ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY COUNTRY BACK

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good boy this year and I therefore humbly request the following items under my tree this Christmas:

1. My right to privacy. – I used to have a right to be secure in my personal effects, but earlier this year, two bullies named Bush and Cheney came over and crushed it with something called a FISA amendment.

2. My right to a fair and speedy trial by a jury of my peers. - Those same bullies, Bush and Cheney have been looking for the boogieman for 7 years. When they think someone might know where he is, they beat the daylights out of him until he tells them what they want to hear. Apparently, if they get the idea that I might know where he is, they can come and beat the daylights out of me too!

3. Private property rights. – The Supreme Court has recently misinterpreted the 5th amendment and allowed private property to be seized for use by private developers.

4. Five trillion dollars. – Approximate amount that Paulson and Bernake have spent, loaned, printed, burned, wasted, etc. trying to play God with the economy.

5. All the Constitutional powers that once belonged to Congress - but have been frittered away by our inept legislators. i.e. The power to declare war (lost through neglect to imperial Presidents), the power to coin money (stolen by devious bankers via the Federal Reserve Act), the power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting (the Federal Reserve is a counterfeiter that is beyond the reach of Congress), the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations (gradually given away through so-called free trade agreements like NAFTA), etc…………..

6. Capitalism – hasn’t been seen in the United States in over a century. What we experienced in the financial melt down is not a failure of Capitalism, but the effects of a 100-year assault on free markets, sound money, and individual liberty.

7. Real Prosperity – Since the government is allowed to steal the fruits of our labor through income taxes and destroy the purchasing power of our money through inflation, I have seen only “phony prosperity” in my lifetime. (Allow me to coin a term here: “Fiat prosperity”) The make-believe economy orchestrated by the Federal Reserve has come crashing down as it was destined to do. When we wake up and realize that sound money is required for a sound economy and private citizens and entrepreneurs, not the government, put money to its highest use we may finally return to prosperity.

8. Our Constitutional Republic – the one our founding fathers pledged their lives to. Over the years, our republic has tragically been eroded into a democracy. Excuse me, you say? Do we not live in a democracy?……….. No, the word democracy does not appear in the Constitution. The United States of America was founded as a free republic. We use democratic processes, but our unalienable rights should never be impinged by the tyranny of the majority, as is bound to happen in a democracy. Democracies can quickly degrade into tyranny, fascism, communism, etc.

9. My right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. – See items 1 through 8.

10. A “Monopoly” game. – They come with several thousand “monopoly dollars”, which are about as good as the ones in my wallet.

Sorry, Santa, this list could get kind of long. To put it more succinctly:

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY COUNTRY BACK!!!