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There is no finer Constitutional mind in America today than Mark R. Levin.  He has indeed become the Constitutional engine of conservatism and is an undeniable genius.  For his cause is an American cause, and his book—Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto—is a book of historic proportions, not only to America, but to every citizen of the world that longs for liberty.

In today’s America, we once again struggle against tyranny—not the tyranny of the sword the Founding Fathers faced; rather, we face a soft tyranny that threatens individual liberty to every man, woman and child born and unborn.  It is evidenced through the takeover of General Motors and Chrysler.  It is evidenced through cap and trade legislation in the House of Representatives, and it is abundantly clear through the attempted takeover of the healthcare industry.

The soft tyranny Americans face today is as dangerous to their pursuit of happiness as the tyranny faced by Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.  This, however, will not be settled with cannon fire, rather it will be settled at a ballot box and through demonstrations by the American people.  So, conservatives must go to war to battle those that would strip us of those rights given to us by God.

They must stand toe to toe with the enemy, detailing the dangers of their policies while insuring the blessings of liberty are passed down to coming generations.  In order to combat these malevolent forces, the conservative must begin by reading Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto.  He or she must arm themselves with the knowledge that will stamp out “Statists” with impunity, sending them disgraced in defeat back to the private sector where they never dare run for political office again.

Today, we have a multitude of voices in America—Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, etc…, but none of them gives us the Constitutional interpretation, as well as the insidious nature of the “Statist,” better than Mark R. Levin.

In its essence, Liberty & Tyranny, is similar to the Declaration of Independence, whereas it declares the long train of abuses that have been suffered by mankind through the “Statist” mentality—this mentality now adopted by the modern Democratic Party.  The book also tells us what must be done in order to rid modern America of the tyranny from today’s Democratic Party.

The book ranges in topics from Federalism, the Free Market, Enviro-Statism, the Welfare State, Immigration and more.  It is the defining book of not only a generation of Americans, but in the history of this great country.  For it is undoubtedly clear that the Founding Fathers would gladly have shaken the hand of this great patriot—especially when considering the current state of affairs in modern America.

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine wrote, “Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”

In Liberty & Tyranny, page 62, Mark Levin wrote, “The free market is an intricate system of voluntary economic, social and cultural interaction motivated by the desires of the individual and the community.”  He continued on that page to write, “Therefore, taxation of private property, or regulation of such property so as to reduce its value, can become in effect a form of servitude, particularly if the dispossession results from illegitimate and arbitrary state action.”

Both men believe that the free market system is good and that an overbearing and meddling federal government is bad.  Yet, in today’s America we have individuals so warped and frustrated that they would shackle themselves to government chains in servitude rather than depend upon their own devices of liberty that is offered so freely in this great country.

Those individuals that would become government slaves are, as described by Mark R. Levin, “Statists.”  They have infiltrated themselves in every facet of our society.  They are in our schools, businesses and currently have control in Congress.  There is a manifesto that tells us what to do to crush this tyranny, and that manifesto is found in Mark Levin’s book, Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto.

So, after suffering over two years under the unequivocal tyranny of the Democratic Party, we are now coming to another crossroads in American history.  The matter is of such importance as to affect generations of our posterity if not acted upon.  Therefore, it has been left to the people of this country to free us from the current state of affairs.  And it is with heart felt optimism that I believe that conservatism will win to insure blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.

And it is with an assured confidence that men like Mark R. Levin and his book, Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, that I am convinced that this great country will return to the roots that the Founding Fathers so aptly demonstrated with the writing of the U.S. Constitution.

For men like Mark R. Levin only come along once in a lifetime, and for that, we are thankful, and for his book, we are eternally grateful—a book of truly historic proportions.

P.S.  As I travel throughout this great country, I will miss every moment of Mark Levin’s show.  For he is a patriot of the highest order.  I can’t thank him enough for his educational input on the U.S. Constitution, and his never ending attacks on those that would disparage this great country.

And an extenstion of that thanks goes out to Mark Levin’s parents for making the only choice: Life.  Thank you for your beloved son.  America is truly grateful.

With the continuous assault on conservatism, Elective Decisions wants to know who represents it more?  Is it people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin or Tom Ridge and John McCain?  We want to know what you think.

Should Governor Mark Sanford resign?  We want to know what the people think here at Elective Decisions.  When voting, consider whether this affair has any basis on his job as governor, or is it so reprehensible that his job just doesn’t matter?  Did he use taxpayer money during his rendezvous?  We ask.  You decide.

As the events unfold in Iran, Elective Decisions wishes to know what you think.  Is Barack Obama truly suppressing libety in Iran by not supporting the student uprising?  As always, remember to vote with passion!

Father’s Day is here! A day when dear old dad will receive another tie, pair of socks or if he’s lucky, that gift he really wants.  But other than the commercial aspects of the day, what is a father?  Is he just a man that is to receive a gift on his special day?  Or is he something far more?

It seems as though Americans are bombarded with commercial after commercial on the appropriate gift for dad.  They are free to choose to select a card, a gift, or celebrate Father’s Day in whatever manner they deem appropriate.  Having no children or father—who passed away four years ago—I am therefore free to celebrate that day the way I choose to celebrate it.  And I do.

But I don’t celebrate Father’s Day in a traditional way; rather, I pay tribute to those men that I have respect and admiration for—those that have contributed to my growth as a conservative man.  My father and the U.S. Army were the two largest contributors to my growth as a man.

Between the two, I was taught everything I needed to know about being a man in America.  However, there were many things I needed to learn when it came to my growth as a conservative.  And specifically, there were two individuals that would teach me just those principles:  Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin.

I first encountered Rush Limbaugh while working at the Texas Department of Transportation in the fall of 1992.  There, I performed security work, walking through the three buildings that they owned at the time to make sure they were secure.  The buildings were made up of engineers, and there were always plans strewed about, as if they were desperately searching for something lost.

I happened to work the second shift from 4 p.m. – 12 a.m.  It was tedious work, frequently finding myself bored from the routine, and the lack of anything remotely eventful happening.  One night I turned one of the televisions on, flipping the channels to find something to break the monotony. 

I did find something—a man I’d never seen making fun of the Clinton administration, and making sense while doing it.  That man was none other than Rush Hudson Limbaugh III.  He was performing another flawless episode of Rush Limbaugh The Television Show.  He was espousing conservative principles.  This, of course, was in direct conflict to everything I’d known growing up.

He was funny and educating, and in a few shows, I began to question the liberal concepts I’d been raised to believe.  Before long, I was listening to his daily radio program and learning even more.  Eventually, all remaining liberalism was removed, as if a doctor had removed a cancerous tumor.  Rush had indeed brought me “home,” and for that I am forever grateful.

Over the years, he has continued to educate me in conservative thought, keeping me optimistic through the Clinton administration, and even today during Obama’s soft, oppressive tyranny.  Even more remarkably, Rush introduced me to Mark R. Levin—a gift for which I can never repay.

The introduction came when Rush had mention “F. Lee Levin,” on his radio.  He had done so many times on his show before, but this time, he noted that Mark had his own radio show on 77WABC out of New York.  It was in the winter of 2003 that I was able to start streaming Mark online.  And since, I have been given an education on the U.S. Constitution unequaled among his peers.

Now that Mark is nationally syndicated, he can reach people online, driving home or eating dinner while listening to his daily program that exhibits his own special brand of broadcast excellence.  From Men In Black to Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, Mark Levin offers me a look at the U.S. Constitution as if it were taken directly from the Founding Fathers.

When it comes to Constitutional law, there is Mark Levin, and there is every one else.  He is, in essence, one of the finest minds that America has to offer.  He inspires, educates and promotes liberty on his daily radio program.  Through his articles, he points out flaws in liberal thinking, and in Liberty & Tyranny, he defines conservatism and attacks the “Statist” mentality.

Where would conservatism be without Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin?  Are there two greater thinkers in America today?  Or as Mark Levin writes on page 10 of Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, “The Conservative does not despise government.  He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.”

Over the last four years, I have chosen to celebrate Father’s Day by paying tribute to our Founding Fathers.  And in a sense, this year, I am paying tribute to men just as great, and just as devoted to American liberty, its cause and its people.  So, I choose to pay tribute to Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin.

In simple terms, I think of the efforts of these two men as equal to the efforts of those men that stood so boldly in Philadelphia.  They may not be in fear of King George’s tyranny, but they face an equal threat in the soft tyranny of Barack Obama and today’s Democratic Party.

Yet, they remain ever vigilant in the cause of this Republic.  Much like John Hancock, Rush Limbaugh is a leader of conservatives and talk radio.  He uses every resource at his disposal to further liberty in America, and he has unanimously been elected this leader by the American people year after year.

In Mark Levin’s case, his gallant nature, and fiery commentary can only be equaled by Patrick Henry.  His daily show attacks the tyranny that liberals spread; his enthusiasm and love of America have been exhibited in his books, and his promotion of liberty can be heard on his radio program as if to say, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

I have no doubt that if the Founding Fathers were to listen to these conservatives on the air they would undoubtedly be proud—proud that their principles had not been forgotten, and sickened by the mantra of today’s left.  Where in deed would America be if not for these two?

So, I want to wish Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin a Happy Father’s Day.  And I would also like to wish Sean Hannity a Happy Father’s Day as well, for he is just as responsible as the other two.  Thank you for all that you do for the great American cause.

At Elective Decisions, we salute all fathers everywhere on Father’s Day.  However, we’d like to know just who your favorite Founding Father is, realizing that it was their efforts that helped bring about this great nation.  So just who is your favorite Founding Father?

New York—As the healthcare debate rages, FOX News continues to run stories that oppose Barack Obama and the White House’s position on a national healthcare.  Since ABC announced their incestuous relationship with the White House, FOX has been criticized by Obama for their attacks on him, his administration and their policies.

And now, FOX has run a story quoting GOP Chairman Michael Steele, and Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients Rights.  The story—“Critics Attack ABC News for Refusing to Air Opposing Ads During Obama’s Health Care Special”—is just another in a long line of stories that have aired on FOX that take Obama to task.

“It is unfortunate—and unusual—that ABC is refusing to accept paid advertising that would present an alternative viewpoint for the White House health care program,” Rick Scott said in a statement, noting estimates that potential legislation costs at least $1 trillion of taxpayer money.”

It is exactly these kinds of stories—with reporters doing their job—that has the White House up in arms.  And in the White House’s point of view, FOX News might as well be broadcasting from Rush Limbaugh’s house.  It is exactly this kind of thought that has many the White House claiming that FOX News is the anti-Obama network.

Elective Decisions certainly appreciates it when reporters actually do their job instead of being political partisan hacks.  So we salute FOX News for doing just that.  Their job and nothing more.

To read the FOX News story, click the link below:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/18/critics-attack-abc-news-refusing-air-opposing-ads-obamas-health-care-special/

Since our last poll on Who Is The Worst U.S. President Ever?  Eighty-one percent of Americans said that Barack Obama was the worst President of the United States ever, when choosing between Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter and Franklin Roosevelt.

That poll is curretly still open, but now Elective Decisions wishes to know what Americans think about a national healthcare.  So, we ask you to decide the issue at hand.  Will Obamacare revitalize, destroy it or supplement the healthcare industry in America?  Before voting, please note the current healthcare you have now, what it will be like under Obamacare, and whether Mark Levin is right or not.

So, vote early, often and with passion!  And don’t forget about your dead relatives.  After all, it’s the Chicago way!

At Elective Decisions, we wish to know who is the worst U.S. President ever.  Is it Barack Obama?  We hesitated to mention it, but since taking office just under 180 days ago, he has done nothing but attack the greatest country in the world.  When voting, please remember the nationalizing of banks, the thuggish takeover of General Motors and Chrysler, and utter incompetence in foreign policy.  So vote early, often and with passion!

From childhood to adulthood, I was a liberal.  I believed in all of those classic clichés that liberals believe in.  I had no other knowledge of America, and was not taught to believe otherwise.  I never exhibited the hatred of America, nor was I near the level of insanity of today’s liberals.

So, I took a tour in the U.S. Army, and when I got out, my perception of America had changed.  I wasn’t liberal, but I was certainly no conservative either.  And then one day, I accidentally flipped the channel, turning on Rush Limbaugh The Television Show, and from there all remaining liberalism was excised slowly.

Rush Limbaugh had made me aware of an America I never knew existed.  I didn’t learn it at home or in school, but I did learn it from the radio every day.  However, I was still not as knowledgeable on the U.S. Constitution.  There were so many unanswered questions regarding the Founding Fathers and the originalist interpretation of the Constitution.  Then, six years ago, I discovered Mark Levin.  I had seen him on television periodically, but I hadn’t tuned into his daily radio program.

I was able to stream him online from 77WABC out of New York.  Now, he’s nationally syndicated and millions of people can listen to him.  There, I began to learn the finer points of Constitutional law that only Mark Levin can deliver.  He was giving me an education of which I had never had.

I really began to understand the Founding Fathers’ interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.  All thanks to Mark Levin.  He has been a force for more than thirty years in conservatism, serving under the Reagan administration, now the President of the Landmark Legal Foundation, and offering advice to Rush Limbaugh on the finer points of the U.S. Constitution.  He also battles liberalism through his articles, books and daily radio program.

He should clearly be named 2009 Man of the Year by Human Events, because he has become a champion for America, and he gives all that he has in defense of this great country.  He has become the Constitutional engine of conservatism.

Thank you Mark R. Levin for all that you’ve done, all that you do, and all that you will do to advance the cause of conservatism in America.  You are a true inspiration to many people, and I—among thousands of Americans—have you to thank for keeping us sane during these insane times.