What is Freedom Worth?

I was sitting at my computer mulling over whether I should tweet something. I was concerned that if I posted the tweet I could lose all of my followers. Now, I don't have a lot of followers, and I am not a conceited person, but I want my thoughts and feelings to be heard because I think what I have to say is good for my country and good for every individual in this country that loves freedom and liberty. Then, it occurred to me. Did Thomas Paine wonder if people would like him if he wrote Common Sense? Did our founding fathers wonder if people would like them if they declared independence from Britain? Let's go back further. What about Martin Luther and the Catholic church? Or more recently, what about Winston Church Hill and Hitler? Abraham Lincoln and the south?

History is full of examples of people saying dangerous things at dangerous times. Is history full of crazy people, too? Absolutely! One thing that seems to be lost today is the ability to tell the crazy people from the others. Here is how I think we can tell the difference. The crazy people aren't talking about freedom and liberty for every individual. They want one group of people or another to pay while their group of people run the show. So let's test that theory. Hitler wanted Germany to control the world, and to kill people that he didn't like. That sounds crazy. Abraham Lincoln wanted freedom and liberty for every individual regardless of color. That sounds fair. Oh, here is something to try. Obama wants minorities to have free money, free health care, and any other benefit he can get, but he doesn't want rich people to have any freedom. Hmm, that does sound crazy. Well, I am sure I am just Obama bashing, so lets try George W. Bush. OK, he wanted to give rich people the tax money from hard working people to reward them for the lousy job they did in their banks. No, I don't think I am Obama bashing because that sounds crazy, too. Teddy Roosevelt wanted the rich to subsidize the poor by force of law. That's crazy. A dangerous saying by itself is not a bad thing, if it is dangerous to those that are against freedom and liberty.

Well, I heard Comrade Pelosi saying that it was fair to put people in jail if they weren't willing to get on board with government health care control. To me, that sounded crazy. So this is what I was going to post.

I might lose my followers 4 this, but if HC passes I am not waiting for them to come arrest me. I'll pull a GWB. Freedom is better than PC.

I believe that people will read that who have become so conditioned by society to believe that all violence is bad. Yet, I am one of those annoying people that always ask why. Why is the sky blue? Why can't we walk on water? Why is the Fed so secretive? Why is our government turning so quickly to tyranny? I am that guy. So I asked myself, "Why do we think that all violence is bad?" Wasn't WWII violent? Wasn't the revolutionary war violent? Wasn't the civil war violent? If all violence is bad, then why are we fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? Isn't that violent?

Well, after those questions I could no longer believe that all violence is bad. It may be unwanted, but it isn't always bad. Violence against freedom is bad; violence for freedom is necessary. Then, I thought about what Thomas Jefferson said.

Well, that made me ask how government can fear the people if it never believes that people will turn violent against it. I mean, haven't the Muslims proved that when the government fear the people they have freedom. Wasn't the government too afraid of the Fort Hood terrorist to stop him from killing fourteen people (there are reports that the woman was pregnant, that means 14 people died, not 13)? Wasn't the government too afraid of being labeled bigots to investigate him? Isn't our President too afraid of Muslims to make a decision in Afghanistan? Isn't our government too afraid to call the Fort Hood terrorist a "terrorist"?

Let's see who the government isn't afraid of. They called our returning military "potential right wing extremists.", didn't they? Didn't they say Christian fundamentalists were the most dangerous group of people in our country? I don't remember any Catholics flying planes into any buildings. Maybe, I overslept that day. The guy that killed a baby killing "Dr.", he was a terrorist, but not the guy that killed fourteen at Fort Hood. Tea party attenders are racist, homophobic, terrorists, but SEIU and ACORN are not. People that love the Constitution are "home grown terrorist", but the people that blow things up for environmental purposes, they aren't terrorists. People that exposed ACORN as criminal, they broke the law. ACORN on video showing possible laws being broken, they didn't break the law. Men that rape little boys, they get probation because they are OK. News channel that exposes judge and prosecutor that gave probation to child rapist, they are evil. Families that don't want their children taught that sex in the butt is wrong, they are evil. Schools that want to teach children that homosexuality is better than heterosexuality are OK. This list could go on and on.

I think it is clear who the government fears. I think it is clear that they don't fear the majority of U.S. citizens. Why? Well because, it is like those old macho movies when the tough guy cop catches the really, really bad guy and the bad guy turns to him and says, "You won't kill me. You don't have it in you. You're a cop, and the laws won't allow you to touch me. You will arrest me and I will be out by tonight." The government is counting on us putting our guns back in our holster and hoping the law will deal with them. But, let's be real. We know they won't see justice. We know they have paid off the judges and the prosecutors. We know they will be out by tonight. Why do you think they love Hollywood so much? I think it is because they know that Hollywood has convinced us that doing the right thing is the wrong thing, and standing against corruption is too risky and dangerous.

Do I think anyone should go blow up an FBI building? No way! Our government will only be able to discredit freedom loving U.S. citizens in that case. However, we must make it clear that we will not be walked on. We will not be put under the feet of the government. We will resist them, yes, even to the point of violence. If they turn their guns on us, then we will respond in kind. If they come to take away our freedom unjustly, then we will put them down. If they pass laws that are unConstitutional, then we will remove them from office politically first, but without removing any option from the table. The government has convinced the citizens of the United States that acting against a tyrannical, unConstitutional government is illegal, but it is not. It is not only legal, it is our duty.

Without a doubt my words may draw the attention of our government, but I am guessing that since I am not a Muslim it will not prevent them from trying to run me over. I am also confident it will likely lose the ear of many people that I would hope would listen to me, for my sake and theirs. Yet, when I ask myself what my freedom is worth, what my country's freedom is worth, what my family's freedom is worth, I find that it is more valuable than the good thoughts of people or the illusion of safety from our government. When I ask myself if I would have stood against National Socialism if I were in Germany before world war two, I would like to think that I would. The test is whether I will stand against any variation of Marxism in our country today. I will do my part to make our government again fear those who love freedom. I hope I won't be standing alone.