{"id":476,"date":"2009-08-30T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T10:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=476"},"modified":"2010-05-01T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T14:09:50","slug":"the-reclamation-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=476","title":{"rendered":"THE RECLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of Blackiswhite, Imperial Consigliere<\/a>. Pass it on.<\/p>\n

WHEN\u00a0IN\u00a0THE\u00a0GENERATIONS\u00a0 SUCCEEDING the one that pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to usher in the birth of the world\u2019s only truly free nation, Liberty\u2019s Progeny incrementally ceded\u00a0their birthright to the government conceived and designed to serve a free people, and not be its servant, this generation\u00a0is awakening to the terrible mistake that we, and our ancestors\u00a0allowed to happen.\u00a0 Charged with the terrible knowledge that comes with\u00a0opened eyes, we\u00a0now take up the long abdicated duty to rouse our fellow citizens and actively wrest the power and the liberties that have been progressively talked, cajoled, threatened, wheedled, and extorted from us, not only by those who ostensibly served us, but by their supporters and enablers who, by accident or design, saw fit to usurp and disdain such freedoms, that they might be withheld, and where impossible to withhold, might be condemned, until a corrosive contempt for these liberties, wrapped in velvet gloves, might so suffocate the circulation of them that this nation, conceived in liberty and the providence of a wise and benevolent creator, might indeed perish from the earth, plunging the rightful heirs of a proud and noble heritage in the the darkened waters of chaos, despair, and evil that surround them, a dank deluge that even today, other human beings actively seek to escape from in the inspiring embrace of this blessed and free country.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

We, the awakened and aware, freely accept the charge that the architects of this republic passed on to us over two centuries before, in the hope that all who partook in the blessings made possible by nation they created would somberly undertake the duties of citizens, and so appropriately train themselves in virtue, and educate themselves in the workings of the precepts and ideals set forth in their foundational documents that they would possess enough wisdom to recognize that not all threats to our freedom would come from without our ranks, the knowledge to recognize that not every chain and shackle menacing us will immediately appear to be what it actually is, and the humilitynot to assume that the ingenuity and innovation that has been the hallmark of American success has been the product of man alone.<\/p>\n

To this end, we hereby identify and reclaim our independence from the tools used to slowly enslave a free people and usurp the freedoms that we could not be persuaded to freely give up, or voluntarily suppress the free exercise of on our own:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> We reclaim our independence from the tyranny of \u2018Political Correctness\u2019.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Constitution does not now, nor has it ever guaranteed a right to be free from being offended.\u00a0 Early successes in causing the disruption of free speech by\u00a0insisting on the use of words or terms stripped of their meaning or altered by redefinition and deliberate use of ephemism, in order to avoid offending more delicate sensibilities lead to its use to deliberately avoid, delay, or prevent the free exchange and communication of ideas because we allowed ourselves to be more afraid of offending someone or being branded with a label chosen\u00a0to imply that there was a problem with the offending speaker, rather than the intended recipient.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

Words have meaning and names have power.\u00a0 But truth overcomes, when it is given the opportunity to exist unfettered by the artificial restraints that those who fear it would place upon it.\u00a0 The Founding Fathers knew this, which is why they favored the \u201cmarketplace of ideas\u201d approach.\u00a0 And we now ratify and affirm this concept, having borne witness to the damage and impaired decision making that results when we remain silent and let others avoid any real discussion of topics, events, and ideas out of the fear that we might offend someone.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> We reclaim our independence from your victimhood.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For too long, we have stood by silently, and allowed some to increasingly balkanize this country with sob stories of how one thing or another makes them a victim, and therefore they deserve some special deference, special preference, and recognition that they are special.\u00a0\u00a0 We watched for too long,\u00a0with growing alarm, as the hyphenated-Americans increasingly failed to take it upon themselves to overcome their victim status, yet continually expect to be rewarded for it as they brandished their victimhood like a cudgel, ready to bludgeon any who dared to question their entitlements\u00a0and almost rapacious appetites to expand them.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

One of the many unique blessings that this country has to offer is the presence of second and third and fourth chances.\u00a0 Others know this, and rather than think that the good things available to those who work for them were something that they were simply entitled to by virtue of their sob story, real or imagined, they decided to man up, and overcome.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t happen through accepting help and deciding to continually demand more.\u00a0We are a generous people, but there are limits. \u00a0Decide of your own accord to know the satisfaction of making your own destiny, rather than subsistence on the labor of others.\u00a0 You might be surprised at what you accomplish, or how that might come to benefit your fellow citizen in ways that you cannot even imagine.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 We reclaim our independence from the myth of a compelling interest in diversity at the cost of excellence.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest affront to the \u2018American Exceptionalism\u2019 that our current President feels the need to apologize for in foreign capitols is the recent notion of a \u201ccompelling interest in diversity in our government, our institutions, and our culture\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the bastard child of Political Correctness and victimhood, which would not have been possible without the misapprehension of the concept of equality as enshrined in our law, the correct interpretation being that citizens of this country have equality of opportunity and equality in stature in the eyes of the laws that govern us.\u00a0 Once the \u201cright\u201d of offense took hold and started keeping company with victimhood, those benefiting from the employment of both decided that equality really meant that everyone had a right to be to be surrounded in all walks of life by people who looked just like them, whether those people were qualified to fulfill those roles or not.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

Americans rose to prominence in the world in no small part due to the idea of merit and the pursuit of excellence.\u00a0 This was embodied in our government and institutions as much as in the private sector.\u00a0 Civil Service exams for public sector jobs ensured not only that people could do the work required of them, but that the best qualified were hired to do the job.\u00a0\u00a0 Now, the standard in many fire departments, police departments, government agencies, and university staffs is not excellence, but the color of skin, gender, or sexual preference.\u00a0 The identity has eclipsed ability and we are all the poorer for it.\u00a0 Prepare for a change.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> We reclaim our independence from\u00a0the contempt of our citizenship.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For too long, we have silently permitted\u00a0others to use the appeal of emotion to exact our acquiescence in\u00a0their actively allowing people who have violated our laws to come here to live and work among us without asking permission to do so, or obeying our laws in doing so.\u00a0\u00a0 We have allowed\u00a0others to cajole us into allowing these persons to use our resources, and take benefits intended for citizens, without them being required to become citizens or apply for residence.\u00a0 We have been too long silent as\u00a0others continually advocate for the application of the protections that are conferred upon us as our birthright to those who are not citizens and have tried to kill citizens, or have expressed a deep-seated desire to do so.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

No sane person so despises something of value that is theirs by virtue of \u201cthe accident of birth\u201d that they simply would give it away to others who want it and yet show contempt for those who have it by stealing it from them.\u00a0 Likewise, no sane person so dishonors a gift purchased with the blood of others that they will give it to those who only desire to kill or enslave them.\u00a0 No longer will we be silent as\u00a0others confer all the benefits and protections of citizenship upon those who disrespect it, or would steal such benefits and protections without assuming the responsibility to pay for them, or worse yet, murder us because we have them.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 We reclaim our independence from the \u201cFreedom from religion\u201d that has erroneously been read into the Constitution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the institution of Thanksgiving, to the architecture of our public buildings and monuments, the opening of government proceedings, down to the acknowledgement on our currency, this country has very deep and undeniable judeo-christian roots, and has been governed by leaders who unashamedly proclaimed their according personal beliefs while in office.\u00a0\u00a0 It has influenced our laws and been the bedrock of every ideal that has allowed this nation to grow and prosper. \u00a0This heritage has been the target of a decades long campaign to shove God out of the public square and exile him from congress with our elected officials by people who have refused the notion of a higher authority, because their own beliefs and desires are in contravention to those expressed by that higher authority.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

Assaulting our national heritage with such dubious legal notions such as a separation of church and state that forbids any mention of God or expression of religion on or in state-owned property, and dismantling existing law with the fallacious statement \u201cYou can\u2019t legislate morality\u201d does violence to our history and demonstrates weak logic and understanding of what law is.\u00a0 The Founding Fathers\u2019 intent with the Establishment Clause was the prevention of any one church gaining the favor and sanction of the Federal Government.\u00a0 A ban on ANY expression of religion or belief in God was never their intention, and the evidence of that is still surrounding us to this day.\u00a0 The current state of the law is based on a false premise that can be easily dismissed by a simple walk around the monuments and buildings in the District of Columbia, and taking out you wallet to pay for an ice cream cone.\u00a0\u00a0 As for the \u201cYou can\u2019t legislate morality\u201d canard, this is also false.\u00a0\u00a0 The law is, in its most simple essence, an expression of morality, codified.\u00a0 The question that then arises is whose morality should be expressed in the law?\u00a0\u00a0 Those of people who can point to no particular belief system that has certain valuable virtues at its core, or those that can?<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 We reclaim independence from the cynical attempts to use shame to stop us from speaking out.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We have all felt this.\u00a0 The accusations that we are poor Christians because we refuse to give the government power not granted to it in the Constitution and go along with the currently contemplated healthcare reform bill.\u00a0 The charges that we hate the Earth and our children, because we oppose the highest single tax increase ever, combined with the deleterious effect on American jobs that would result in the passage of the Cap and Tax bill, which owes its existence to the myth of man-made global warming and the fact that it feeds the Federal Government its two favorite entrees:\u00a0 money and power.\u00a0 The charges that we are bad, greedy, selfish people for not supporting the idea that government and welfare entitlements are the way to improve the lives of Americans who are struggling, whatever the reason.\u00a0\u00a0 The charges of \u201cRacism\u201d whenever we raise a provocative question or level a criticism at a person, policy, or idea that might happen to involve a person or persons who are not Caucasian.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

Charges like \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cracism\u201d made without objective, quantitative support, and only the subjective justification of emotion will be ignored.\u00a0 The race card is maxed out, and the bank is no longer willing to extend the credit line.\u00a0 As for attacking our faith, or our practice thereof, we will no longer be held to account by people who do not understand the faith they would use as a weapon against believers, when the wielder subscribes to no belief system at all.\u00a0\u00a0 Those who rely only on themselves for the regulation of their conduct and ethics no longer get to condemn those who answer to a higher authority.\u00a0 Not any more.\u00a0 We reclaim control\u00a0of the shame that you have opted out of, and we will no longer allow you to use it to make us answer to you.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 We reclaim independence from the notion that the Federal Government is the solution to every problem and the answer to every question.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For too long, we stood by and allowed debate and action on all matters, predicated upon on a destructive and dangerous idea:\u00a0 That the Federal Government is the only way to meet a need, fix a problem, or prevent a problem.\u00a0\u00a0 In time it became a security blanket, and we became a nation of thumbsuckers, eager to give\u00a0the federal Government\u00a0more power and more money, if only it would keep us safe from life and the living of it as free people, until we no longer looked to it for protection from others who would have our liberties or destroy them; we looked to it for protection from the consequences of our own actions.<\/p>\n

No more.<\/p>\n

We were so fixated in\u00a0seeking the federal government\u2019s assistance with every aspect of our daily lives,\u00a0no one within or without\u00a0the Federal Government ever exercised\u00a0restraint and said \u201cNo.\u00a0 The Consitution\u00a0does not give the Federal Government the authority to do that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 And now that people are alert to the fact that the\u00a0Federal Government is poised on the cusp of the largest power grab it has ever made with the healh care bill, some of us are finally saying\u00a0 \u201cNo.\u00a0 You do not have the authority.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The stakes have never been more obvious.\u00a0 Met with the anger of constituents who are actually paying attention, elected officials are employing various means to intimidate these\u00a0citizens who are expressing their disgust and anger that a government that serves them would ever feel so entitled to our money and our data in the passage of something so clearly opposed by those who wold have to live under it, these servants have resorted to insulting their constituents, calling them shills in the pay of their political opponents, calling them stupid and saying that they simply did not understand the printed words on the pages of the bill, brazenly lying to them outright about what they have proposed and are considering, and filling audiences at public meetings with rent-a-mobs from the SEIU, ACORN, and others,\u00a0 so that they will face a friendly audience that is also\u00a0hostile to the voters opposed to this latest demonstration of government of its leash.\u00a0\u00a0 The days of promising good governance but delivering graft, corruption, and self serving sinecures are over.\u00a0\u00a0 We do not care about your party; both have proven themselves reckless and dishonest.\u00a0\u00a0 We demand that you act responsibly, that you do the people\u2019s business, not your own, and we demand that you act within the confines of the Constitution.\u00a0 No more will we simply accept legislation that exceeds the authority strictly enumerated in the Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0 No more will we accept interpretations of the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause that are so tortured and stretched beyond reason or recognition as to be unrecognizable to anyone who has read the Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0 No longer will we accept legislation from the bench that relies\u00a0not on interpretation of the Constitution, but mystical divination of mysterious penumbras that only a few \u2018right-minded\u2019 \u00a0jurists can see.\u00a0 Those days are over, and you can return usurped powers to the states and the individual citizens in whom the Constitution rightfully places them, or you can have them stripped from you.<\/p>\n

We, those who have come together in virtual congress to reclaim our independence from those who have by various means obtained it from us, realize that this probably wasn\u2019t the HOPE! and CHANGE!\u00a0that those persons\u00a0had in mind, but nevertheless, the time has come.<\/p>\n

\n

Blackiswhite, Imperial Consigliere<\/h2>\n

Free Citizen of the United States of America,<\/p>\n

August 29, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WHEN IN THE GENERATIONS SUCCEEDING the one that pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to usher in the birth of the world\u2019s only truly free nation, Liberty\u2019s Progeny incrementally ceded their birthright to the government conceived and designed to serve a free people, and not be its servant, this generation is awakening to the terrible mistake that we, and our ancestors allowed to happen. Charged with the terrible knowledge that comes with opened eyes, we now take up the long abdicated duty to rouse our fellow citizens and actively wrest the power and the liberties that have been progressively talked, cajoled, threatened, wheedled, and extorted from us, not only by those who ostensibly served us, but by their supporters and enablers who, by accident or design, saw fit to usurp and disdain such freedoms, that they might be withheld, and where impossible to withhold, might be condemned, until a corrosive contempt for these liberties, wrapped in velvet gloves, might so suffocate the circulation of them that this nation, conceived in liberty and the providence of a wise and benevolent creator, might indeed perish from the earth, plunging the rightful heirs of a proud and noble heritage in the the darkened waters of chaos, despair, and evil that surround them, a dank deluge that even today, other human beings actively seek to escape from in the inspiring embrace of this blessed and free country. 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