Government, Business, Beer and Pot
Posted in Sound Off Soapbox by R Lee Wrights on October 31st, 2006 by Donna Mancini
To the media:
Thank you so much for the opportunity to discuss my campaign for Congress. I would love to have your endorsement, as I am the BEST candidate for the following reasons:
I think; I lead; I am honest; I persuade instead of using force; I work and have a “real job;” I am beholden to no one (only my Libertarian principles); and, I respect people, their money, their rights and their property!
Also, I MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR!! 
Besides tooting my own horn, I am enclosing my reply to a representative of the beer industry, who e-mailed me yesterday requesting my point of view on their issues. I think my reply is a good summary of my beliefs in general about life, liberty and the pursuit of less government:
In my last column, I wrote about the need to recognize that people are not perfect - not perfectly good, nor perfectly bad - in order to have a chance of understanding them. Just as we need to apply this principle to others, we also need to apply it to ourselves. Otherwise we run the risk of undermining our own good efforts, of becoming the problem even as we play a big role in the solution.
Monrovia, California: It began with Hobby Shop and the Fountainhead.
It is very important that every American be well versed in The Constitution of the United States. Much of the political mess in which we find ourselves today, in my estimation, including Roe vs. Wade, stems from governmental power grabs at every level. 
I’m constantly amazed at how everyone keeps getting this whole Pledge of Allegiance thing wrong. So why should I be any different? The fundamental issue has nothing to do with freedom of religion or freedom of speech or even its socialist source. It has everything to do with freedom, period. So here goes.
Political pundits say that Republicans are worried about the upcoming elections. Political pollsters say that they ought to be.
“Return to the last week of September, 2006, and the Republican Bills to legalize torture, to end the right of habeas corpus, to imprison persons without trial, and to perform wiretapping without warrants. These Bills were Un-American to the core, and go to reveal the truth: 
How many Peruvians does it take to kill a baby? About four, apparently, if they have a fighter jet and the help of U.S. surveillance plane. Our government’s War on Drugs has taken yet another casualty, however, this time the victims have roots in North Carolina.
The writer has heard this phrase during most of his life. He wonders who in the devil came up with this seemingly stupid thought, as it appears that violence has always been the answer, at least for wannabe tyrannical governments. Much of mankind’s history is that of corrupt governments and others using violence to take over the control of people, denying them self-will and self-determination.
I love comfort food. Fried chicken, dumplings, noodle soup, and rice pudding. The problem with comfort food is that by its definition it is also boring. A little brings you down to earth, too much and you never get back up. Rely on it too much and that rice pudding can begin to taste sour. So is the case of comfortable politics, the politics of thought and no action. The safety of never having to put yourself or your ideas on the line.
