Thanks for the kind words. I agree and disagree with the “Americans vote for bigger government” thing. I agree that is the end result, but I disagree that they are doing it intentionally. I believe that after the media manipulation, the weeding out of other “undesirable” candidates who don’t tow a Party line or policy and finally the choices they eventually allow us to have, leave us with the choice of “Two Evils” that in one way or another are supporting big government. If your only choice is between two candidates that support big government of course Americans will continue to vote for big government. What other choice do they have?

~Brogan

There has never been a gun control law that has saved one life.

Regarding the “corporate owned mass media,” they primarily produce what the majority of their customers want. As you know better than me, they use formal and informal rating systems to guide them. Secondarily, they use their constitutionally-protected position for propaganda and social engineering purposes, and that is despicably human. The stories that we see/hear in the media are there, primarily, because most consumers want them. Fortunately, for now, we still have a choice not to read the NY Times and we can still turn off CNN. I think you will find that the media of 1808 and 2008 are guided by different customer values and customers pay the bills. The values of the majority have shifted.

I am afraid that the “naive people” that you mention are indeed the majority in this country, and they are voting to exchange liberty for spoon feeding at an awesome pace. As much as you and I want to believe to the contrary, we are minority voices and our group is getting smaller.

Brogan, thanks for the great note. Mas, great Blog!