The tree of liberty must
be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.- Thomas
Jefferson
Any
people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up
and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them
better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which we hope
and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in
which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any
portion of such people that can may revolutionize and make their own of so much
of the territory as they inhabit. -
I would
like to talk about very real possibility of systemic change within our
political system during our lifetimes.
The independent spirit in America is virtually nonexistent, people
become more apathetic with each generation.
Unemployment has become a career for many as has social welfare. There are many generational dependents with
our society, something that is new to the country; two, three, and even four
generations of families that have been completely dependent upon the government
for health care, food, and housing.
Politicians have seized upon this section of the populace to broaden
their political base, and with it, their power within our country. When you add the rising national debt, the
high general unemployment due to over regulation of commerce and production,
and the widespread ignorance of a population that has become desensitized
towards the dishonest practices of its elected officials, it creates a catalyst
for an overall governmental destabilization.
This does
not create an implosion of the government as one may think; rather it opens the
door for a more stringent means of governance by the controlling powers. Once
again, take the Connecticut school shooting for example. Our country has been on edge for several
years over multiple mass killings by individuals. These killings as a whole do not compare to
the annual murder rate of a medium sized city, as a matter of fact more people
were killed with hammers last year than were killed in all of the mass shootings
combined over the last 10 years. Yet,
according to the Obama administration and media, there is a sudden overwhelming
outcry for sweeping gun regulation throughout the country. The truth is that the average citizen sees
the mass shootings as a tragedy committed by individuals for a variety of
reasons known only to the gunmen themselves.
Additionally,
the Obama administration is recruiting businesses to make it harder for gun
manufacturers and merchants to distribute weapons and ammunition. I contacted the Wal-Mart main office this
week and was told that they are no longer ordering ammunition. I was also told that Academy Sports has
pulled weapons from their shelves. This
happened within days of representatives from both companies meeting with the
Obama administration. Is it just me or
does it appear that the Obama administration is interfering with the free
market within our country once again. This
time however, they are interfering with something that has a direct consequence
to our citizens 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms.
I was also
told today that Bank of America will no longer allow its customer to purchase
weapons or ammunition using their credit or debit cards. This bank is now trying to regulate what
people do with their money. I propose
that everyone spread the word as quickly as possible to boycott Bank of America
and close any account that may be associated with this bank or any of its
subsidiaries.
To all my
readers, I would like you to stop right now and re-read the opening paragraph
of this entry. I do not want anyone to
believe me an alarmist; however the events of the past four years lead me to
believe that a reckoning is close at hand.
Ask yourself what you will do when the government announces a mandatory
turn in of the shotgun or rifle that has been in your family for three
generations. What will you do when you receive
word that your will be prosecuted because you passed down a gun to your son as
a present without paying the fee for a background check at a registered
firearms dealer. What will you do when
the government begins posting rewards for information on gun owners and your
neighbor turns you in? These are not
paranoid accusations that I’m making, these are things that have already been
proposed. President Obama has publicly
said that he will do anything within his power to remove guns from the hands of
the populace. They are looking into the
effects of lead into the environment in an effort to say that bullets are
harming the earth. They are attempting
to create ammunition that only lasts so long.
Diane Feinstein wants to have all ammunition registered. The executive orders President Obama issued
today are only the beginning.
Readers,
keep this next quote in mind over the next few days and give it some serious
thought…
Liberty
has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects
of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The
history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the
increase of it.-
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