L.O. Folks!

Well, the campain[sic] is in full swing.  We even got
Benny Goodman to write us a song.
Kissin'hands&shakin'babies is all the rage these days.

My opponent, The Devil, is depending on his good ol'
boy buddies to make sure the statist quo is not upset.
The plantation mentality is alive and well in his
camp.
It's not that they're bad folks they just know what's
best for you.  And, if you don't realize that, it just
proves how stupid you really are.  You might think
it's your money that you earn but, dammit, you just
keep spendin' it on the wrong things, like your
family.

I was asked what I was going to give the citizens when
I was elected.  "Liberty", was my response.  "But, we
already have that", I was told.  The light you see is
not the torch of Liberty but merely the glint off the
gilt on the cage.  I was then accused of being a
"slave to my ideology".  I'd rather be a slave to my
ideology than a slave to someone else's.

SMART GUNS
Maryland has passed some of the most restrictive gun
laws in the US.  They want "smart gun" technology. 
Imagine that, they now want inanimate objects to
possess an IQ. Good luck.

NEWS FLASH
National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of
recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by
elements of a paramilitary extremist faction. 
Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72
were killed and more than 200 injured before
government forces were forced to withdraw.

The Governor of Massachusetts declared that the
extemist faction, which was made up of local citizens,
has links to the radical right-wing tax protest
movement.

The governor also issued an executive order
authorizing the arrest of any individual that
interfered with the government's efforts to secure law
and order.

A government official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, pointed out "none of these people would
have been killed had these extremists obeyed the law
and turned over their weapons voluntarily."

After being tipped off as to the government's planned
confiscation, a group confronted the the forces of
National Guard Colonel Frank Smith in a town park. 
The extemists were ordered to surrender their weapns
and return home.  A single shot, reportedly fired by
one of the right-wing extremists, broke the impasse
and eight civilians were killed in the ensuing
exchange.  Ironically, the local citizenry are blaming
the government forces for the deaths.

Before order could be restored another group of
extremist supporters arrived forcing a government
retreat.

The governor has called upon citizens to support the
state/national joint task force in its effort to
restore law and order.  He has also issued arrest
warrants for the the leaders of the radical tax
movement that reamin at-large.  They are:  Samuel
Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere.