Here comes the long cold end of winter stretch. The captain had an entertaining rant about this time of year.
“February and March are the worst months,” he would say. “By the end of January the novelty of winter has worn off – and we still have two more months to go!”
I wish I could recall more of that rant. I guess I expected to hear it again and again for years to come.
For those unfamiliar with Liberty-Watch, it’s a vessel once manned by Mike Zigler. He launched this ship in April of 2005.
For three years his ship sailed full steam ahead, delivering the ingredients for freedom, peace and prosperity. Then a lack of funds left Liberty-Watch with a skeleton crew.
Liberty-Watch began its fifth year dead in the water and sinking. Some presumed it hit rock bottom – At the captains request I dug into my bag of nickels to make repairs.
That summer the captain left the ship to search for treasure. I stayed on-board to fill holes and provide general maintenance.
By October 2009 I had brought Liberty-Watch back up to speed, and was waiting for the captain’s return with new ideas and hopefully a chest full of booty. Sadly, he died that same month. I miss him.
I’ve taken command of his once mighty ship and will steer it in a direction suitable to my lost comrade.
Update: I’ve signed my name to the Campaign for Liberty crew-member list. They’ve enlisted me as Local Coordinator for Nevada Precinct 5354.
Talking points I’ve chosen to discuss with my neighbors include:
- There should be no income tax, national sales tax, or any other such scheme on the federal level. The US income tax implies that government owns you and graciously allows you to keep whatever percentage of the fruits of your labor it chooses. This is incompatible with the principles of a free society.
- A strong national defense doesn’t mean policing the world, launching preemptive war, or having troops stationed on every continent. Those things weaken our national defense by spreading our resources too thin and bankrupting our government at home.
- Government should respect our right to privacy, rather than invading it on phony pretenses. Instead of trying to correct our bad habits at the point of a gun, it should defer to families and the normal channels of civil society to instruct people on moral conduct.
My local area is precinct 5354, which includes the turf southeast of Maryland Parkway and Vegas Valley Drive.
I’m looking forward to sailing side-by-side with Campaign for Liberty.