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Why did you not support Ron Paul to begin with? It is too little to late. Americans are dumbed down and don't have a clue. Read about NAU and One World Government. It is all planned to go this way. I pray Americans start researching and thinking for themselves instead of believing everything they hear on tv. Good luck and God Bless . Vote Chuck Baldwin--2008

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Sir: this is still a wonderful country if a poor uneducated man like myself can tell a rich guy like you that your head is full of beans. And it is. If you want a constitutional tax; tax property! This was a better country when capital had to hop to it, or get on the auction block. Labor was worth something when the people knew that property had to pay the taxes or be lost, and property was cheaper too when its ownership meant being productive. When the income tax was first made constitutional it affected a fraction of the people. Would any one vote for that amendment today, now that the burden of the whole country is carried by labor? Sure; I think we should talk about it, but it is irresponsible to call for revolution. I have been a revolutionary forever. You don't see me waving a red flag or a shoe on a pole. Everyones idea of revolution is different, but almost every sense of the word is violent, and it is irresponsible to talk violence when each side is frustrated, overworked, and angry... You talk about representatives. My constitution says not more than one representative for every thirty thousand. What fraction of a representative does every thirty thousand have now??? The house limited its number and the Supreme Court let them rule themselves. What happened to the constitution? Was that just a big loop hole?.. Why not have just one representative in the house? If the object is their ease instead of our good government, why not let them limit their number absolutly? If we had representatives at the correct ratio to population, I would be happy to have you elect any number of nut heads just like yourself. It is better that way, with government having the discussions we cannot all have as a nation. But I see, and many others see how much ideology is pushing the parties further and further away from each other, and dividing the nation. No republican in a safe district has to fear a democrat. He does have to fear the zealots and ideologues on his own side who push him further right, and make national compromise impossible. And I will not justify it. Government should govern to the situation, and God is not a part of that situation. We have religious freedom in this country, and it extends to making every church a tax free bank of wealth that reduces every member's cost for social affairs, daycare, and emotional support. My constitution says nothing about furthering Christianity as a goal, but says: Liberty, justice, defense, union, welfare, and domestic tranquility. I'm waiting while the churches get what they want, stirring up hatred and disunion in the process, exporting our common defense, denying justice and liberty... I will not deny that we need revolution, or representation. I will say we need to talk about our forms much, much more. We need to talk about forms of government, forms of community and economy, all forms of relationship. And, just as Jefferson talked about forms in the Declaration of Independence, we need to talk about how to change forms, peacefully. We need government to deliver on the promises it has made, and not on the power you pray for. We need to talk about what all might justly expect from government.... Ideology, and ideologues have been running this country for far too long, pushing it right, making government worse, and blaming their victims for their own suffering. If you want to govern this country, start with your own mouths, and your own communities. When you live perfect lives, and can supply your own needs; then, interfere with the state. The state must work for all, and religion only works for a few; and it makes kings of its leaders, irresponsible, responsible to no man. Religion belongs in the past, and not running the government. As Aristotle noted: Good is the object of government. Too many of you, like the felon, Colson argue that good is not the object of government, but of religion. Who's stopping you? Do good; but don't stop government from doing good so you can feel better about yourselves.... Thanks... Sweeney

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Sir...And something else... Girls throw, pitchers pitch, and quarterbacks pass. It's a Hail Mary Pass, from the American game of football, named after the prayer, like the one our government is saying while it waits to see if the money it is passing the banks is going to fall into the right hands or just be down the rat hole with all the other money we give to the rich. You have to broaden your horizon. Don't throw your pitch like a girl, throw your punch like a man. I hope all you kung fu fighters don't think you have a right to your opinions too. What did Kung fu ever do for America? Be a man. Pick a sport. Any Sport. Thanks... Sweeney

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Thanks, Chuck. Appreciate your support for Ron Paul, as I believe he is a strong Christian. Re: the coming revolution, I think you have the same problem over there as we do here. Our established political parties will no longer act in the interests of the nation. We call them 'the old gangers.' Your parties over there seem the same, with only individual exceptions. While I would extend every hope for success to Senator McCain and Governor Palin, I wonder whether the longer term solution would be to form another party, e.g. the All-America Party, that would genuinely honour the Constitution. There is growing support over here for the British National Party, which is now the only political show in town for Britons concerned about their nation, which is suffering the same strife as yours. Black Belt Patriotism shows tremendous parallels with the UK.