“Self government” is mistaken by too many to mean the ability to choose representatives to govern. This is, as you all know, completely incorrect. It is the concept of governing our selves. A while ago, Wretchard commented on how freedom is a curse to many people, who either do not want or are otherwise incapable of governing their own lives. According to the “Plan”, and I guess it’s still in there somewhere, in order to extend insurance to those individuals, my rights to choose my own insurance and doctor must be taken away.

Is liberty currency? Is all desire for currency greed? Is it greedy, a deadly sin, to desire liberty?

I believe greed and grievance have met to create a really great storm. (Not perfect, though.) On the one hand, the tax system is absurd and our debt is reaching a tipping point. On the other, our liberty is being eaten away in a very tangible, real world, day-to-day manner. (Unlike the perceived destructions of liberty supposedly heaped on us by the Patriot Act.)

My grievance is this… I want the right to choose, and to CHANGE, my insurance and/or doctor as I see fit, at prices the market determines. The deficit spending runs a distant second place.

This is a struggle for power, between ME and the federal government. Is it any wonder so many conservatives feel so powerless? And my only hope is the return of Republicans to majority in 2010? Right…