I've thought of Mr.Henry SO very often the past couple of months .. actually, since '08, truth be told !
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Posted on 11/29/2012 3:24:30 PM PST by Jacquerie
Resistance Ping!
A leader will emerge...but the ground swell apparently must begin first.
There are a few, very few members of the House of Representatives who honestly speak the language of liberty. One is Michele Bachmann. Like Patrick Henry, she is willing to take on the establishment on their own turf. She twice won election in state dominated by the appropriately named, “Democratic Farm Labor” party. She not only beat a vicious campaign funded by the likes of Nancy Pelosi, but also survived the backstabbing long knives of the RNC and the GOP House leadership.
Our country has just been stolen and I can't recall hearing from Michele Bachmann re: this existential event.
Perhaps I have missed her powerful youtube videos on how to take back our country.
If, for instance, individuals were called by say, Michelle Bachmann to do as she will do and resist all diktats derived from the slavish Obamacare, . . .
As for groundswell, the Tea Party movement and secession petitions reflect growing resistance among the producers.
Nope, no one has picked up from Paul’s farewell speech.
I am wondering if perhaps Freepers ought to consider organizing civil marches to show the displeasure that Americans feel over having this election stolen.
Egyptians riot over Morsi in Tahrir Square and even get bloody...yet Americans sit on the rears and do NOTHING.
Such demonstrations need to be backed up the the facts as we know them--and they/we need to challenge our leaders (by name) as to why they have taken no action.
Sometimes leaders tap into the emotions and motivation of the grassroots...and sometimes the grassroots have to speak up and act first...and then prospective leaders will emerge.
My small town (30,000) in GA would jump at the chance to speak out for America and what we have lost by the Obama/Chicago-Style theft of our country.
I think that if any state decided to step up and put secession on the table, there would be a whole lot of Americans willing to go and defend that state. I know that this is somewhat off-topic, but not really. It just takes one spark. The rest would take care of itself.
Modern America: “Give me free birth control and give my unborn baby death”
Through the Constitution's construction, i.e. separation of powers, enumerated powers, regular elections, impeachment power, independent judiciary, the Framer's system was designed to obviate the need for political violence.
Unfortunately, too many of the people have been corrupted.
The average Obama voter doesn't know what he gave away because he was never taught what he had.
But it got immediately demoted to General/Chat.;-)
Revolution is a bit salty for the FR mods.
“The problem is that no one is stepping into the leadership vacuum.”
Funny. I don’t remember that Patrick Henry stood around waiting for someone else to do the job he did. You’d think that with all the loudmouths, absolutism, declarative statements, and posturing that goes on on this site that there are 1000 FReeper Patrick Henrys out there, but there are not.
Apparently we are all perfectly happy to stand around jawboning about how we think things should be while waiting for someone else to do the job we should be doing ourselves.
But I think he wants to reduce America's power while simultaneously increasing his own, something that secession wouldn't help.
I've thought of Mr.Henry SO very often the past couple of months .. actually, since '08, truth be told !
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Unfortunately, the elites who chose the opposition Party's candidate are so entrenched in partisan politics that they ignored America's noble history, offering small ideas focused on "jobs and the economy" when they should have been speaking of freedom versus slavery.
Just think, Patrick Henry spoke out with bravery, passion, and ideas, and challenged his peers in favor of liberty, knowing full well that he had no great American philosophical documents to back up his words! Even so, he spoke out and his powerful words still inspire those who grasp the importance of liberty.
Today's "Patrick Henry," on the other hand, would have available to him:
1. The Declaration of Independence, with its clearly-outlined philosophical foundation for a free people's self-government;2. The Constitution of the United States of America, including its Bill of Rights and all appropriately-adopted Amendments;
3. Knowledge that within that Constitution itself, Article V prescribes the only valid method of Amendment to that Constitution, meaning that many intrusions on "the People's" liberty over the past several decades have occurred without a valid Amendment allowing such intrusions;
4. Access, through the miracles of technology, to the 85 essays of Madison, Hamilton, and Jay, contained in THE FEDERALIST, those wonderful explanations of the Constitution originally written to enlighten the minds of ordinary citizens as to the Constitution's protections of their liberty;
5. Access, at the click of a mouse, to the body of historical writings from which the Founders drew their knowledge, wisdom and understanding of civilization's long struggle for individual freedom and ordered liberty, as well as the Founders' own documents, speeches, letters and writings which might be used to educate current generations; and,
6. The 200+-year history of freedom, opportunity, creativity, prosperity, productivity, and plenty which the Founders' genius and devotion made possible on this continent and throughout the world.
Yes, America needs a "Patrick Henry," and before the light of freedom is extinguished, some brave and courageous soul must emerge who has the passion, dedication to study, and ability to articulate and educate his/her fellow citizens in the ideas of liberty so that millions of citizens can be inspired to reclaim their Constitution. Justice Story made it clear that this is "the People's" right and duty:
"The structure has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its foundations are solid; its components are beautiful, as well as useful; its arrangements are full of wisdom and order and its defenses are impregnable from without. It has been reared for immortality, if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title. It may, nevertheless, perish in an hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keepers, THE PEOPLE. Republics are created by virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens."
"The structure has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its foundations are solid; its components are beautiful, as well as useful; its arrangements are full of wisdom and order...."
-Justice Joseph Story
Now, where is that 21st Century person who will accept the challenge to lead all of "the People" to assert their individual and Creator-endowed rights to self-government under the Constitution which is their rightful inheritance, without regard to ethnic background, economic status, gender, or any of the other divide-and-conquer designations which tyrants use to enslave the minds of their fellow human beings.
Personally, I think a stamp tax on all, and I do mean all, media items is an idea whose time has come. The press has ridden in the wagon for too long. Think of the revenue that a nickle per Tweet will generate, for example. Readers of the NYT, WSJ, and WaPo can easily afford to pony up an additional 75¢, and a dime levy on every minute of network and cable broadcast will raise some serious coin.
Talk radio hosts can be assessed by the word—That way, maybe Rush will stop bitching and let more callers on the air.
You leave me speechless.
We need a new Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Even a good Alexander Hamilton would be good. Such men will come forward when the time is right—not yet—not till 2014.
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