OK, the grim reality of 4 more years of increased socialist/communist rule in D.C. surely has many of you bleakly looking at this country's future and shaking your head.
While I was sorely
disappointed in the election results, myself, I can't say that they were
a "shock" to me. I expected, and hoped for different results, but
frankly, given the fact that there can be no SOLUTIONS out of D.C., even
if the Republicans would have gained the White House and Senate, that
would have, at best, meant a slowing of the progress down a
socialist/communist path, not a turn around.
So
if you will allow me some political commentary, and some sharing of
positive news, perhaps we can enjoy what few rays of sunshine which
still persist in our country, and from there work to make larger inroads
for the true cause
(and solution) of Liberty.
Shortly after the
election, we have been presented with several polls which indicate that a
large majority of the people do not want government run health care.
(I know, it makes little sense, they voted for the twits who instituted
it, ramming it down their throats, but there was obviously more to this
election cycle than the facts.)
What this
means to me is that a majority of the people in this country, and
certainly a majority of the people in many of the states, oppose Obowma
Care. In fact, this notion is supported by the fact that many states
have introduced (over 40) and 14 have passed, either laws or state
Constitutional amendments barring the implementation of a mandated
government run health care program.
Given
the poll results above, the momentum within the states to bar this
unConstitutional federal action, and the fact that the true ills of
Obowma Care will start to take effect in January, the number of people
in the states to want to stop it will increase, thus the number of
states barring its implementation will increase.
In
fact, while the media focused on the federal election results, they
glossed over the fact that on Nov 6th, 5 states had votes on barring
Obowma Care, to one degree or another, with 4 of them passing such
measures, 2 of them state Constitutional amendments. http://thehealthcareblog.
This
is not to say that the "war" was won, but rather that many battles were
won on November 6th. And while a couple of large battles were indeed
lost,
there were MANY small battles won, on that day alone. But looking at
the larger picture, the small battles wage on, and are being won.
Just
yesterday, in a predominately liberal state, Michigan, the legislators
in the House voted 107-0, to prevent any officials in that state,
including law enforcement and National Guard, from implementing, or
assisting in implementing, NDAA. (quick brief on NDAA for those who
may not know. This federal law has a provision in it which allows for
indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, without
due process, bail, or even access to the court system, if the federal
government deems them a "terrorist". Please also consider the DHS
paper a couple of years back, which essentially deemed all gun owners,
Christians, Ron Paul supporters, Tea Party activists, Home schoolers,
and many others as terrorists...you get the picture I am sure)
http://blog.
Couple
this small victory of yesterday, with the many victories on this issue,
of last year, and we have many such victories. 17 states have
introduced legislation, some very liberal ones, to bar the
implementation of NDAA in their state. http://tenthamendmentcenter.
The
key to remember is that victory for Liberty can not be had at the
federal level, regardless of who
is in power in D.C. Even if the most Liberty minded President in
history were to be elected, he would lack the power to force Liberty
upon the people of this country, or the various states. This process
MUST originate from the People, and then be translated through their
states, upon the federal government. This process has been gaining
momentum year after year, gaining more steam as the federal government
becomes more aggressive in their power grabs.
So
I fully anticipate that given the election results, the federal
government will become ever increasingly aggressive in grabbing power
and making unilateral edits upon the people and the states. This will
have a resulting backlash and the momentum of state nullification will
gain, in direct opposition to this power grab from D.C.
While
the media is fully vested in convincing the majority of the
people of this country that the federal government is "all powerful",
and can not be thwarted, in the background, reality is gaining more and
more traction, as the People, via their states, are erecting
Constitutional barriers to the federal government's usurpations.
Of
course, there is no telling where this all will truly lead. I fully
expect that the socialist/communist in D.C. to use every tool available
to them to keep their power and to grab even more. In fact, history
clearly tells us that these socialist/communist people will nearly
always resort to civil war to retain power, or if they feel they can use
this tool to force their will more quickly.
A
different result in the elections of Nov 6th, at best would have
lessened the possibility of such a civil war, but that is not the case.
We now have fully entrenched socialist/communists in our
federal government, and they will do what is in their nature, and that
it to oppress others, and implement tyranny. The question which awaits
our country is will they receive enough opposition from the people, via
Constitutional means, to convince them that an outbreak of civil war
will not net them victory or gains?
At this
point, I say it is far to soon to make a prediction in that area.
However, given the momentum of the State Nullification movement, and the
unbelievably massive and record sales of firearms and ammo to the
American people, I say their prospects of "success" in a civil war is
waning. In fact, we can also include in this, the fact these
socialist/communist have made perfectly clear they are determined to
destroy our military, one has to ask, to whom do they turn to wage this
civil war for them?
All in all, the progress
and successes
which were being made in this country (and the hearts and minds of the
people) have not been stopped by the Nov 6th election results, and
continue on. This is the true progress of Liberty in this country, the
6th was merely a minor setback, which may be seen, in the future, as a
necessary event to help this process along. How many people may have
"gone back to sleep" had "their guy" gotten in to the White House?
So
happy Thursday to you all. I am looking forward to the celebration
of Christ's birth with my family, unless the Mayans get us all first, in
which case, I suspect that we will be sharing birthday cake with Christ
Himself, which is not a bad alternative at all.
This letter was sent to me by a friend who asked to remain anonymous. Some folks will know him by the amont of FUN he had with his FAL, er. Thanks to Fun
-Scout
