Veternas Day 2007 Thoughts

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

By William Potter and Ray Perdue

To say there is nothing wrong with America, or the world even, is a gross understatement. The fact is, there are many things wrong with our country, too numerous to count. Most of those problems are merely systems of a root cause.

Too many people in America and throughout the world today are cowards. They are cowards with no sense of honor, loyalty or self-respect. While this may seem to be a harsh assessment at first, deep down, we all know it to be true.

Don’t believe it? Just pay attention to the reaction of the general population whenever the government tells them that they cannot do something. Instead of raising a ruckus, we simply bow down to the “rod” of government, like the sheep we are.

Still in denial? Think about this: the government blatantly steals money from your paycheck via the grand ole Income Tax, which is in clear violation of the Constitution for the United states of America. Yet, the American people do nothing. More often than not, those who seek to educate the American people on the TRUTH are treated as “wackos” and “cranks”.

“But, we cannot have all of the wonderful benefits of government, like paved roads, without the Income Tax and the IRS”, you may say. Oh, really? Did you know that the Income Tax NEVER pays for highways? That is the responsibilities of the individual states to maintain their own highways and roads, not the Federal government. And the Constitution clearly indicates that the Federal government cannot place a direct tax upon the people, it can only tax the States. The Income Tax is a direct tax. So, tell me who is breaking the law?

Even when shown the truth of the matter, the American people choose not to stand up and demand an end to this tyranny. Rather, they choose to allow Big Brother to come into their homes and rob them at will.

To make matters worse, many businesses in America have become willing participants in keeping the people in check. Ungodly rules are made, and employees are browbeaten into submission. Instead of taking a stand, we accept the ungodly rules, rather than risk losing our jobs for standing up for what is right.

Even churches have gladly yoked up with the government by accepting 501( c )3 incorporation. Having accepted the money carrot, most pastors are afraid to take a stand in their pulpits, and rather preach the political and religious correctness of bowing down before the government as our true gods.

And saddest of all, there is no sense of loyalty among Americans anymore. Husbands are not loyal to their wives, wives are not loyal to their husbands, and children are not loyal to their parents. We are too busy looking out for ourselves, and our own happiness to care about those around us, those that we should love more than our own selves. Loyalty has gone the way of the dodo, and took Bravery and Courage with Her.

Sometimes it seems it would have been better to have been born in another time, when loyalty was a premium, and a man was as good as his word. Plagues and famine is preferable to this Age of Confusion in which we find ourselves struggling through.

However, though impossible it must seem, we must continue to struggle on. We must take up the banner of our Revolutionary forefathers, and stand up for Liberty. We must continue to write, struggle, and meet the task at hand. We face similar odds as that Revolutionary generation. At no time, did more than half the colonists ever fully support the cause of Liberty; most of the time only one-fourth supported the cause. There were many dark days when all seemed surely lost, but they never gave up.

On this Veterans Day 2007, let us remember those who fought for freedom in that War For Independence of the American Colonies. Let us take courage in their example, and like they, never give up! Let us raise the Black Flag and declare “NO QUARTER!” against the enemies of Liberty, our Constitution and the Bill of Rights!

Let us never despair and never give up!