YES, IGNORE

IGNORE THE FALSE ANXIETIES PERPETRATED BY THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ON THE LEFT. WHENEVER THE LIBERALS' SOLUTION TO A FEAR IS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, A CONSERVATIVE SHOULD KNOWS ENOUGH - FOR HIS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING - TO IGNORE IT. WHEN 1,000 AMERICANS, AGES 18 AND OLDER, WERE ASKED TO DECLARE THEIR NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE '08 ELECTION, THEY RESPONDED, THE WAR IN IRAQ. YET THE AARP, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS, A VOICE FOR LIBERAL PROPAGANDA, IGNORED THE 'WILL' OF THE PEOPLE AND THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OF TERRORISM TO SUGGEST 7 OTHER REASONS TO VOTE. THEY ARE: ECONOMIC SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY, LONG TERM CARE, MEDICARE, HEALTH CARE REFORM, IDENTIFY THEFT AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. ADDITIONAL ISSUES TO CONSIDER WERE IMMIGRATION, STEM CELL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND PRESIDENTIAL POWER. BAR NONE, FOR THE AARP, THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WAS CRUCIAL TO AMELIORATING A PERSON'S ANXIETIES. ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF A GENUINE FEAR OF TERRORISM FOR THE ELECTORATE IS IGNORED. AGAIN I SAY, IGNORE THE LEFT. LIBERAL THINKING IS SOCIALISTIC. IT PITS FEAR AGAINST FREEDOM. LIBERALS (SOCIALISTS) FEAR CAPITALISTIC ENDEAVORS, ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP, FEAR FAILING, AILING AND FREEDOM. TWO ECONOMISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS, FRIEDRICH HAYEK AND AYN RAND PREACHED FREEDOM AS AN ABSOLUTE, THE CONSEQUENCES BE DAMNED. THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING ECONOMIST, EDMUND S. PHELPS, DISAGREES WITH THIS EXTREME, BUT HE STILL CONTENDS THAT CAPITALISM IS THE BEST CHAMPION OF FREE CHOICES. I CONTEND THAT FREEDOM SUFFICES IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPTING THE MENTAL INCOMPETENCY OF SOME INDIVIDUALS EVEN THOUGH THE CONSEQUENCES OF FREEDOM MAY SOMETIMES BE JUSTLY DAMNED. BUT THIS DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE JUSTICE OF A FREE, CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY.

MR. PHELPS SUBSCRIBES TO THE IDEAS OF THE PHILOSOPHER JOHN RAWLS WHO DISCUSSED THE "LEAST ADVANTAGED," IN SOCIETY, WHOSE SELF-REALIZATION LIES "MOSTLY IN MARRYING, RAISING CHILDREN AND PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WILL BE GREATER THE HIGHER THEIR WAGE." THE SECRET TO SUCCESS, OF COURSE, RESIDES IN THE HABITUATED SUCCESSION OF MORAL AND ECONOMIC CHOICES THAT PEOPLE (INCLUDING MYSELF) MAKE OVER THE YEARS. CAPITALISM IN A FREE SOCIETY, LIKE THE CLICHE OF A RISING TIDE, RAISES ANY BOAT AFLOAT. MY MONEY CHOICES OF HOW, WHEN, WHY OR WHAT TO SPEND OR SAVE HAVE BEEN ADVANTAGEOUS TO ME IN A DYNAMIC, CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT HELD ME BACK OR DOWN OR LEVELED MY PLAYING FIELD TO THAT OF MY NEIGHBOR'S.

SO, YES, IGNORE THE LEFT THAT ENCOURAGES LESS SELF-GOVERNMENT. THEIR FEAR-MONGERING, ANTITHETIC TO FREEDOM, CAN SCARE YOU INTO NEEDING MORE GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE.