I often hear politicians, Republican and Democrat, including President Obama tell us that government spending is needed to drive the development of a high-speed rail system in our country. I'm not sure what that means, but if it looks like the simple overpass near my house that has been under construction for more than a year, I'm not interested in repeating that all the way from "the New York islands to the redwood forests".
Further, I heard President Obama claim that the United States government created the transcontinental railroad system. I could have sworn that the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad built the railroad beginning in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Oakland, California and working toward eachother to a meeting point near Ogden, Utah in 1869.
This plaque, placed near the railroad on Interstate 80 in California doesn't even mention government involvement. In fact, it specifically cites Chinese labor and a man named Charles Crocker.
As Americans, let us not lose sight of the fact that the vision of great men and women combined with the incentive of possibly improving one's own station and standing in life drove the founding and the development of this great nation.
This primary season, support and vote for the candidate you feel best reflects your values and will best protect and restore your liberty. Do not be bullied into accepting mediocrity or compromise in your primary choice. And in the general election, vote for the candidate whose values are closest to yours again. Do not sit on the sidelines because failing to vote is the same as giving half a vote to the "other side".
Let us not lose sight of the fact that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights and that no earthly force or philosophy can rightly abridge or deny us those rights. And let us, this election, seek those who would break the shackles, lighten the burdens, ease the bondage and look to the betterment of the condition of Americans today and of future generations.
Further, I heard President Obama claim that the United States government created the transcontinental railroad system. I could have sworn that the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad built the railroad beginning in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Oakland, California and working toward eachother to a meeting point near Ogden, Utah in 1869.
This plaque, placed near the railroad on Interstate 80 in California doesn't even mention government involvement. In fact, it specifically cites Chinese labor and a man named Charles Crocker.
As Americans, let us not lose sight of the fact that the vision of great men and women combined with the incentive of possibly improving one's own station and standing in life drove the founding and the development of this great nation.
This primary season, support and vote for the candidate you feel best reflects your values and will best protect and restore your liberty. Do not be bullied into accepting mediocrity or compromise in your primary choice. And in the general election, vote for the candidate whose values are closest to yours again. Do not sit on the sidelines because failing to vote is the same as giving half a vote to the "other side".
Let us not lose sight of the fact that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights and that no earthly force or philosophy can rightly abridge or deny us those rights. And let us, this election, seek those who would break the shackles, lighten the burdens, ease the bondage and look to the betterment of the condition of Americans today and of future generations.
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