Liberty Lost

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.  Steven R. Covey


In November I voted for liberty. Liberty-- "freedom from arbitrary or despotic control." Despite what modern commentators would tell you, our forefathers did not fight for freedom they fought for liberty. Liberty is the foundation for true freedom.



In November liberty lost. Liberty was voted down by those who want supposed freedom. Not freedom from arbitrary or despotic control, but freedom from consequence.


They have chosen a course of action and now they fear the consequences that will follow. So this government promises them that they will "free" them from the bad consequences of their bad actions.


You chose not to get an education; no problem: unemployment checks. You chose improper money management; no problem: welfare. You chose not to work; no problem: food stamps. You chose promiscuity; no problem: no-cost abortion on-demand.


This is the illusion of freedom. Government may be able to delay the bad consequences, but they cannot save us from the consequences of our actions. In a short time we realize that instead of being free from our consequences, we have traded them for a different and unyielding master. We sold our vote, our soul and our liberty, for a place at the government trough.


In November I voted for liberty; 51% did not.

Remembering What Freedom Feels Like

They have joy in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh--Jesus Christ

One of our biggest challenges over the next four years is remembering what freedom feels like.  Already, the Obama administration, under its imagined "mandate," has announced numerous and restrictive regulations.  Regulations which by their formulation, are the very essence of taxation without representation.

We need to learn what freedom looks like.  No one living today, unless they remember the pre-FDR days, really knows what freedom looks like.   While several U.S. Presidents increased the powers of the office, it was FDR who really created the nanny state, by packing the U.S. Supreme Court in order to pass his previously unconstitutional nanny-state programs and then shoved them down the throat of the American people.   FDR's propagandist public school collaborators taught and continue to teach that these programs resolved the Great Depression, when in fact these programs only created a depression within a depression.  It was WWII and the war effort that resolved the Great Depression.

We need to teach what freedom feels like and looks like to those within our sphere of influence.  Antipathy and complacency are the duel death knells of freedom.   The death of freedom is often compared to the frog in the pot,  but even a frog can be taught that cold water is a danger.   Principles of true freedom must be pressed into the minds of old and young and the very, very confused who recently voted for immorality, indolence, and servitude.

Third Party Voters, You Trashed Your Vote And Trashed the Country

Message to third party voters.   You didn't take a stand you made a whimper.   You may have cost Romney the election as well and if you consider that noble, well the you did not consider your children.  There is no such thing as the perfect candidate,  and I would agree that Romney was not the perfect candidate, but he was better than what was in the White House.  Romney may not have a quick fix, but he would have made considerable strides toward righting major wrongs.

The willfully ignorant voted Obama and the prideful self-righteous threw their votes away on third party candidate.

Do not mistake me, I am not against a third party, but wasting your vote is a quick fix for your conscience.   The real work starts now.  Now is the time to work for a third party that represents, we who want social and fiscal conservatism. We who want education for our children, not indoctrination.   We who prefer freedom to serfdom.  We who love and honor this country and its constitution. So roll up your sleeves and get to work now.

And guess what, even then not everyone will agree.  It won't be the perfect party and never have the perfect candidate, but then the guy you threw your vote away on wasn't' perfect either.  To get anything done politically we must compromise on our ideals.  No one is asking you to compromise on your principals.

Pedicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead!

These were the words uttered by Teddy Roosevelt when American, Ion Pedicaris, was kidnapped by the Muslim brigand Raisuli, from his Tangier's home in 1904.  Teddy had no equivocation and Raisuli believed him.  Pedicaris was returned alive.  Teddy knew that it was his responsibility to protect American citizens and he took that responsibility seriously.

Regardless of the election on Tuesday, the American people need to know why the current president is not willing to protect our citizens even, for Pete's sake, an ambassador.  I mean, if an ambassador, an Obama appointee, is left to die, then how could a mere citizen expect protection.  Aren't we all just potential collateral damage for Obama's agenda? 

Consider instead a president who would have said, "Stevens alive or Muslim terrorists dead!"...well then the choice become simple and we know what we should be doing next.

Always A Bride Never A Wife

Obama reminds me of the brides who put all their efforts into the wedding and do nothing to prepare for the marriage.   He prepared for the party, he prepared for the attention,  but he did little, and certainly not enough, to prepare to be the president of the greatest nation in the free world.

With every day it becomes more apparent, that Obama is simply a figurehead for the far left who have treated this country as some radical social experiment.  A bad experiment at that, since recent history has proven that their social experiment has already failed, miserably, and resulted in the deaths of millions.  You can almost hear the cacophony of leftist voices saying,"Now you run along and play golf and we will take care of the details."

Not only do I agree with Clint Eastwood in his assessment that Obama is the biggest fraud to ever be perpetrated on the American people, I will go a step further.   I think that he was a necessary fraud.  I believe that the radical liberal left needed a presentable black candidate to front their cause, so that they could prey on the collective guilt that resides in this nation over the issue of slavery.  So many, possibly otherwise rational people, were just too willing to sell their vote for a clearer conscience. Hopefully, that guilt has been assuaged so that we can vote a truly prepared man into the White House.

Fact Checkers Should Check The Actual Facts

An interesting new phenomenon has begun in this current election: FACT CHECKING.  Typical of the tools the mainstream media provides us with, fact checking appears to be most helpful, but really it is just another layer of a reeking onion ruse that prevents us from critically thinking for ourselves.

This fact became abundantly clear to me as I read the next day coverage of Paul Ryan's convention speech in our local paper.  As I read the speech excerpts, I noted the oh-so handy "fact check" box along side the article.  "How helpful," was my first response, but as I perused the contents I found myself repeatedly saying, "He didn't say that...he didn't say that..."

It was readily apparent that the so-called fact checkers not only checked the facts, but in an effort to streamline the process, they also invented the facts.  Not one single item that they attributed to Paul Ryan was actually said.  Bottom line is that while it might be nice for others to think for us, a "government by the people" requires us to think and learn for ourselves.   Look to the primary source for you informaion otherwise you will soon find yourself to be a liberal democrat.

Resolutions New Year and Otherwise

...the children [of men]...because that they are redeemed from the fall...they have become free...to act for themselves and not to be acted upon... portions of 2 Nephi 2:26

I am not a big believer in New Year's resolutions. I prefer to take stock of my life many times throughout the year and make necessary adjustments, but in the spirit of the New Year, I will share some of my current resolutions.

1. I will not let the media tell me for whom to vote. I am sick of the media stating a fact and then telling me what it means to me. For instance, "Rick Santorum is leading in the polls, this shows how undecided the Iowa voters are." Really! How! All it shows me is that Rick Santorum is leading in the polls. Similar "Fact-Fallacious Conclusion" techniques have been employed to undermine many a good campaign. I am going to sort through the facts and decide for myself what they mean to me.

I am already aware that I am going to vote for a sinner, because there was only one perfect human ever on the earth and he ain't running for office.

2. I will not let the government define who I am. Are you kidding me!?! Under the new government definitions, nearly half the population is poverty stricken. Really? Just think of the degradation inherent in that label. Not just poor, but stricken with it, as if the poor can't defend themselves from the pounding blows of capitalism. Of course, such a situation requires the protection of the Socialist leaning Federal Government.

That is in fact the point of these labels: black, hispanic, poor, elderly, female, you name it. Socialism requires the label, encourages the victim-hood and them swoops down to save them, but really it is just another form of slavery...enslaving us in a dependancy on the government. Suborning our will to theirs.

I will not be labled a victim, but I will determine for myself who I am and how I will proceed with my life.

3. I will quit believing that Federal Government agencies can protect me. The USDA, FDA, EPA, TSA do not protect us. In fact, if you talk to the TSA about why they pass their most recent restrictions, their response is "To make the public feel safe." Feel safe! Is that what we are paying the big bucks for? To feel safe? I'm only interested in being safe and if they can't do that then stop taking my money for nothing. If such agencies have any merit, they belong on the state or county level where they have a chance of making a difference, but even without the inherent corruption, graft a favortism that exists in such agencies, they are not doing enough to justify their existance.

Think about it. The FDA does not save us from unsafe drugs as millions are recalled every year, usually by manufacturers who have a capitalistic interest in not making us sicker. The USDA does not protect us from tainted food. How many incidents of deadly food poisoning occured just in the last year? The TSA does not protect us from terrorism, good intel gathering does. (Yes, I am for intel agencies because they fall in the Constitutionally mandated "Provide for the common defense.)

I will not hope that others will take care me, but I will decide for myself how best to cook my food, take my medicines, and protect my person.

In short, my resolution is to Act, not to be Acted upon.