A Republic, If You Can Keep It

Many Americans throw around the word 'democracy' when describing our form of government. Rule by simple majority sounds good, but it's a bit like asking two lions and a gazelle to vote on what's for dinner. A true democracy would result in mob rule and could not last. Our founders knew that the minority must be protected from the whims of the majority. What if the majority of Americans wanted to turn the state of Kansas into a national landfill? What about the rights of the people currently residing in that state?

Instead of creating a system of government where the majority rules without consideration of the rights of the minority, the statesmen who crafted our founding documents chose a republican form of government. It is similar to a democracy, but with strict limits placed on those serving as representatives of the sovereign people and with a division of power that was supposed to have maintained a system of checks and balances. Who was placed in charge of ensuring these mechanisms work properly? We, the people, were given the sovereignty over those serving as our representatives. Most of us, though, merely vote and assume our civic duty is complete.

As Benjamin Franklin was leaving Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a woman asked him, "Well, doctor, what have we got - a republic or a monarchy?" Dr. Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." We have fallen asleep at the wheel, and if we don't wake up soon and regain control, we will surely crash. We must stay vigilant! Who are the sentries among us who are watching what the government is doing? Who is paying attention here? We have not lived up to our obligations as free people. This must change if we are to survive as free people. Take a look at the following video and decide for yourself if we, the people, are in charge anymore.

New World Order - Real or Imagined?

Here's another excellent article I just have to share! Whatever your political leanings, this should be required reading for all Americans. This is especially for those of you who think I've gone off the deep end and joined the 'conspiracy theorist' crowd. Please take 20 minutes or so to read this! We must make an effort to educate ourselves - this is NOT something that will be spoonfed to us as we watch reality TV or even so-called 'news' programs. We have been played, people! Wake up and do something about it!

And here's a short video clip to underscore the fact this has been under all our noses all along:

Don't Take My Word for It

If there is one thing I've learned during the last few months of talking to people about our disappearing freedoms in general and about Ron Paul in particular, is that each individual must search for and learn the truth in their own way and on their own timetable. In my posts and in my conversations with family and friends, I can only hope to give others something to mull over in their minds until they eventually start to try to find out the answers for themselves.

It is a difficult task to make such a paradigm shift in one's political thinking. I have been known to argue passionately for the case of the Bush Administration prior to being awakened to reality. Friends and family find it hard to believe that I no longer support Bush and the Neocons, but it is true! It did not, however, happen over night and no, I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid. Over more than a decade, seeds were planted in my mind, so that when I finally started to look outside of mainstream media for answers to my questions, I began to put the pieces of the puzzle together. I can not expect anything less of others. I don't think we have another decade to sit idly by, though, and it is for this reason that I sometimes get a little overly insistent that people come around more quickly.

This is not familiar territory to me. I'm used to being able to win friendly debates because I use facts to back up my arguments. In this matter, though, most people are not swayed by the facts. It is a testament to just how far America has veered off course -- most Americans can no longer imagine what our Republic was supposed to look like, had it developed according to our founding documents. Americans today tend to believe that big government is a necessary evil and that, in order to maintain it, high taxes and oppressive regulations are to be expected. Government meddling in countless affairs for which it has no constitutional authority has become so commonplace that Americans now believe they could not function without federal regulations on everything from education to farming and federal assistance to an ever-growing list of groups including the sick and the needy - not only here in America - but around the globe.

Please, look into these things and learn everything possible in the shortest amount of time! If you find there is no factual basis for any cause for concern, then you can be satisfied and can let things continue along their present course. If, however, you begin to have more and more light bulbs going off as I did, please keep learning and find out how you can get actively involved in whatever way you can. Educating ourselves and others is the only way we can win back our freedom, peace, and prosperity. This is the purpose of my blog in a nutshell.

What steps can you take, specifically? You can start by finding out about things like the SPP, NAU, the Amero, TTC, REAL ID, FEMA Camps, the Federal Reserve, the CFR, and why martial law was used in New Orleans and Greensburg, KS. Just Google them. Look up legislation as you find it referenced in articles, and read the actual legislation. Many documents have been recently declassified and you can read them for yourself as well. Read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Once you get started, you will likely find that your problem becomes where to stop researching and (hopefully) how to start acting!

George Bush Just Doesn't Get the "-isms"

Here is a great article by Pat Buchanan on Bush and his attacks on patriots by invoking the negative connotation of certain '-isms'. Isolationism, protectionism, and nativism - what do these terms really mean, and are they good or bad for America?