Just a side note, if those men still existed, why have they allowed the tyrants to run roughshod over this country.
Where is the tar and feathers, where are the ropes and tall oak trees.
People just donât have what the founding fathers had. Sad but true.
I wouldnât go so far as to say folks, in this day and time, âdonât have itâ nor do I believe if .gov declared most of the BOR null/void, that everyone would just roll over on their backs and say, âOh, wellâŚthatâs just the way it is nowâ.
In the DOI, even Jefferson wrote,
ââŚgovernments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomedâ, so apprehension and hesistancy are nothing new.
I do believe there are some stark differences between then and now and those differences play a huge role in, âWhy hasnât anyone done something?â
First, most folks are in their comfort zone. They think, âIâm able to pay my bills, keep food on the table, a roof overhead and take care of my familyâŚall is goodâ. Thatâs not to say I believe it, though. All is not good and it goes a hell of a lot deeper than just âDemocratâ vs âRepublicanâ. Those days are long gone and now, itâs more âgoodâ vs âevilâ. People may be mentally uncomfortable, but when a majority get physically uncomfortable, thatâs when you will start to see gears turningâŚand when I say âphysically uncomfortableâ, Iâm not just talking about going hungry.
Letâs look at the BOR and sorta go line by line with a couple examplesâŚ
I. You can still say pretty much what you want to say. I can rant on here about the filthy, lying rats we have in D.C. and no van full of goons is going to pull up in front of my house, drag me out and toss me in a cell because I called out our âelected leadersâ for the POSs they are. I can get in the car with my family and there are not going to be armed thugs stopping us from going into the church house on Sunday.
II. I can go into a gun shop, fill out a form, pass a check and walk out with a weapon. Is that liberty? Nope and it should not be that way, but it doesnât change the fact that I walked out with a weapon and/or ammo in my possession. I donât enjoy paying a tax, filling out a form and having to be âapprovedâ to own a SBR or a suppressor. YeahâŚitâs not liberty and yeah, I have to jump through hoops, but I can still possess those items.
Being âcomfortableâ will make a people more longsuffering than they would be, were there extreme âphysicalâ discomforts involved.
Second, we, as a citizenry, havenât had to pick up arms and kill/be killed for our individual liberty. Doing so would give that liberty a different âflavorâ and a higher value would be placed upon it. Weâd be more inclined to âGuard with jealous attention the public liberty and suspect anyone who approached that jewelâ.
Third, âdoing somethingâ is a decision that is terminalâŚitâs the Rubicon and once you cross it, thereâs no âtake-backsâ or âdo-oversâ. Also, there are no âguaranteesâ. What you end up with may be far worse that what you had in the beginning.
Do we still have âitâ? I believe so, but you really have no idea what you are made of until you are put into a situation that requires absolutely everything you haveâŚmentally, physically or even spiritually.
Like the old saying goes, âTimeâll tellâ.
