10.  National Debt – Massive deficit spending sucks up domestic capital and invites foreign manipulation of our economy.
9.  Energy –  No energy means no farming, healthcare, housing, transportation, manufacturing, refrigeration, or the Super Bowl; holding ourselves hostage to foreign lunacy is a recipe for suicide.
7.  Russia – New surge of nationalism and centralization of power, and its role as the Saudi Arabia of natural gas, is fueling a new Russian desire to reclaim lost glory
6.  China – It has all the ambition of the Soviet Empire, the economy to support it, and ownership of an exploding percentage of the U.S. economy and our debt which they could use render us impotent.
5.  Islamic terrorism – Hardly a religion of peace, they don’t want to coexist with us—the want us dead; they would subjugate our Constitution to Islamic law.
4.  Illegal Immigration – Twelve to twenty million and counting.  They’re not taking jobs Americans won’t do; they’re taking jobs Americans would do if we didn’t pay them not to work.  Illegal immigrant labor is fool’s gold.
3.  The North American Union – In spite of assurances by proponents, the effective elimination of borders, merging of economies, and uninhibited flow of people from Mexico and Canada will harm the US economy and national security.
2.  Voter ignorance and apathy – 75 years of not watching Congress carefully has led to more loss of freedoms than all the wars we’ve ever fought.

And the #1 threat to our Liberty
 

1.  Our politicians – Our representatives are interested in only one goal:  Re-election.  They ensure this with unceasing meddling in all aspects of society in an effort to pander to voting blocs and solicit campaign funds.  The best interests of society in lost freedom is completely irrelevant to their own self-interested quest for power.
 

10. The Constitution is the law of the land.
9.   Politicians are public “servants” looking out for the best interests of the voters.
8.   We don’t have to worry about our national debt because we just owe it to ourselves.
7.   The Great Depression was caused by greedy capitalists.
6.   Democracy protects the rights of everyone.
5.   Environmentalists just want to protect the environment.
4.   The government can create jobs.
3.   In order for the poor to have more we have to take it from the rich.
2.   Democrat politicians and Republican politicians have different goals.

 
 And the NUMBER ONE Myth Ordinary Joe believes about America

 
 1.   “We’re from the government and we’re here to help!”

10. How many people vote based the last sign they saw before they entered the voting booth?
9.   If only ½ of the population is eligible to vote, and only ½ of the eligible voters register to vote, and only ½ of the registered voters actually vote, what are the rest of you doing?
8.   Is the fate of our nation is being determined by people who can’t figure out how to mark their ballots correctly?
7.   Why don’t you have to pass a written test to prove you’re qualified to vote and determine the fate of 300 million people?
6.   What do those people who together give over a BILLION dollars to win a job for someone else expect in return for themselves? 
5.   You can’t vote unless you’re a citizen.  You can’t be a citizen unless you can pass an English test.  So why do we print ballots in 18 languages?
4.   If all the voters in the 8 largest states all voted for the same presidential candidate, it wouldn’t matter how the entire rest of the country voted.  Do we really want to get rid of the electoral college?
3.   Considering the growth of government for the last 80 years, do you really think you will be better (or worse) off just because your favorite party just won (or lost) the last election?
2.   With sample sizes averaging only 1000, is the nation’s course is being set by opinion polls using as little as 3/10,000ths of one percent of the population?

 And the NUMBER ONE question Ordinary Joe needs to think about our Democracy:

1.   A medical survey once concluded that 48%–almost half—of the population had some symptoms of mental illness.  If “illness” is defined as a departure from normal, and if “normal” is defined as what half the population holds in common, then how do we know which half is really mentally ill?

10. “We don’t live in a democracy.  We live in an auction!” – Bumper sticker
9.   “Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage” – H.L. Mencken
8.   “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt” – Herbert Hoover
7.   “Politicians are the same all over.  They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river” – Nikita Khrushchev
6.   “Money is the mother’s milk of politics” – Jesse Unruh, California State Treasurer
5.   “The tax code is nothing more than a means of raising campaign funds” – Nobel economist Milton Friedman
4.  “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” – Tacitus, 100 AD
3.  “I’m proud to be paying taxes in the United States.  The only thing is – I could be just as proud for half the money” – Arthur Godfrey
2.  “Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel” – Senator Boies Penrose (1899)

 
And the NUMBER ONE Quote Ordinary Joe should know about politics:

 
1.   “Yes, everyone is free to speak their minds.  We will simply arrest anyone who listens!” – El Capitan Esteban, Zorro, the Gay Blade