Would like to get a letter to the editor printed....

[Rodinia]

I have a letter I worked really hard on to get down to 370 words, thats including the spirit of 1776 quote by Thomas Jefferson....anyone think they can help me? Here is the letter...Titled Time, Truth and Elbow Grease

Hello fellow NH citizens,

My name is Suzanne. I spoke in opposition to HB705 on Thursday. I am not affiliated with any organization.

It is my feeling that the majority of you aren?t grasping the big picture here. The big picture is Liberty.

Liberty;

The quality or state of being free:

A: the power to do as one pleases

B: freedom from physical restraint

C: freedom from arbitrary or despotic control

D: the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges   

  E: the power of choice.


Liberty is what our founding fathers fought and died for. Liberty is unalienable and constitutionally protected. I?m tired of politics by hear-say impeding on my life and rights. If you don?t know what you are talking about, either learn, or keep quiet.

Seatbelt mandates garner the states who submit higher compliance numbers a reward. There is a motive for this mandate.

I?m not disagreeing with claims that seatbelts save lives. That isn?t what this mandate is about... This is about suffocating restriction and control.

That, and a concept called ?social cost theory? Those interested, look it up. I?ll say this about it; cheeseburgers, cigarettes and alcohol are all still legal. For now.

My argument is founded with the knowledge that I am an individual, free to make choices regarding my body. If I am forced to buckle up, I?m under the false assumption that I am safer, and so is everyone else. That?s just human nature.

People will drive more aggressive and less safe, increasing the number of accidents.

The people who support this bill aren?t giving you the benefit of the doubt. They assume they know what is best for you and you aren?t capable of making a responsible decision of your own free will.

"The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But time and truth have dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes." ---Thomas Jefferson- March 12, 1799

[Dave Ridley]

Suzanne here is a list of places you can get this LTE published here in state, and their rules:

http://www.freestateproject.org/about/essay_archive/BeTheMedia.php

Most papers here print most of what they get, though 370 is a little long.