“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace – but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” Patrick Henry, Congressional Convention 1775.
Liberty, death, chains, slavery, peace and war are what brought our founders together in a time of much needed change. This time was cloud in corruption, deceit, intimidation, force and expected submission of the colonists, yet they tore from those chains to give birth to a free nation, a nation ruled by the people and not a select few. It was an uncertain time, it was a confusing time, after winning independence, but they persevered and came out with victory in their hands, peace in their hearts, enlightenment in their souls, and a vision of a great future in their eyes. The honor and pride that most had and shared during those times will not be matched even today. That is what is so troubling, not just today, but with generations during the Civil War and all since.
There was no more pride, no more honor, no more question authority feelings. It all started to be turned into a, me, me, me and I only care about me kind of society and country. The generation that started this great nation, didn't just think about their personal wants and desires, they cared about the whole picture. What can be done to better the new nation, what can be done to improve everyone’s lives in the new nation? They came together for the greater good, they didn't allow anyone, be it an outside threat or an inside threat to destroy what they have achieved and wanted to achieve.
Our population today, seems to get excited about taking scraps from a corrupt government and the representatives we place into power to do what is right. Our generations today and past ones, like to be submissive to a tyrannical government that has slowly overtime, taken rights away, instilled fear, enforced unjust laws and regulations upon them and acted out with force and intimidation to get what they want from their chained population. It amazes me that such a large percentage of the United States, does not get angry enough, does not get upset enough, does not want to be involved enough, doesn't care what the government does! How can this vast number of people, stand still, sit on their hands and hold their tongue to all these indiscretions that have been done and are being done to the American people in general? This nation was once known as being rebels for just causes, fighters for true freedoms and liberties, that they didn't let their pride and honor be taken from them, because they believed just like Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death!”.
If you still feel like nothing is wrong, or that the federal government at its current state which has been a long time coming, then you haven’t gone through my other postings. What I have written so far, is just the tip of the iceberg of everything that has been perpetrated against the American public, and all you need to do, is look at current issues and truly do your own research and I promise you will be enlightened and brought to a level of anger that will make you want change.
Let us the American People, go not quietly into the night, but go out like we came into this world. Kicking and Screaming!
