This is what we have to be aware of.

Our government can only have the power to do the things you talk about when we become silent and allow it to happen. After 9-11 when the Bush administration changed the procedure to allow wire taps without judicial review I was angry and spoke out against it. You are helping to make one of the points I fear the most. People's complacency. We sit around and continue to vote for the same people year after year and the results are always the same. We do not use our Constitutional Right of free speech and freedom of the press. You seem to feel that the power right now is the government and we need to fear them. My contention is, the real power is from the wealthy and corporations. Either way we need to get people to be aware and become vigilant on our rights. I have not used a weapon since I left the Navy, but I support the rights of law abiding citizens to bear arms. You talk about the government running our health care, the system I want could not be further then government control. I call it Universal Health care but in reality the correct term would be single payer. The government would collect the premiums from the public and then distribute it to the hospitals and doctors based upon the procedures and cost. Right now we have big business control this and they determine what they will pay and if they will pay. They exclude the sickest and people least able to pay. How do you not consider this a threat to us all. Governments derive their power from the people and as such the people can take it away. The solution is not to go to some extreme party or individual. The tea party has already been perverted by politicians, who only want the power for themselves. The Libertarians, the Socialists, the Communists and any other party that is influenced by the power of money are also only on the path for their own power. When a government places the need of the many over the few will we move forward. You seem to feel that the solution rests in this large turning over of power to the states. That has been problematic also. The states are controlled by people that are either looking to suppress people there, or are looking to advance their career to Washington. Let's look at some state leaders and some of the Tea Party leaders to see their points of view. Az. State Senator, Russel Pierce, wants to abolish the 14th amendment to do away with people born on U.S. soil automatically becoming citizens. Tx. State Representative,Republican John Cook, want to replace the speaker of the Texas House, also a Republican. The Speaker, Joe Straus's crime, he is a Jew, not a Christian. Alabama Governor Haley Barbour, said, " I just don't remember it being that bad." He was referring to the treatment of blacks in Alabama before the civil rights laws were enacted. Lastly, let's look at Tea Party Senator, Rand Paul, and I quote, " A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate filled groups to exclude people based on color." So if I understand you correctly we need to fear the Federal Government but not worry about the state and local governments. These few examples are what some other leaders would do to our birthrights and civil rights laws. If we give these up they will only return for more. The fight is NOW. I agree with you on that. I have argued for decades against these freedoms being whittled away. Until now I have not had the forum to reach out to more then the people standing in front of me. I have that forum now and I intend to use it. You seem to be almost fatalistic about the future, as if the Government would not be stopped. Let me make this next point very clear, so you or anyone cannot misconstrue it. We will not allow the government, whether federal, state or local to ever become more powerful then it already is. Period. If the Egyptians can overthrow the oppressive government they have, Americans can do the same here if the need arises. However it is my firm belief that we will, now and well into the future, be able to use the rights that we have under our Constitution to wrest the power back into the hands of the people. If they jam our phones, as you fear, or cut our Internet we will persevere in other avenues. We will take to the streets, as in Egypt, if necessary. However I want to stress that if we awaken, the American spirit, we will prevail. The revolution I speak of will only come in the form of, the power placed where it rightfully belongs with the people.