Good Government Provides - it does not dictate

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

Pure and Simple:

Here is what I expect from my government:

I want to go to Amtrak, get on a train and arrive safely at my destination...I do not want the government to tell me what train to take or where to go....

I want to go to an airport, get on a flight. I want to know that my pilot is experienced, sober and that the maintenance of the plane is adequate....

I do not want the government to tell me which airline to take...or where to go....

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

I want the TSA and the FAA to be efficient. I want the 'no-fly-list to be enforced and, of course, I shall comply with all regulations. Again, I do not need the government to tell me which airline to fly or where to go; I just need the government to provide airports and airplanes that provide safe travel...9/11 taught me that government agencies are vulnerable: TSA, FAA, FBI, CIA, INS. . . All these governmental agencies failed all Americans on 9/11.

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

I want to send my children to a quality public school with skilled teachers and a curriculum that has no bias and no political slant. I want to know that my children will be prepared for college.... I do not need the government to tell me what school to which my children should go or whether or not my children and grandchildren have to attend college.....I just want my public schools to be effective tools of growth and knowledge....bottom line.

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

I want the government to administer safe vaccinations and flu shots to me and my children; BUT I do not need the government--nor do I expect the government - to dictate to me what inoculations we should have.... it is my sole choice--not the government's...I want my prescriptions to be safe. I want all clinical trials to be legitimized without political bias. I want the FDA to do its job; but I do not need nor want the government to dictate to me what I should ingest into my body...

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

I want to hike a mountain stream, a riverbed or dive into an ocean and be unscathed by polluted waters. I want the DOE, the EPA and the MMS to do their job and provide me with the luxury to enjoy clean air and clean water; but I do not need the government to tell me they are sorry that government regulations failed. I am tired of empty apologies and deferred blame. I want my government 'to work,' to perform and to provide, at the very minimum, safety. And I do not want my government to tell me that I am safe diving into an ocean that has been flooded with a dispersants that are illegal to use in the UK and Europe (as of June 13, 2010, British Petroleum has refused to divulge the chemicals used as dispersants for the Gulf oil spill area).

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

I want my government to provide me with honest information, so that I can vote and feel assured that 'my vote will count.' I want my government to provide voting machines that work. In our last election Diebold machines could not provide correct evidence of a person's vote. Again, I DO NOT want the government to tell me for whom I should vote; but it is the government's job and responsibility to provide an efficient, honest system, so that I can have a voice in this great republic of mine, the United States of America.

I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR ME - NOT DICTATE TO ME.

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2010, I shall go to the polls and vote for each and every candidate who understands exactly what constitutionally-limited government is. Constitutionally-limited government does not overtake - it provides - it does not dictate, it performs. It should work for us - not fail us.

After being a life-long Democrat, I became a Republican 8 years ago. However, three and one-half years ago, I became a genuine Independent.... and I shall vote like an Independent...because I want my government to work for me - not dictate to me.

God Bless You and God Bless America....