this is happening....our leaders are leading us down a path that will cost American lives.....with the president funding self proclaimed jihadists all over the world...why wouldnt he help them here......while everyone is watching the smoke screen created by a government manipulated media....people are blind to the invasion that is taking place right in our own front yard. Its time to take a stand against anyone who ignores the constitution....its time for American patriots to stand and say...your either with us or your against us......I believe that something is about to take place....as average Americans wake up to see that the Attack on us began the minute Obama began to fill this administration with extremists....who each have a very specific purpose in the effort to fundamentally change America.......this change he talked about....people never imagined what he really meant.....but now as the fundamental change begins to be visible......people are waking up and asking what can I do? What can I do to save American Ideals.....the American Dream is Hope.....the chance to rise above your station in life....according to your efforts...according to your own labor......now we can see the socialist idea taking shape....whats mine is yours and yours is mine even when I dont put out any effort....I am ENTITLED to what is yours....ITs your fault that I dont have what I deserve....an I want it NOW....I will scream and shout and destroy property and even human life until I get what you have.....all in the name of EQUALITY.......but sharing none of the responsibility.....YES.....Now is the time....for all good men to come to the aid of their country...IT is time NOW.....just as it was time then....and our enemy is upon us.......if we can see it......just reflect how you feel about your oppressor today......I can imagine Patrick Henry felt just as we do....the difference.....HE ACTED to rally his brothers in this speech........St. Johns Church, Richmond, Virginia March 23, 1775. MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfil the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offence, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves, and the House? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free² if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending²if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable²and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace²but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! IT IS TIME......NOW IS THE TIME....WE MUST SEE THE ENEMY WHO WOULD MAKE ALL AMERICANS SLAVES.....We must return this country to the IDEALS that give every man HOPE....and it starts just as it did at the founding of this great country.....with the CONSTITUTION and GOOD MEN who can agree that this group of leaders dont give hope to any AMERICAN CITIZEN...... GET ACTIVE....SPEAK UP....VOTE in every local...state....and national election......look at the records of your representatives not on what they say......but what they have done.....and talk about politics.....dont be afraid to voice your opinion.....be ok with people who disagree but are willing to follow the same CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDELINES that provide for the FREEDOM of every AMERICAN. DEMAND that leaders FOLLOW OUR CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDELINES....to pass and enforce the law......IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR POLITICIANS TO IGNORE THE LAW...... WE ARE AMERICANS....not latino americans, african americans, asian americans.....we are AMERICANS......we must unite on the things that we can agree on in order to preserve the freedom that gives us the ability to work toward a more equitable society controlled by the citizens of that same society. WE have to STAND TOGETHER.....or we all shall surely fall......
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:21:34 +0000
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