Posted on 07/09/2009 10:30:57 AM PDT by Mikey76
A week ago there was a lot of buzz about the sudden announcement that Sarah Palin would be leaving office as the governor of Alaska. There were no specific reasons given so speculation abounded and I am not about to add to that or any musings about her political future. The one thing that is beyond dispute as a contributing factor to her departure is the fact that ever since that army of lawyers and investigators descended on Juneau with her selection as McCain’s VP, she has had to defend herself against one groundless accusation after another. She has racked up legal bills approaching a half a million dollars and spent much more time dealing with investigations that go nowhere than doing the work of the people of Alaska. I find it not a little telling that while there is video tape of William Jefferson of Louisiana accepting a suitcase of cash and using taxpayer funds while diverting rescue operations during hurricane Katrina to retrieve ninety thousand dollars from his freezer, he is not only not in jail but still in office supported by his fellow democrats. Sarah Palin, however, is under no federal investigation and not one of the ethics probes has ever come up with anything, yet she has been hounded from office.
This is a tactic the statist Democrats have learned well. And this time I will include the party in this because it is the Democrat party that engages in this behavior against their enemies. Behavior that is tolerated or even celebrated among their own is jumped on by them if engaged in by the opposition. One word at a birthday party, one hint of impropriety and the media and the lawyers descend like a ton of bricks until rumor becomes fact or an insignificant word becomes treason and their opponents are rendered ineffective at best. More often they are hung out to dry by their own and leave office or, like Scooter Libby, end up in jail. Add to this the threats of activists like ACORN and it is no wonder that Republicans have lost their backbone. Politicians in general want to remain in office and be liked by the people, their colleagues and the media. If the opposition makes any misstep, if they push too hard on an issue, if they really rock the boat and become a credible threat to the statist agenda these kind of attacks are what await them. It is no wonder that few of them are going to have the courage to speak and act in real opposition.
When is is all boiled down, the fact is that the statist always uses the power of the state to intimidate, threaten and coerce people and the opposition into submission. From John Adams and the Sedition Act to Woodrow Wilson jailing dissidents and opponents to Barak Obama threatening lawsuits against former Bush personnel, strong-arming banks to take TARP money or using ACORN to intimidate executives, it is all the same tune played over and over. The fact is that the difference between what the statists do in the US and what Hitler and Stalin did is only one of degree. The founders understood the danger of political power and the men (and women) who want to wield it. Most of them want power and the only reason to have it is to use it. That is why they took as much power from the government as possible and left it among the states and the people. But we have given more power to government than any other in history. And now we are talking about letting them have the literal power of life and death over us by running our health care?! Have the “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” “rugged individual” Americans gone nuts?!
The British tried to impose the same kind of tyranny on the colonists and amid the protests and the legislative maneuverings, the fact is that the conflict between liberty and tyranny devolved into a deadly conflict. That is because tyrannical governments will always try to impose their will at the point of a gun if all else fails. Some are quicker to do so than others but government, by its nature, is force. If we give it limited authority and resources, its ability to use that force against us is limited. That is not the case here and now. We can protest taxes and even take our case to the court but unless you are one of the privileged elite, you will go to jail. When they come for your children and force them into government schools, they will use force at some point. When they come for your guns they will be more than happy to pry them from your cold, dead hands.
Is deadly conflict between tyranny and liberty inevitable? Almost always. There are very few instances in history where the people rose up against tyranny and the conflict remained bloodless. I am in no way encouraging that escalation, let me make that clear. But we also have to be realistic. Government will continue to become more oppressive, take more of our money and liberty, because that is the nature of government. If we choose to stand up to that tyranny, we must be ready for the evolution of the conflict. Right now, those who love liberty are on the ropes, losing badly. Government is taking great strides in expanding its power. The old methods no longer seem to be effective. We call our representatives, we write letters, we blog, we have even gotten out in the streets and protested. We are still ignored. It is time we took the conflict to the next level.
To that end I launched Project Liberty on Independence Day. It is based on the ACORN model of intimidation. I believe it is time the intimidation began to flow the other way. If ACORN can get a bus load of people to show up at the homes of AIG executives, we should be able to get a caravan of patriots to show up at the homes of our elected officials and let them know what we think and expect of them. It is not a long term solution, it is only to stop the current bleeding. Long term we need elected representatives that are going to dismantle the monster we have created. But we need to stop a march into fascism that has turned into a run. It is time we started intimidating the statists. It is time our elected representative know that if they are going to reach into our wallets and our homes with their foolish and destructive legislation, we are going to do the same.
In the twenty years prior to the Revolution, Samuel Adams and others formed the Sons of Liberty. It was they who first pushed for independence, it was they who intimidated British officials and protested the loudest, it was they who were responsible for the first tea party. It is time that a new breed of patriot arose, one who is willing to do more, to take a greater risk, to act a little more radically in defense of liberty, not only for themselves but for our children and grandchildren. This is a turning point, it is not yet too late to turn our country back to liberty and freedom. However, if we allow our government to continue to expand unfettered, the likelihood of the conflict becoming very nasty goes up considerably. May our decisive actions today prevent such an escalation.
For more information on Project Liberty go to www.patricksamuels.com and click on the “Sons of Liberty” button.
Patrick Samuels
It works because the dems have the press in their pocket. If there's a rumor about a dem - then it's a FACT - turns out there's a video of the dem crime - it doesn't matter. Dems get a pass. We don't.
The solution is to quit feeding the MSM... don't buy their bull - don't buy their "stuff".
The left not only intimidates, but it destroys.
“The solution is to quit feeding the MSM... don’t buy their bull - don’t buy their “stuff”. “
That works for us, but we don’t buy it anyway. The problem is the millions of Americans that still believe their propaganda.
I would like to see us push for an investigation of the media with the stated agenda that only legitimate, truthful, verifiable reporting be allowed to be called “News”. MSNBC should not be allowed to call themselves a news organization. Most of the major networks would fall in the same category.
The teeth in this investigation is simple. We have freedom of the press guaranteed by the constitution; however the freedom to commit fraud is NOT protected. What the MSN is engaged in is in fact fraud in many or even most cases when it comes to politics. All we need to do is prove this simple fact.
When MSNBC or any other member of the MSN pushes a news story that is so factually inaccurate and slanted under the guise of “truthful reporting of news” that is NOT media bias, that is fraud.
There is a whole industry now investigating and analyzing Sarah. Maybe it’s part of the “Stimulus Package.” Meanwhile she just keeps brushing them aside like those big Alaska flies, pesky things with small brains.
Unfotunately she has not brushed them aside. She’s now out of office and nearly broke from legal bills. She may recover but that’s not brushing them aside.
If she tries a run for president that attacks will increase.
I’m afraid the conflict may be unavoidable. We may only have one or two legitimate elections left in this country. We better correct this problem in the next two elections.
When things get past that - it's a walk into “czar” area - with someone having to make the call on what's news and what's not. I don't want to give anyone that power - that ‘s waaaaay to liberal for me. If we guilt trip them - and don't buy their products eventually they'll deal with us.
That's what blacks did - then women - then gays - and all those groups are well represented in the average newsroom. Now it's our turn - add some diversity of thought - add conservatives.
I also have the right no to buy any products pushed by the biased media.
ie no GE appliances or products
ie nothing that is advertised on CNN or MSNBC (ie starbucks official coffee of morning joe)
If I know a company’s liberal, I don’t buy their products either...
I aggree, it’s a very dificult call. I’m not saying regulate all “news” just investigate and put the potential for prosecution out there if you are caught in a blatant scam.
Freedom of speech does NOT give the freedom to intentionally falsify a report and try to pass it off as the truth. I think this would likely be already backed up by legal president. Everyone is just too afraid encroaching on freedom of speech.
Freedom of speech does have limitations and the MSM is going beyond on a routine basis.
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