Back before I had a blog, I used to hard code all my posts in chronological order. This post was originally made on Sunday January 11, 2004:

It's official; according to a very recent Gallup Poll, Republicans are far more likely to consider themselves "happy" with their station in life than either Democrats or Independents. Perhaps there truly is bliss in ignorance, or do those on the right side of the political field understand something about good intentions being the paving stones on the road to hell?

I watched a great episode of the show Cold Case where a Russian immigrant was being questioned about a homicide and the detective told the guy that he was going away. The Russian guy looked at the detective in complete fear and said, "You are going to make me disappear? I will never get to see my son again." The detective played on this and the guy confessed to a murder that he didn't commit. Yes, it's fiction, but that is the terror that living in a totalitarian dictatorship subjects human beings to. And this is what every single fascist and socialist state ever built has resulted in--terrified human beings, pathetic wretches and this is precisely the world that Howard Dean and Hitlary Clinton are looking to build--absolute government control over the lives of its citizens. Sorry kids, but it's time to call a spade a spade and these socialist dictators in training who have lined up to be the next front runner in the Democratic Party are looking for that absolute power that corrupts absolutely. They are all looking for the ring of power, all their thoughts are bent on it, and most Republicans are looking for the same thing as well. Power should be something that any sane person takes upon their self as an absolute last resort, like Aragorn did, only out of necessity and while he accepted the hope that Elrond gave to man, he kept none for himself--this is why. Beware of anyone who wants your vote in order that they can look out for you. I will vote for the person who wants my vote to keep me from harming the life or property of others and in turn will keep others from harming my life or my property. Listen up kids, I'm giving you jewels for free here, but what I just said is the popcorn kernel to a free and just society--anything beyond that is tyranny. Once a government and its representatives go into the business of writing social wrongs and weighing laws to favor one group over another, the only difference between democracies and dictatorships is the degree to which the government terrorizes its citizens. Unfair taxes or bullets and razor blade electroshock torturing in the basement of some distant building where screams can't be heard outside are only two weapons that both sides wield in a tyranny.

You better recognize, improvise, adapt, and overcome.