Tremors and Ripples

Tremors & Ripples


The deep is the ocean that is the American electorate - a complicated cultural social system, complete with tides, currents, temperature variations and depths. Contrary to the belief and even wishes of some politicians and pundits, there is just one American electorate.

There have been many attempts to push the American people away from their culture and to deny what truths ...”we hold self evident” Over decades the bedrock of this ocean floor has been hacked into, fissures created, the values weakened; the enormity of force from the ‘modern” world has put unimaginable pressure on those tectonic plates. Thus further exacerbating the chasm where many divided Americans find themselves.

The welcome advent of the non-partisan Tea Party movement and the emergence of so many organizations whose aim is to celebrate our real American heritage and to reestablish our bedrock principals is testament to the reality of the desired change, as opposed to so called “hope & change”. Hope is not a strategy! The tremors have been happening for a while now and the ripples on the surface have been witnessed. Last November and this January in Massachusetts, I believe, was the proverbial warning shot across the bow of the establishment of both parties. “Keep it up and there will be a real earthquake at the bedrock of the American electorate”; the result being a tsunami of real change dictated not by Democrat or Republican rather by conservative and liberal.

What we have now is a very restless and unsure electorate. Since the election of Barak Hussein Obama the tremors of discontent and disillusionment have been rapidly increasing. I do not believe he is the cause but rather a symptom. The people are angry and insecure. The GOP establishment has been generally lazy and substitutes effort for money. If you want your party back, it will take effort. Money alone will not make the difference.

We Conservatives must show up, put boots on the ground and make the effort. We can no longer just vote and forget. In this Republic we have more than just the right to vote, we have advanced citizenship. What I intend by that phrase is this; many countries allow the people to vote. Our founding fathers debated long and hard over just how much to trust the people. The founding fathers chose to trust us; trusting us despite varying education, social class, religion, and given the fact that they were divided on the role of a national government. I believe that Jefferson, Madison, & even Hamilton would rethink trusting us if they saw what has been done.I say we have advanced citizenship because we are expected to do more than just vote. People tend to forget this country is not a true Democracy but a Republic. Democracy is nothing more than glorified mob rule. We must be involved, hold elected officials accountable and most of all know what the role of government is and is not. Some Republicans and Democrats get away with what they do because too few people are informed enough to hold them accountable. We the people gave them the power to make this mess. If we are going to take back our country we must get people involved and prepared to make informed decisions at the ballot box. We must be deliberate and hold all elected officials accountable, all the time. They need to hear from us on a regular basis. They must look over their shoulders every time they get ready to vote.

What I think have people so upset at BHO is that he raced down a road that Bush (43) meandered down. The people were not happy with Bush, so why did Obama go even farther? He did so because he realized it was about control and the acquisition of power of the federal government. We are no longer on the slippery slope, an argument that has not gained traction despite the clear reality and evidence for it; BHO has shifted into an avalanche toward socialism and the obliteration of our Judeo-Christian heritage. Even those who run in the more tepid currents have been turned off by the course set by the man at the helm of the American political vessel. We have an American president who does not appear to love America.

I believe the “earthquake” is coming and that the resulting tsunami will wipe away many. Will it be enough? There are good people in both parties who are working to effect change. Not hope but real change. While I am unabashedly Republican because I believe the GOP is the best vehicle for reclaiming the dream that was the Reagan Revolution, the GOP has issues and needs help. The lack of leadership at the National level is clear. We need real conservatives who understand the world as it is, not as it once was. The American people want bold leadership that is based on clear constitutional principles. We must reeducate people to remember their American heritage, the basis for our constitutional government and what government is for and that government is not the answer for most of the problems people face. Erode the people’s faith, independence, self reliance then government becomes the only answer.

Government is not the answer. Our government was not designed to create jobs, control the environment, educate your children, make people dependent, save failing businesses, promote a globalist agenda, and most of all to solve your individual problems. Look at the following quote and ask yourself if this is not the current driving the tepid waters of Liberalism.

“Therefore, a wise prince should think of a method by which his citizens, at all times and in every circumstance, will need the assistance of the state and of himself; and then they will always be loyal to him.” - Machiavelli

There is a new current bringing in warmer water, we need to help heat it up. The tremors and warning shocks have been felt, but the “big one” is still coming. With the coming tsunami, are you just looking for higher ground or are you going to work to prepare the way for the changes that are coming? I want my country back and I need your help!