Whatever happened to our right to protect ourselves and our property?

Check this story out - http://www.therant.us/usa.htm#0210.
When did it become a crime for us as US citizens to protect our families, property and homes from those who would destroy it?
This really gets my goat... our country is quickly turning into a socialist state, and this type of lawsuit is just the thing to start a drive to take property away from folks who have worked hard to get it, and give it away to anyone who wants it.
How long are we as citizens going to sit by and let our government destroy us? we need to remember that the main reason we were granted the right to bear arms, was to protect ourselves from our government.

Drill Here, Drill Now

Aaron Tippin's new song "Drill Here, Drill Now" is becoming the anthem for the American Solutions movement. Check out the song here - we as Americans need to step up and insist that our government leaders do what it takes to start drilling for oil on our own soil.
We can also start looking for other solutions to our dependence on foreign oil. Check out T Boone Pickens' site for other ways to be independent of other countries. There's no one way to do it, but if we all work together and find many types of energy, we can be the country we should be.

"Above My Pay Grade"

I don't usually like to make negative comments about anyone, especially out in public where it can come back to bite me, but the current presidential campaign has really gotten under my skin.
I watched the recent interviews that Rick Warren hosted with Obama and McCain. I've seen several folks comment in their blogs that they didn't think church was the place to do this. I think this was a great idea - we need to be having this type meetings in all kinds of places, to encourage everyone to participate and understand what we're voting on. I also loved the way it was set up too. No mudslinging, no arguing with each other and trying to come up with snappy answers, just each candidate having to be as open and honest as possible.
So when Obama was asked at what point did he think a baby deserved to have human rights, I was pretty stunned at his answer... most answers he gave were not short and to the point, giving him time to consider how he wanted to answer, and this one was the same way. And "above my pay grade" was the best he could do?
I think I'm going to market a t-shirt with that phrase on it... woe be unto us if we hire someone for the job of president, who thinks life-changing decisions like this are above his pay grade.