Isn’t It about Time…

… for the people of this nation to hold accountable those that serve the public interest? Or are we just too into our own affairs to notice that political pundits, special interests, trial lawyers, and narcissistic elitists and politicians are stripping away the rights of every member of this nation on a daily basis?

Isn’t it about time for us to ask some honest questions of ourselves and those elected and demand honest answers? Shouldn’t we know where these trillions of dollars are going, for instance? And shouldn’t we reject the media and beltway elites babble of how us common folk just don’t get it?

If we don’t “get” it, then its because of their actions and our ineptitude allowing them to remain in power. Just the fact that they are passing laws that only they and their herd of ivy league educated financial czars and wizards of jurisprudence can understand bespeaks volumes. If the people cannot easily digest what they are legislating, just how in the hell is that 

…”government: of the people, by the people, for the people”

… as Abraham Lincoln put it on November 19th 1863?

How many more years are we going to set back and watch the foundations of our nations be eroded by the negligence of its elected officials and the pervasive apathetic nature of its masses towards the Founder’s principles of freedom and liberty?

This nation needs informed men and women participating, not through civil-disobedience or insurrection, but by correcting of the wrongful thinking that diseases the body general of this great nation. It is time for Americans to be Americans.

When more people tune in to vote for their favorite American idol then turn out to vote for the elected officials of this nation we have trouble. When those that vote spend more time searching youtube than honestly researching exactly who they are voting for, the trouble increases. When the decision of who to vote for is based upon shallow traditions, peer pressure, or campaign slogans and sound bites, we get exactly what we have and deserved. A government on all levels filled with clowns that couldn’t identify freedom and liberty if it landed on them wearing a flashing neon sign and playing the Star-Spangled Banner.

This nation needs us, like never before in our lifetime. It doesn’t need office mongering politicians that get their direction from popularity polls, publicists, message managers, Hollywood stars or teleprompters. It needs each of us to be citizens of the United States of America, not by birth right, but in spite of it.

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777

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"Here's to You Mr. Jefferson" by Mike Church

Ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, One of which was George Washington son Jack; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying the 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

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