Is the freedom Americans enjoy in its last stages or
is it already just an illusion? Does Liberty still exist in the U.S.A.?
Compared to most, if not all of the rest of the
world, we still have remnants of freedom; but, compared to the America that
existed following the Declaration of Independence, the War for Independence and
the ratification of the Constitution; our freedom more resembles soft-core despotism.
We hail our founders and show a level of respect for
the founding documents, almost on the level of them being two more chapters of
sacred inspiration. But Americans, just
like Christians, have been lax in their adherence to the law of the land and
the Law of God. We have allowed those
with ulterior motives into the highest positions of power in our
government. We have forgotten the
warnings which accompanied this country’s foundation:
John Adams – “Our Constitution was made only for a
moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any
other.”
Benjamin Franklin – When asked what form of
government they had formed by the Constitution, responded; “A Republic, if you
can keep it.”
We love both quotes but failed to live by
either. We the People have abandoned
morality and God and have selected men and women for the highest offices of authority
who are neither moral nor religious.
They have proceeded to do just what the warning expected, taken
advantage of their power to strip away areas of liberty. We have failed to make sure our elected
representatives function under a Republic and actually obey the law. We have celebrated when politicians of our
own persuasion got away with something over their opponents, even when it
violated their oath of office and the law of the land.
The decline of America, as a bastion of freedom, has
been on a steady pace for the past century.
The year 1913, was a stab in the back by a two-edged sword: the ratification of both the 16th
and 17th Amendments to the Constitution, which were the
implementation of the Income Tax and the change to have direct election of
Senators by the public. Both have been a
disaster and each helped set the stage for a Progressive agenda whereby the
central government would become oppressive in the taking of the wages of the
People and the loss of sovereignty (Federalism) by the States over the central
government.
We heard the pleas of individuals from other nations
where they warned us to guard our liberty, as America is the last hope on
Earth; but we proudly puffed out our chest, raised our chins and marched
forward…blindly, in the wrong direction.
For some reason, we have lived much of our lives ignoring what was going
on in Washington and ignorantly believing our Liberty was secure and being
guarded by all of those who swore an oath to guard and protect the Constitution
of the United States – when they, themselves, have no respect for nor understanding
of the document.
We have become a nation of immoral, Godless, lazy
people; who rally around those who openly sin against the Word of God and who
lie, cheat and steal as their standard operating procedure. God-loving individuals are ridiculed and our
government has aggressively moved to eliminate God from every area of public
life. We elect men and women to watch
our country that we would not trust to watch our house or our children, much
less our finances; and we do it over and over again, expecting better results
each time.
We elected and now have re-elected a President who
openly defies the Constitution and believes and acts as though he is above the
law. He surrounds himself with
anti-America individuals. He uses our
money to buy votes and picks the winners and losers based on who supports his
campaigns. He uses his position of power
to have the administration punish those who oppose his agenda. He is the bully in D.C. and anyone who dares
to stand up to his tactics is beat down by his rhetoric and that of his allies
in the media and various departments of the administration.
The opposition leaders in Congress appear to fear
the President and continue to act tough but always cave to his stronger
personality. They appear to have
forgotten that Congress is a co-equal branch of government to the
President. They lack the fortitude to
wage a political war and get in the trenches for the long haul of the
battle. The white flag of surrender
always seems to appear just before the battle gets heated. Experience has shown the President that he
will always win as he is the only one in the battle who will not give up in the
face of criticism.
We are a long ways away from the original Liberty
which was won at such a tremendous cost.
The oppression we live under is far worse than what the American Revolution
was fought over. We are the “frog in the
frying pan” and we have accepted a little more heat each year and it appears we
will never jump out to save ourselves or our nation.
Where do we stand where Liberty is concerned? We are on the edge of the cliff with the
rocks crumbling and one foot already over the edge. “Liberty” has already lost much of its
meaning and is almost dead. We are the
generation that will pass America onto the next in worse shape than we found
her. For that we should be ashamed!
There is just one question left, before Liberty is
dead and buried forever; are we going to do anything to try to save her?
If you despise soft-core despotism, you will just
love hard-core tyranny! It is just
around the corner and has its sights set on YOU!
