This is regarding Larkin Rose’s piece “ One Road to Freedom”: Frankly the anarchist, make me more tired than the tyrants. Larkin ask what are those supposed common goals that pro freedom folks are talking about, well I say they are or should be to fight tyranny.

Larking goes on in his piece to say that it is impossible for government to be used to support freedom.  Look out founders Larkin has found you out.  Larkin, the founders established a system that was to fight tyranny, and to support liberty, but because we have not been diligent, we have lost that system, and we ended up with rulers. The people asked for tyrants and asked for things that had to be taken away from others.  Our system of government that was set up to secure liberties has been usurped by the controllers and we let them.

As for Larkin’s comments about tyrants building in their system the illusion that the peasants have a say, of course, that is easiest way for the tyrants to control the game.  Larkin do you think you have discovered something new here?  Just look at what T.J. said on the subject.  “" I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man"

Larkin states the problem is the office not the office holder a contention which I adamantly oppose.  If the office holder uses his position to secure rights and not to usurp them then the position is not the issue.  Larkin you make a mistake as the system was not set up to have rulers but governors which meant people who mediated between conflicts on clashes of rights.

Government force was not to be used as an aggressive force and just because it has been perverted does not mean its proper function of retaliatory force is invalided.  Ron Paul is an example of a representative who is rooted in liberty and not control.  Yes he often stands alone in congress as someone who knows that his job is to defend our liberties, but the fact that most all of the others don’t get it does not mean its not workable.

Larkin, please don’t use the 1994 Republican Revolution as any example of a true limited government revolution.  That whole thing was sham from the get go.

As for government being our friend that concept is what got us into this mess with everyone asking government to do something for them.  Government was never intended to be our friend it was supposed to punish those who engaged in an act of tyranny over our lives, our liberties and our property.

There is only one way out of this mess and that is for liberty loving people to insist on their liberty and to insist that their government returns to its lawful function of securing our rights and to stop plundering them.

Mike Benoit