When we are born we are blissfully unaware of the circumstances that will dictate the course of our lives. As we grow into adulthood and become more aware of our surroundings, to some an appalling realization becomes evident. In the social structure that exists today in these United States, there are those who claim for themselves the right to control the people who by right of their birth are born free. These so-called rulers who today govern the free have equated the words "to govern" as "to rule." These "rulers" of the free believe it is Divine Providence, handed down from father/mother to son/daughter, that they rule by divine right. Even in "our" governing body there are those who have ruled for 20, 30 and 40 years and their reason has become so blinded to the will of the people, that their acts are less the voice of the people and more the dictates of the totalitarian.
When the Founding Fathers began the "great experiment" and called it America, the very meaning of the word government took on an entirely new meaning. In the founding documents, the preamble begins with the words "We The People," and continues to now and forever declare the duty of the government is for the protection and defense of the natural, God given rights of the people. In this one document it declares that the People have the Right to live their Life; to live in the state of Liberty; and the Right to own Property and pursue that which makes them happy.
Over these past two hundred and thirty some years things have changed substantially. We are no longer the America called the Land of the Free, with Liberty and Justice for all. Today the government controls/rules the education of our children; the law abiding Citizen must carry State issued identification papers or be subject to arrest, fine or jail. To be engaged in a private business one must obtain permission from the State and pay the State fee and tax in order to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The normal Citezen must pay up to one half of their earnings to the Internal Revenue and the Social Security Administration.
The "Land of the Free" and "The Home of the Brave" no longer exists as it did when our Founders first had the "Dream of Liberty" called America. But there is a spark beginning to ignite once again, and soon, with the chance for the "Flame of Liberty" to once again burn bright, the patriots who are "We The People" can and must stand up for the one word that sets us apart from the oppression and control of the rulers of a tyrannical government and that word is...FREEDOM!
"In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man and brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
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