Ok, Let’s get this out in the open.
I admire Glenn Beck.
Before you hit the “X” and close this blog out, let me tell you why. He shows a clarity of thought and courage that is sadly rare in media today. Of course, the humor isn’t anything to laugh at. Actually, it really is something to laugh at.
One of his ideas I really admire is his concept of “Refounding America”. I decided that reclaiming and bringing America back into line with the original founding ideas is not only a worthy goal, but a necessary one. It is my FIRM belief that socialism, what we’re turning towards, is not the most effective way of doing things. I believe that it’s a failed policy that only drives a country into destruction. I only have to look at Rome to recognize that “Bread and Circuses” don’t work.
OK, Keith Olbermann does the same thing, political commentary with humor. True. The difference is that Olbermann is more interested in verbally assaulting and ridiculing those who represent a differing opinion. He often has snide comments with little to no true thought behind his thought. He made one comment regarding the “billionth” of the cost that health care will cost us compared to the companies that Halliburton that we send to “Kill our children”.
When you look beyond the acidic and inane rhetoric, you’ll find that he’s simply a charlatan, Olbermann, and the Rush Limbaugh of the left.
Do we have the same on our side? Yep, Bill O’Riely springs to mind off the top of myself, Rush Limbaugh is up there. But let’s not dismiss Glenn Beck because he’s using humor to express a little sense.
But, I’ve just completely digressed into something I never intended to go into. The point of this post is to start looking at bringing our nation back into line with the views that we created this country on.
Let’s admit something right now. The constitution IS a living document. Article V establishes a method to adopt amendments to it, allowing a mechinism which allows for changing social needs. It’s like a grumpy old man. You can change his mind, but you’re going to bring the whole town against him to change his mind. It’s like the constitution. It can change, but an OVERWHELMING portion of the population has to agree that a change is warranted.
But, one thing will never change is the foundation of the Constitution. The foundation still remains the individual liberty of each and every person.
From the Preamble :
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
That is a strong statement, probably the most statement of all our founding documents. It places the entire idea of America into context. Our Fathers believed that the whole point of breaking away from England was to get out from the thumb of “Mad” King George III.
So, what’s different today?
The only thing different from Mad George and what we’re developing into is the type of tyranny. Instead of one man’s crazy whims we’re subjected to 535 individuals that we put there? Like the colonists, we are having policies that we don’t want. Policies that we believe are going to destroy us and our individualism. Yet, there is so much apathy out there that we can’t find the resolve to recognize and change the course that a lot of us don’t wish to go down.
Bill made a great statement thata really underlines what I believe. Paraphrased : You can’t expect the government to make policies that benefit only Michael Lockwood. Thanks Bill. Of course they can’t. Of course, when you take one man’s fate and place it in the hands of 300 million American, he’s going to be trampled by the mob. That’s the problem with such systems as socialism. They are completely foundationally unable to ensure the fairness of the individual.
“But Michael, we’re not being forced to give up our freedom!”
Crap. Humans are lazy. With a few exceptions, your average human isn’t much different than the monkeys that we evolved from. Believing anything else is fooling yourself. Like all animals, Mankind looks for simple ways to do thing, find ways to take the easier route. I don’t like it, but I refuse to kid myself. When I start kidding myself, I lose perspective.
If an average American is going to be provided with two options, which are they going to choose? The easy one.
When we allow progressive judges to positions that, often, shove their interpretation of the constitution and the law down our throats, we give up our freedom.
When we elect congressment to a body that we all KNOW is corrupt and insensitive to our needs, we give up our freedom.
Join me. Join Glenn Beck. Our founding fathers didn’t envision a socialist country. They didn’t want a government that didn’t listen to the people they represent.
God Bless
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