Time to put her to pasture

America has had a good run. Like a good horse, she has carried many heavy loads, charged into battle with great leaders, comforted the loss and forsaken, and brought greatness to its owner. Today she is Old and tired. She has been pushed beyond the breaking point on too many occasions. The people who once came to her for comfort now only have indifference and sow the seeds of malice towards her. Her coat once shined from the constant care had become dusty and unclean. The weight of burden is too much and no amount of coaxing will inspire her to win another race. There is hope she is blessed with child.

Like all great horses, breeders look for the best qualities to pass to offspring and continue the great line. No this is not royalty breeding, this is careful, intelligent and planned breeding. America was born with values and principles, bread into her from years of hardship, oppression, and tyranny. She grew strong early on by defending her values and principles, her first rider forgoing absolute ownership, instead choose the rule of law. As new rider took her reigns, she complied. Trusting her riders, one after the other. Even going so far as to allowing her to ware blinders as not to see the troubles on her left and right.

The new colt is to be born soon. This colt has the values and principles its mother has, all is lacking is a rider. A rider that remembers that the colt is not theirs it belongs to the owners. A rider that uses the reigns to guides the colt and not a tool of obedience. A rider that looks at the sunset and contemplates the pass with a focus on the sunrise. A rider who will serves the colt, brushing its coat daily, feeding it a proper diet, and allowing it to rest and recover. A rider who will promises never to allow blinders be put on the colt ever again.

My friends, I ask you to consider the challenges that face us now. There are only really two options as I fear they had in 1776, get more people to support them (elect people to positions of power) or as they did, cede from England. Are we at this point? Do we need to abolish our government and restore the Constitution and Republic? Even if we elect the right people will they be able to repeal the laws that have been created over the years that move us from a Republic to an Oligarchy (Socialism)? Can we come together as a nation of laws? Will the public understand the difference between a Democracy and a Republic?

What are your opinions? What if any are your answers? Please comment; discussion or debate is how we come to understand each other. I want to understand you.

Harry

“That government should be of laws rather than of men”

Jaycee Creed by C. William Brownfield ca. 1946

The point that Brownfield was trying to make was the United States of America needed to continue to be a Republic, limited government, not a Democracy, big government. “Wait a minute,” you say, “don’t we live in a Democracy?” the answer is a resounding no. We live in a Republic whose rule is law. A Democracy is rule by majority. A Democracy is a scary thing for example; a majority of the people says that they can take your money so they do; a majority of the people says that they can take your children so they do. This is not the form of Government we have, we have a Republic or a government of laws.

The following situation will illustrate the difference. A person is accused of raping and killing a seven-year-old child. A mob of people goes out to find this person. When they find the person, they vote to kill the person. In a Democracy they can, however, in a Republic the police show up and tell the mob that they cannot kill the person. That person has rights under the law, to due process, a speedy trial, and a trial of their peers. Not only that, the jury may only find the defendant guilty by consensus, not a majority. This is the benefit of a Republic, “That government should be of laws rather than of men.”

The Greeks were the first to recognize the benefits of a Republic, however, the Romans were the first to try it and it worked great. As time progressed, some Romans realized that they could elect representatives that make laws to benefit a few. Soon there were laws allowing the government to seize private property (eminent domain), farm subsidies, home subsidies, and welfare. Soon the government went broke and the people demanded more. Anarchy reigned and soon the end of the first Republic came. This however was not the end of Rome. Seeking order, stability, and financial control the citizens of Rome put their trust in a dictator, Caser.

This brief history lesson is about to repeat itself. We are moving away from our founding fathers ideals of a Republic. Laws are have been created to benefit a few while diminishing the liberties of others. Social programs and entitlements have bankrupted our Nation. Banking laws encourage a debt lifestyle bankrupting our fellow citizens. Corporate laws have granted the leaders of these companies huge pay at the expense of the stakeholder and the taxpayer. By executive order, laws are created to invade our privacy without due process. And now our government wants to do more, universal health care, nationalize banks, and tax an invisible unscientific problem.

America we don’t need any more government help. We are about to go beyond a Democracy (which really dose not exist) to become a Socialist Society. Government will control every aspect of our lives. Our freedoms will be gone. Voted out and replaced by social programs. Leaving our nation in the hands of the government and not in the hands of the people whom the laws were intended to protect.

Harry