On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli put forth a marvelous patriotic rant for several minutes declaring that Americans should stand up and protest the Obama administration's outrageous socialist policies. And he promised to organize a Chicago Tea Party to help publicize the cause later in July.
Little did he know at the time what he had wrought. He was cheered vehemently by millions of libertarians, conservatives and independents throughout America. By April 15th "tea parties" in more than 750 cities held demonstrations. The fervor for revitalizing Samuel Adams' 1773 Boston Tea Party rebellion against the oppressive English spread in waves across modern America. The call went out to stand against Washington's domination of our lives just as the patriots of our founding era had done. And it was met magnificently. The protests swelled into July and culminated in a massive "taxpayers march on DC" on September 12, 2009 that numbered several hundred thousand marchers.
Out of this, many of us in the libertarian and conservative movements developed high hopes that the history of Lexington and Concord could be repeated – not violently, but intellectually and democratically. Could we not spawn a new Sons of Liberty for the modern day that would do as Sam Adams' boys had done in the beginning? The original Sons of Liberty in 1773 became the hub of a profound wheel that fanned out across the colonies with intrepid spokes of brilliance to galvanize Americans against the tyranny of King George.
The combination of their provocative protests with the philosophical thought of the likes of Locke and Jefferson brought us the Declaration of Independence, the Revolution and the birth of the world's first free nation at Philadelphia's Independence Hall in 1787. Out of such kernels of intrepidity usher forth all the giant societal changes in mankind's fortunes. When heroic men and women of integrity become acquainted with great philosophical truth, they become willing to stand against the tides of corruption and conformity inherent in all statist establishments. To such revolutionary paragons we owe much.
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Awesome commentary. Unfortunately, if someone pushes the envelope toward the end the writer portrays, that person would likely meet an untimely demise - much like JFK. No friends, the only way to make this happen would be a major show of force. A show of force, however, would most certainly be met with force from the government, the people trying to restore the constitution would be labeled by the government as traitors and terrorists, and they would justify using as much force as necessary to quell the uprising. Well....isn't that what's happening in Oakland? Aren't representatives of the government shooting rubber bullets, beanbags, and teargas at Americans exercising their 1st amendment rights demanding change? What would happen if the protesters began firing the same munitions back? Rubber bullets and tear gas isn't deadly force right? You can rest assured that the government would retaliate with deadly force using the excuse that they couldn't be sure what the protesters were using. This tyrant government is deeply entrenched and will not be removed by actions taken in a ballot box. So now what? Watch closely people. Revolution is at hand!
ReplyDeletePower doesn't surrender power without a fight. They just don't realize how many Americans are ready for that fight. Or maybe they DO, and are doing everything they can on every front to delay or suppress that fight. Police beating and arresting citizens on trumped up charges, banks playing shell games to make it look like financial collapse is NOT on the horizon, media outlets minimizing the extent of the civilian unrest, the government tightening security measures in clear (very clear) violation of our Constitution, etc. Might as well try to stop the next hurricane.....
ReplyDeleteImclain is exactly right anout the MSM minimizing the civil unrest. But they won't be able to keep it quiet for long. I saw the tweets from those in Oakland. It's gonna get worse. This will escalate into something reminiscent of libya. While I disagree with their agenda for the most part, I agree with their sentiment on the FED as well as their opposition to the bailouts. But mostly I support their right to assemble and voice their opposition. Apparently the government disagrees.
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