Are you a domestic terrorist?

[--Pete]

Hi,

I want to remark however that many of those shop owners you talked about are fare from rich, and many fail . . .

True, but the question isn't one of being rich, it is of being independent, of not being a 'slave' to a corporation. And, yes, many will fail. And many that fail will try again, and again. We may have a right to pursue happiness, but there's nothing saying we'll get to catch it. We have the freedom to try for riches, for Independence, for knowledge, for power, for any goal we desire. Beyond that, no one owes us anything -- the talent, the luck, the abilities, the drive, the work must come from us. But I believe the opportunity is still there, that there is no government or corporate conspiracy to 'keep us down'.

--Pete