Posted on 09/15/2009 11:42:47 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
Loyal to Liberty
On September 12, 2009 a very large crowd gathered from all parts of the country to manifest grassroots anger against the Washington politicians who are betraying the liberty of the American people. In my lifetime I have never known such a large manifestation of public feeling to pass with so little notice or discussion in the so-called "mainstream" media outlets. This absence of coverage obviously tells us very little about the event that took place. However, it tells us all we need to know about the people who control the so-called "mainstream" media. They believe the people of this country no longer matter.
The confusion over how many people attended what its organizers called the 9-12 March indicates that, at least since 1995, the supposed representatives of the people in Congress have shared this belief. That's when they allowed the National Park Service to forgo any effort objectively to estimate attendance at events along and around the Capitol Mall. If the people in Congress still respected the authority of the people, then when people around the country care enough to converge on Washington in large numbers, their representatives would care enough to assure accurate information about how many they are. Today's Washington pols obviously don't. It doesn't matter whether people are accurately counted, because the people don't count. (Counting them might also interfere with the elitist agenda these supposed representatives of the people now actually serve.)
This lack of interest in accurately counting people has disturbing implications. Anyone who really cared for the sovereignty of the American people would care deeply that their gatherings be accurately assessed.
After all, the Constitutional liberty of the American people depends on periodic elections. What are elections? They are gatherings at which people cast their votes. The vote itself resolves into gatherings of the people around this or that proposal or candidate for office. Though only the gatherings carefully organized to respect the requirements of the Constitution officially express the authority of the people, it was once the case that prudence obliged actual or aspiring political leaders to show some respect for unofficial gatherings as well. This was especially true when the gatherings were large, and represented heartfelt views. Whether the feelings were for or against the views and prospects of such leaders, they mattered because the actions of the people still mattered (and might actually affect those views and prospects.)
What has changed? What leads Washington politicos to shrug off gatherings of the people as effortlessly as they do their own camera smiles?
(Excerpt)Read more at loyaltoliberty.com...
Keyes got it right
The Main Stream Media does not matter.
I agree.
They have made themselves irrelevant.
I think the bigger concern is the lack of consideration as to why this crowd decended on Washington. If you are an elected official you need only know the crowd was significant and they were there for a reason. This should trigger consideration, respect and the ear of attention from that elected official. It’s simply not happening. The people are being ingnored, disrespected and not represented.
The actual number of individuals at the event is really not relevant. How many more are like myself fully support the movement but did not attend? (that number is surely in the millions).
He sure did. People don't count, at least not these people, and the 'regular' people on the left seem good with that.
What matters is getting those millions to go out and vote, and vote for the right candidate this time. No more rino's, no democrats at all. Obviously we need a lot of grass root constitutionalist candidates as well to step up
I’m already “offline” concerning US Info-media. I get all my news from WWW sources, mostly FR.
When the National Park Service estimated The Million Man March to be around 500,000 the nation of islam threatened to sue the National Park Service over it. Since then, no more estimates.
I think the bigger concern is the lack of consideration as to why this crowd decended on Washington. If you are an elected official you need only know the crowd was significant and they were there for a reason. This should trigger consideration, respect and the ear of attention from that elected official. It’s simply not happening. The people are being ingnored, disrespected and not represented.”” BRITISH newspapers reported the number in excess of a million.
The next step must ultimately come—what is it?
from the article:
“They don’t have to erase votes at the ballot box when they have already erased candidates from the mind and will of manipulated and demoralized people. “
Great line. Relevant to several posts today about third parties.
Good point!
I haven’t been a big Keyes fan, but I will grant that this is a very well written article making an important point I have not seen made elsewhere.
Sorry I do not agree. Many of the folks that attended did not run to the TV to see if we were covered by the media. It was apparent at the FR convention as well as amongst the many others at the Tea Party, we have long given up on the MSM. If anything it was a curiosity at best to see how blatantly absurd the media is.
Alan Keyes underestimates the will and determination of this group of patriots by even thinking they care a less about the media. We have a new medium and have for the past several years. FR for one and other conservative forums, blogs, email, talk radio. Fox does an OK job but we do turn them off often as well.
And now we have a new generation of journalists emerging thanks to James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. Put the criminals on alert, perhaps many more like them will emerge and begin to do the job the MSM deserted to promote socialism. It will be my pleasure to watch the MSM die a slow and painful death.
After being in DC this past week I am so encouraged. My fellow Americans are to thank for that, those both at home that are patriots and those that made the trip. It truly was an awesome group of people gathered together. Polite, compassionate, determined, patient and kind. Smiles galore. It was seeing America at its best. I will gladly keep fighting the good fight. We are not alone.
If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31
Soli Deo Gloria!
Me too. There isn’t a single good thing coming out of the television when it comes to what is necessary to saving this country. And there is plenty of bad stuff. It’s all manipulation and the short-circuiting/bypassing of the intellect.
Yes, Keyes does have it right.
Now, we must make sure they don’t think “votes” don’t count.
Let’s awaken that sleeping giant, the silent majority, and vote the bums out.
THE NEW STATUS QUO -— (not so new)
When Obama speaks of the dreaded Status Quo he
is attempting to marshal 60’s anti-establishment,
Political Science majors who rebelled against “the
man”. You can find them woven into the fabric of
America. They are educators, lawyers, politicians,
Journalists, Union members and Representatives.
Yet... they are “THE MAN”.
They are the “Status Quo”.
They are a nerdy herd of Vietnam War protesters
stuck in a time warp. They are conformists - grossly
out of touch, self validating, elitist snobs. Yet the
image of America they loathe is a crystal clear
reflection of themselves.
Obama is correct... the “Status Quo” must be dismantled.
i think the statement “to them people dont count” is true...we are expendable.
Doing so is the only hope for the country.
But it must be done according to the original model: The principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Otherwise, we’re simply jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
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