How has our “Great Experiment” come to this?  In under 250 years we have gone from a fledgling nation based on individual freedom and liberty to the brink of becoming another socio-communist state.  In those 250 years, we have seen the rise and fall of almost EVERY socialist, communist and fascist regime on the planet.  Those that still exist live in a country 50, 60 sometimes 100 years behind our own.  For example, in Cuba, they still drive cars from the 1950’s because they lack the infrastructure to build modern vehicles.  The Nazi Fascists in Germany killed 12 Million people, including 6 Million Jews, and yet their 1,000 year reich only lasted 12 years.  The Russian Communists held power from 1922 to 1991, a mere 69 years and yet it only took Stalin 5 years to kill upwards of 60 Million people.  Even today we have dictators like Muammer Qaddafi, Kim Jong-il and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  In Iran we see almost daily protests for political reformation being crushed by police.  Even here in America, “Tea Party” protestors are widely considered by our “progressive” friends as terrorists and insurgents.  Our government has even gone so far as to list military veterans as possible terrorists, “Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she was briefed before the release of a controversial intelligence assessment and that she stands by the report, which lists returning veterans among terrorist risks to the U.S.” [source: The Washington Times]

So here we are.  Weakened and in debt to the tune of 12 Trillion Dollars!  Most of that debt is held by a communist government.  We import far more than we export and our national assets of 74 Trillion Dollars are dwarfed by our National Liabilities of 106 Trillion Dollars.  Many of our states are on the brink of financial collapse and the attempt to create jobs for our people has all but failed.  More people than ever are losing their homes and the banks have almost completely stopped lending to small business entrepreneurs.  Our government’s solution to this crisis is to tax the rich.  Tax the people in this country that already shoulder most of the burden.  Tax the people that create jobs through their investing and their business creation.  Tax the people that have the financial means to give more to charities.  Tax the people that have the financial stability that we all crave desperately.  Brilliant.  On top of all that we are forced to “bail-out” failing banks and automobile companies.  Now they are going to ram a massive government take-over of healthcare down our throats and have the audacity to tell us it is deficit neutral.  Are there really people that believe this nonsense?  We have been severely weakened economically to the point where The United States stands ready to lose its AAA credit rating in the world and other currencies are being touted to replace the Dollar as the global currency of choice.  250 years ago, there was no Dollar.  Now we have all but destroyed it.

Not only have we been weakened financially, but we are being weakened morally.  Day after day I hear accounts of this mall and that not playing Christmas music because someone got offended.  Or a city council removing a nativity scene because someone saw it and was enraged by the public display of religion.  Or, the school that has all but cancelled their annual celebration of Christmas because a non-Christian parent complained.  And yet, we are forced to endure Godless and sanctimonious greetings like Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings.  I know both sides of this fight because I was born to a Jewish Mother, therefore I am genetically Jewish.  I grew up celebrating Hanukah with my Father and sitting through the school Christmas plays as one of the few Jewish kids at my school.  My Father didn’t complain because he knew and understood the Constitution.  I was happy to celebrate Christmas with my friends and teach them about my holidays and my faith.  In doing so, we all grew more knowledgeable about each other and our diversities.  Today people think that if one person celebrates their holiday it takes away from someone else celebrating theirs.  That couldn’t be more wrong and is absolutely against what the Constitution stands for.  We are supposed to defend our own faith as well as the faith of our fellow citizens, not destroy their faith to bolster our own.

So what do we do?  I for one am teaching my kids to shoot, not only to defend themselves if necessary but to hunt if it comes to it.  I know that sounds radical but I am also talking with my wife about starting a small garden and adding solar cells to the roof, as well.  More importantly, I stand up for my beliefs and defend the beliefs of others.  When someone greets me with a Happy Holidays I smile and give them a Merry Christmas in return.  Don’t be afraid to offend someone, but don’t make it your aim to offend them.  Be genuine.  Read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and teach them to your children.  Teach them how our country was founded and relate our Founding Fathers’ deeds to what we must to today.  Make sure you understand the difference between a “right” and a “privilege.”  Understand that with rights come responsibility.  Get in the fight.  Organize, fund-raise, create groups to voice your opinions, support your candidate of choice and be ready to defend your positions and your values.

Friends, I believe a war is coming.  When, I don’t know but I can tell you that I will ready for it.  Whether it is fought with ideas and speeches or vehicles and guns, I am ready.  Are you?  250 years ago, a group of insurgents defeated the greatest military power on the planet and secured their freedom from tyranny, they also secured yours.  In the 250 years since, it has been a continuous battle to keep our country free and millions have paid with their lives.  In the coming years we all may be called upon to do the same.  I don’t look forward to it and i don’t want it to happen, but if our country continues down this path, it may be something nobody can stop.  I DO NOT advocate violence toward any person or organization, and I certainly DO NOT want any harm to come to our current leadership.  But I will defend my liberty!  If a political, economic, social or physical battle is coming you need to be ready for it.  The best way you can prepare is to be educated about the principles this country was founded on: Individual liberty and responsibility; That all people are equal; That equal opportunity does not mean equal reward; And that it is the duty of every citizen to protect the freedoms of the other.

We can change future events, but it takes education, planning and the will to fight for our freedom.  As Alan West said so eloquently, “I will not go down and tell my children that I didn’t have the courage, the conviction, the commitment or the character to fight for this country.  Don’t go home and let your children down.”

I won’t!  Will you?

– The Patriot