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sosheyack said...

It is a sign of our times that if a citizen expresses dismay with our government, then one is likely to be labeled a Tea Partier, Tenther, Truther or a Militia Member. These labels are meant to carry derogatory connotations. Recently, someone I know, responded to me in that manner. Although I guess I shouldn't have been all that surprised, since it has been the central theme of the news media for several years now. They have been conditioning people to think in this manner. I won't go too far down this "rabbit hole", in the interest of time, but the psychology of predictive programming is well known and the freedom of information act long ago exposed the intelligence program called "Operation Mockingbird", in which the American news media was thoroughly infiltrated to coordinate the government message. In short, the elites have put a great deal of effort into categorizing the ideal of questioning authority, as some sort of fringe movement. Witness the recent rants of Glenn Beck or Chris Matthews' about the 911 Truthers or even former VP Dick Cheney's recent ominous warning that terrorism is imminent. I have come to understand that whenever there is a spike in these type of media communications, it always appears to be laying the groundwork for a cataclysmic event, which soon follows. They are in fact following the same script that they once stated Bin Laden did when he released his videos or audio tapes preceding a terrorist event. Don't you find that strange?

A citizen used to be known as patriotic if he engaged in critical analysis of government and questioned authority. This was and is necessary, in order to provide a cross check against excesses and the corrupting influences of government. Sadly, in present day, dissent is marginalized and those that dare to question authority are looked upon as potential terror suspects themselves. This represents a fatal departure from the core values of our country. Is this what terrorism has done to the USA? Apparently, this is exactly what Benjamin Franklin warned us about in the following quote, "Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither".

I have news for you. I'm not wearing a label. I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. I'm not a Tea Party person and I'm not exactly Libertarian. I'm certainly not a militia member. I don't believe in violence and I strive to believe in the inherent goodness of people. I belong to no clubs - Period. I am simply a husband and a father who DEEPLY cares about the world we are leaving for our children. That's it. That's all that I am. I'm a guy who has noticed that I personally dropped the ball and that we as a people have dropped the ball. We got too comfortable with our freedom. I'm a guy who now believes we have a responsibility to fix the problem, by voting, protesting, waking up our friends and family to do the very same thing and to throw our bodies upon the gears of corruption, to stop their progress through non-violent passive resistance.

It is time for people to step up to the plate. To get up off our knees and to stop allowing our freedoms to be carted away in the name of security. Its' time to speak up, speak out and notice what's going on in the world. To take a giant step back from the television monitor in your living room and to question authority. It is American - to question authority. Never forget that. Do not let it be taken away. It is American to seek out alternative views and balance the corporate-government message that is being balanced for us through the left-right paradigm of Fox, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC. If we fail to realize our responsibility, I fear that the world will one day look upon the people of the United States, as the world previously looked upon the people of Germany, following the end of World War Two. The haunting question will be, "how did they let this happen?"