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A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

European Union of Socialists Republics, it exists and you will have

nothing to change. To be blunt, I see no reason for you to stay.
Colorado has long – and gradually – been ruinated by people leaving

California (and a few other areas) with a bad taste in their mouth
and dreams of utopia. They moved to wonderful Colorado, seven

generations of my family have loved Colorado. Unfortunately, they
did not like what these dreamers of a utopia saw in Colorado –

except the physical beauty – and slowly Californicated a beautiful
state, with the help of the people that could not see the reality of

their decisions. We make decisions seeking advancement of fiscal
values, and our elected officials make the consequences we pay for

– good and bad. You can now change Colorado’s state constitution
much easier than any legislative process – by a petition and voter

referendum of 50%+1. It is a state constitutional right to scratch
lottery tickets or possess and be under the influence of marijuana.

Not something to be proud of. Just as the voters of Colorado
continue to be swindled, so too are the voters of our Country.

I am a fiscal conservative more than social conservative. I place
individual rights above the collective and government, but with that

comes responsibility. It seems that as we lay the bricks of our future
on the path before us, the individual and collective responsibilities

have given way to irresponsibility and reliance on taxpayer funded
government handouts, or unearned entitlements. Concerning faith

and spirituality, I am an agnostic – human nature is based on

experience, the known and unknowable. I’ve probably lost a few
hundred friends and readers either at the opening of this work or
now – but if you have made it this far, thanks and hold on for the

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