I think this article by Chuck Baldwin draws the line in the sand (or should I say the snows) of Montana that the government need not attempt to cross. These items should be non negotiable to any real American patriot. I am posting this because I just happen to agree with all the lines in the sand that Baldwin has drawn in his article. I am sure I could add some more, but I think what he has here is a fine start.<\/p>\n
Here is an except from his article it gives the opening statement for his non negotiables.<\/strong><\/p>\n I would argue that we, like our patriot forebears, have also endured \u201cpatient sufferance.\u201d For at least a half-century, we have patiently endured the erosion and abridgment of our freedoms and liberties. We have watched the federal government become an overbearing and meddlesome Nanny State that pokes its nose and sticks its fingers in virtually everything we do. We cannot drive a car, buy a gun, or even flush a toilet without Big Brother\u2019s permission. We are taxed, regulated, and snooped-on from the time we are born to the day we die. And then after we are dead, we are taxed again.<\/p>\n In the same way that Jefferson and Company patiently suffered up until that shot was fired that was heard around the world, we who love freedom today are likewise patiently suffering \u201ca long train of abuses and usurpations.\u201d In fact, I would even dare say that these States United have become a boiling caldron of justifiable frustration and even anger.<\/p>\n Accordingly, it is incumbent upon us to very seriously and thoughtfully examine those principles that we absolutely will never cede or surrender. We have already surrendered much of the freedom that was bequeathed to us by our forefathers. We are now to the point that we must define those principles that form our \u201cline in the sand\u201d and that we will not surrender under any circumstance. Either that, or we must admit to ourselves that there is nothing\u2013no principle, no freedom, no matter how sacred\u2013that we will not surrender to Big Government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n