Guard your liberty

Too often I read all the popular websites for the daily news and find myself in disgust. What astounds me is the constant bashing we the American people suffer through. The corporate media would have you believe that we are a country of racist buffoons. They want you to buy into the hype that has infected our society and many of you already have. They hype is that Americans should be more worried about jobs, health care and a social minimum. They want us to believe that civil and political liberties, freedom of speech and freedom of religion are not important. What your education has failed to give you is a clear understanding of what civil and political liberties, freedom of speech and freedom of religion truly give to a society. “Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the healthy and vigor of citizenship.” –Patrick Henry Our nation is slipping into a system of socialism. We are losing control. We are losing precious freedom. We are selling our freedom as the government promises to take away our freedom and take care of us.

There is one proven fact when it comes to government: the more power the government has over the people, the more it can give and ultimately take away from the people. The first point is to dispel the myth of what type of government our country is…I am sorry to tell you that we are not a democracy. How utterly disappointing that the one thing we were taught about the United States system of government and remembered is wrong. Again, we are NOT a democracy. The United States is a Constitutional Republic. Now ask yourself, what is a republic?

According to Wikipedia, ”Republicanism is the value system of government that has been a major part of American civic though since the American Revolution. It stresses liberty and rights as central values, makes the people as a whole sovereign, rejects inherited political power, expects citizens to be independent in their performing of civic duties, and is strongly inclined against corruption.” This is America at the core. The aforementioned is who we are supposed to be as a country. Most, if not all, politicians seem to have a knack for falling into some sort of corruption. If we follow the Constitution as the Founding Fathers intended then corruption would be something the people could stop. We have relinquished our liberty and our power to govern ourselves in exchange for a government that will take care of us. The government will feed you, clothe you, shelter you, give you employment, raise and educate your children. The government will tell you what and where to worship, the government will tell you what to eat and what to wear. Are we sensing a trend? Are you scared yet? More importantly, are you mad enough to be prompted into action?

We are human beings. We have been bestowed with certain unalienable rights. All governments are instituted by men and can therefore, be changed by men. We must see that there are certain forms of government that depend on your complete willingness to hand over many of your rights. They depend on you not being able to take care of yourself. These governments will make you an expendable pawn.
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” –Patrick Henry