A Libertarian Manifesto- All we want is to be free.

Freedom (noun)
1) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
2) The state of being free, unconstrained; the lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general.

Liberty (noun)
1) The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
2) The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
3) Freedom from excess government control.


"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

-Thomas Jefferson, July 4th, 1776.

This is the mission statement of the United States of America. All laws, court rulings or make-believe rights derive from this sentence. We are a country suffering from a cancer that has been spreading for hundreds of years- government.

Before I get into it, let me address the usual potshots I get from some of my fellow citizens. First, I am not an anarchist. I am not promoting "no government". Second, I am not saying that nobody should pay taxes. Third, I am not a "Bush supporter" nor am I an "Obama-basher". All I want is to live my life in my little part of the world, free of any control or restrictions imposed by idiots from New York City or Chicago, and pursue happiness the way I, NOT YOU, see fit.

I am not a buffoon or a child that has to be coddled, taken care of, or told what's good for me. If I decide to live in Florida and my house gets flattened by a hurricane, it is MY responsibility. If I decide to break into someones house and they shoot me, it is MY fault. If I feel my compensation is unfair, it is MY responsibility to go find a better job. If I want to smoke cigarettes, I am free to pursue my happiness. If I get cancer from it, it is MY fault.

We live in a society today that has been perverted by secular progressives who praise freedoms, but with the other hand strike down yours. Gun Control. Forced tax-and-spend plans. Rewriting history. What is so radical about just wanting the world to mind their own damn business? What? What is so wrong with just wanting to be left alone? This myth of "fairness" is a large part of it. You have to be stripped of your freedom to smoke because it "is not fair" to those around you. You have to pay higher taxes to fund welfare programs and create jobs for unskilled workers because it is "not fair". There are people in Africa starving and dying of Dengue Fever...is that "fair"? Is is "fair" that Labron James plays basketball for a living and is a millionaire while I work 7o hour weeks to pay the bills? Was it "fair" that my cousin was born to a wheelchair? No, it isn't. There is no "fair". Things are as they are. Period. They either "are" or they "are not". You can either piss and moan about it, or you can stand up and make something of yourself.

Currently, we have a government, usually not even representing you unless you live in New York City, that says "YOU WILL TAKE THIS AND YOU WILL LIKE IT." To me, that does not agree to the original mission statement above. We have spent the last hundred years paying politicians to make up a bunch of restrictions for us and micromanaging our lives, resulting in the rotting of our society. No, you can't drink that beer on your front porch. No, you can't own that gun. No, you cannot spank your disrespectful child. "We are not racists, but you don't have enough black people working here. Go hire more, but don't do it based on race". That's just the beginning. Then we get into the "protective laws": You cannot drive faster than 65, you cannot drink under 21, you are required to pay us a tribute so we can redistribute it how WE see fit. I don't know about y'all, but to me it seems pretty simple: "You are all idiots and morons, and we have to protect you from yourselves". Then as a society, especially the liberal parasites who feed off this cancerous tumor that is the government, we like to make up a bunch of rights that don't exist. Just this morning, I heard someone talking about the "right to marriage". How many times have you heard of the "right to privacy"? I mean, I realize that the Constitution is 200 years old, but there is a difference between saying "well, this shouldn't be taken literally because we don't ride horses to work" and saying "well, I think that by 'freedom of speech' they really intended to say it is ok to burn the American flag and spit in the faces of US soldiers". For the love of God, people... why is this so radical??

Just get the hell out of the way and let people pursue happiness. Don't confuse this with another make-believe right- the "right to be happy". If your pursuit of happiness leads to you living in a shack eating garbage or leads to you being dead in a ditch, fine. You have that right. More power to you. If it makes you happy to spit in the face of a US Troop, fine. Go ahead. When he punches you in the face and beats your ass, don't come crying to the court system. They owe it to you to respect your "right" to be an idiot.

The nanny state we have created, both financially and socially, is the enemy of all the principles we were founded on. All we want is to stick to the original deal we agreed to. All we want is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Just get the hell out of the way. Let me live my life. You live yours. All we want is to be left alone.