When the peo­ple fear their gov­ern­ment, there is tyranny; when the gov­ern­ment fears the peo­ple, there is lib­erty.  — Thomas Jefferson

There’s too much of the for­mer and not enough of the lat­ter.  But, hav­ing seen the pic­tures from the 9/12 rally in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. on Sat­ur­day, I’m hop­ing that the peo­ple are begin­ning to no longer fear the gov­ern­ment.  I have hope that the peo­ple are begin­ning to awaken to the enor­mous stran­gle­hold the gov­ern­ment has on us.  “The Fed” is just too big.  And if Oba­macare passes, it’ll just be that much bigger.

This morn­ing, I heard a quote from Obama that sent a chill down my spine.

You know, I intend to be pres­i­dent for a while and once this bill passes, I own it.

How long, Obama?  How long do you intend to be pres­i­dent?  I’m hop­ing that the peo­ple of this great coun­try only plan on giv­ing you three more years.  I truly hope you’re voted out in 2012.  Frankly, I don’t think we can sur­vive your inep­ti­tude for even that long.

I just pray that Obama will change and become the Pres­i­dent we all hope him to be, and not the one he’s becoming.

(See what I did there?)