Liberty?

As I expected, things definitely appear to be going Obama's way as of 9:00 Eastern Standard Time. Therefore, it seems increasingly likely that there will be a Democratic President with a strong majority of Democrats in both the House and Senate. They'll have the Executive and the Legislative branches, while "conservatives" have a very tenuous hold on the Supreme Court. So, it is the job of Republicans, politically speaking, to point out every single thing that goes wrong in the next 2 years and further because they can't be blamed for any of it. After all, with such control over the government, the Democrats will have to accept all of the credit as well as all of the blame. They'll have nobody else to blame. So, again, I'll say be careful what you wish for because you just might get it and it seems that the Democrats have gotten everything they could have hoped for. That's bad for the country in my opinion, but it is also bad for the Democratic party. After all, this election was not about change for either candidate and it wasn't about hope. It was about one thing and one thing only. CONTROL! That's it. The Democrats were hoping to get the control they desperately wanted in order to "fix" things and the Republicans were hoping to keep control of at least a portion of the government in order to prevent one party rule. Well, the Democrats got control and while I think they'll do exactly what they say they will and lead us all down the primrose path of socialism all the while telling us it is "for the best", I'm sure they think they'll "fix" things. Here me now. The government is incapable of "fixing" anything. They will either make it worse, make you dependent on it or completely mess up something that was actually working before. There are no other options. So, while I firmly believe the Democrats have become increasingly socialist and are no longer worthy of the title democrat, after all they are increasingly against liberty and rights like freedom of speech (political correctness anyone), freedom of association (against exclusive memberships in clubs and fraternal organizations), right to bear arms (obvious), property rights (for "eminent domain" laws and homeowner's associations and regulations that take away your rights to decide what to do with property you own and placing those decisions into the hands of the government), etc. instead favoring supposed, but not constitutionally established rights such as "right to universal health care", "right to unlimited abortions", "right to be obscene on public airwaves (there is a difference between a freedom of speech right and obscenity in the public square since one's rights only extend to where they interfere with another's and my right to not have my children exposed to profanity and other obscenities on the "public" airwaves is violated by someone's "right" to air it)", etc. So, Democrats all the while claim to be for "equality". This would be admirable assuming equality were the highest moral value in politics. Some may believe it is, but which provides more equality then? Allowing someone to make the best of their choices and doing the best they can or taking from one person and giving to another in order to "establish" equality? As I see it, today's Democrats have betrayed Martin Luther King Jr. because equality to them has left behind liberty. What do I mean? Well, equality seems to mean to Democrats that "we must take away from one to give to another" whether it be money, property, standard of living, quotas, etc. Through this conceptualization, they have in fact eliminated freedom. The kind of equality they are for means there is no liberty because "equality" as they see it can only be enforced by government control. Real freedom of speech requires me to allow someone to stand up and shout an opinion at the top of their lungs and with all their might that I would adamantly disagree with while at the same time, that person, allowing me to do the same. Political correctness doesn't do this. In fact, it has begun to run rampant and does actually the opposite because, God forbid, we say certain things where anyone could actually hear us! Liberty is the primary moral value in politics because it is only through liberty that equality can truly exist. Everyone is born equal and has the chance to make the best of whatever opportunities are provided them and it is that which makes someone equal, not the government saying a person is equal regardless of their own effort. That is in fact tyranny (as evidence by political correctness, but I will come up with more examples if someone comments and insists). Nonetheless, I digress, because now the Democrats will have control of the government. The government isn't meant to have this much power and control and our founding fathers, who both political parties like to quote so much, would be appalled at our direction in this country. After all, they wanted to throw off the shackles of an oppressive and overly bloated government and bureaucracy in order to control their own destiny. While I understand the appeal Obama has had for many, I'll withhold judgment, but I would like to ask you four years from now if you think you have any control over your own destiny or if the government now controls it for you. I suspect I know what the answer will be. We are now electing someone who has promised to expand government, expand government control, expand government power. All of this means only one thing to you, the average citizen. Less control of your own life. Period. End of discussion.