In the northwest corner of the state, Chuck Donovan will be speaking with the  Walker County Tea Party at their regular February meeting 9 February, 2010 at 7 PM at the Dari Dip in LaFayette, GA.  (map)  If you haven't met Chuck yet, this is an excellent opportunity to do so. 

The mission is freedom.

The vision is now.

I keep hoping that Americans will realize the motivation the Main Stream Media has.  This video shows us how badly we are being "informed". 

It is not really about bias.  It is about a focus on a dream of centralized control.  Everything the MSM stands for supports that idea. They are convinced if only we could get the right person in charge, everything would be great for everyone all of the time.  This is completely counter to the American ideal of rights granted to each individual by the creator, and of limited, decentralized government.  Their faith and trust is in government.  My trust is in each and every one of my fellow human beings.

For me the answer is simple.  Vote Libertarian.

The mission is freedom.

The vision is now.

Since President Harry S. Truman’s first televised State of the Union Address, the opposing party’s refusal to clap for a President’s comment or initiative magnifies and cements party polarities.  However, during Wednesday’s State of the Union Address, the sheer disdain by the Republican Party for the President and his party was more than apparent.

Beyond that, I bring up only two observations on the speech.  First of all, the speech was clearly the product of people in love with government and government solutions.  There was no statement to eliminate a single failed government program.  Is every government program a success?  Every solution involved more spending, with a promise that fiscal responsibility will arrive in 2011.  This contradicts the Libertarian approach.

Included below, I have compiled a breakdown of key words spoken by Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.  Libertarians are interested in freedom of choice.  Notice the difference in the number of times the words “freedom”, “liberty”, and “choice” are mentioned by the two presidents – 30 for W. Bush, and 4 for Obama.  It is interesting that the current administration mentioned the “debt” and the “deficit” much more often than former.  The Republican President used the word “democracy” more often, a word we Libertarians know is not included in the Constitution even one time.  However, the Democrat used the word “create” far more often.

 I’ll end on a pleasant note.  How would the State of the Union Address sound from a Libertarian president?

In liberty,

Chuck Donovan

The Cato Institute Fact Checks the State of the Union Address

I agree with the opinions expressed by the Cato Institute in this video. - CHUCK