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Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 in Opinion

Obama's administration the worst

More than 200 years of limited government allowed this country to become the greatest nation on earth. Limited government, with the accompanying freedoms given to us by the Founding Fathers through the Constitution, made the U.S. the envy of the world.

Former President Bush lost the battle for freedom when a new Congress came into power in 2006. His accomplishments will remain shadowed by the bailouts started under his administration.

Along came the worst administration in our history, led by President Obama, who is a talented TelePrompTer reader as he recently proved while using one to speak to a class of sixth-graders. He has someone telling him what to say when he is being interviewed. The ones leading our president have a plan. They know what is best for you and me and are slowly implementing their program to remove the people from any decision making.

Some level of government now tells us how we must build and maintain our homes, the type of toilet, light bulbs, insulation and much more than I care to list. One must get permission from government to use the property they bought and pay taxes on every year. Government schools teach a version of history unrecognizable to my generation. Our intrusive government is growing, and at a pace that will destroy the very concept that made us what we were a few years ago.

Elect congressmen who vow to receive no pensions and health and life insurance from taxpayers or perks the lobbyist affords them. We need a Congress of common people who expect and receive no special privileges. We can return sanity to government if we band together and do not vote our emotions.

Keith Crosby

Newnan