Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers.

I would absolutely never use the federal government to enforce the law of using marijuana

If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this out and insurance sort it out, but not having dictates by the government saying thou, you must do this and your behavior doesn't matter, you know?

You have to remember, rights don't come in groups we shouldn't have 'gay rights'; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn't have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not what person belongs to what group.

What can you do? More and more Americans are carrying a gun in the car. An ex-cop I know advises that if you have to use a gun on a youth, you should leave the scene immediately, disposing of the wiped off gun as soon as possible. Such a gun cannot, of course, be registered to you, but one bought privately (through the classifieds, for example.)

I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties.

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.