I think you must confuse me with "Pledge of Allegiance" (see I probably couldn't even spell it right) Crowd. This is not a Bush Kerry issue. I only support Bush because the Democrats will eventually take even more rights away than Bush. We can argue all day over how much government should play in social issues and I concede that the government will have to play a role in this. For example there is a HUGE problem with health care in the USA but I don't think that either party will fix it since they both seem to kiss up to the Insurance Industry.
I am speaking of Property Rights which has been an issue since early civilization and also Liberty Rights. Communism believes that a person Must share his rights which means in essence that he has no rights because Bad Manners is correct when he says that we only have our rights as long as society thinks we should have them. However one of the reasons I like the US is that the Founders wrote a document acknowledging that cetain rights come from a Creator and can not be taken away. This form of government is unique and has problems but that does not mean that we should go down Socialist Road and turn it into another European state. Afterall that is what the early Americans were trying to get away from.

The Rights of the Individual vs the Needs of the Many is the basic premise for Left and Right. But since neither form of government works we must work it out amongst ourselves and.... I hate to admit it........compromise...arghhhhhh!