They do not have our consent to police the world, the market or what we, as individuals choose as our medicinal/social drugs.

The tobacco, alcohol and prescription drug gangs cause more death annually than all illicit drugs! 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 addicted to any illegal drug.. Prison cost 7xs treatment. Show fiscal responsibility, demand morally correct policy!

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is important to drug policy because cannabinoid receptors are GPCRs -- in fact: "Cannabinoid CB1 receptors are the most abundant GPCRs in the brain,
with levels 10-fold higher than those of other GPCRs"

The Washington Post reports that "both (winners) are physicians and neither has a doctorate in chemistry." However, "their research, conducted over four decades, has elucidated the workings of 'G protein-coupled receptors,' a family with about 1,000 varieties that are involved in everything from sight and smell to the regulation of pain and heart rate." The Post points out that "more than one-third of all drugs on the market - including beta blockers, antihistamines and opioid painkillers - operate through G-protein-coupled receptors [GPCRs]." (Thanks for the info: Sunil Aggarwal, M.D., Ph.D., PGY-3 NYU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation cannabinergy.com)

I am afraid! Violent predators roam free, rape kits go unprocessed, schools go under funded, roads need repair while our precious resources are depleted chasing nonviolent drug users. Drug warriors can get their adrenaline rush chasing murderers and sexual predators.

Restore Justice, the guardian of liberty! Incarcerate more of those morally bankrupt, selling drugs to children or driving intoxicated. Save lives instead of ruining them. Get tough on violent crime!

Twitter gives us only two choices, the lesser of two evils!! Go to twitter sign up if you don't have an account, sign in if you do and tweet #myvotefactor Gary Johnson Wake up Twitter and help SAVE the American Dream!

Do you feel duty bound to Save the American Dream: Self-Government, freedom from big government tyranny and oppression.... and to Restore Justice, the guardian of Liberty?

If you tell the servants of tyranny they do not have your consent to police the world, the market or what we, as individuals choose as our medicinal/social drugs.... no brag, just fact, you are a Rebel with Just Cause. You may as well own up to it, go here & hit "like" in the cover portrait. You are a true patriot and my hero! Thanks for all you do for reform!

Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray are the recipient of McCool's 2013 Rebel With Just Cause Award for their efforts toward saving the American Dream: self-government free of big government corruption and oppression and restoring Justice the guardian of liberty!

Richard Lee will receive the other portrait for his trailblazing work, made in spite of great adversity, for drug policy reform. Richard has become one of the highest-profile, most sympathy drawing activists on this planet, a famous spokesman for self-government and ending cannabis prohibition. Richard Lee's Mom Wows 'Em at NORML

I am behind on my portraits but will git-r-done. Look at an example! You'll find links from there to other past award winners.

"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." - John Greenleaf Whittier Let's never say, The American Dream might have been!

We have the potent tool of nonviolent civil disobedience to effect positive change. True patriots are rebels with just cause. "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

Save lives instead of ruining them. Join LEAP! It is a LEAP year!! Join COP and DownSizeDC!

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

"Strike the root!" Be brave, that's how we end terror. All we have to do is stop being afraid, and stop acting out of fear. True patriots never forget America is the home of the free and the brave.

Revolution is Easy! Exercising your political might is just a click away. Thanks for all you do for reform!

Track your Senators' and Representative's votes by e-mail.

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