The average life expectancy of a free society is approximately 200 years.   Our nation has celebrated freedom for 232 years, although it can be argued this virtue, once an embodiment of our nation, is on life support today.   As the young, the dumb and the uninformed head out to cast their vote for their messiah, I ask you to decide where we are in the cycle of freedom.

Let’s go back to the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townsend Act of 1767, both moves by the British government to increase taxation on the colonists.   Some colonists, but not most, were angered.   In fact, the anger boiled over in 1773 in an act known as the Boston Tea Party.    Arguably, this was the first move by the colonists, or our forefathers, to restore freedom to their land.  

Clearly we are in a similar set of circumstances today, with an increasingly intrusive government that will have no choice but to increase taxes.   In fact, I will bet my paycheck that we have a 100% chance of seeing a tax increase put forth by the Democrat controlled congress in the next twelve months that will impact everyone who works.   The only chance of a veto is John McCain who sadly, due to the vote of the nanny state portion of the electorate, will be nowhere near the White House.  

Let’s look back at history, for it is the past that foretells the future. In 1773 our nation entered the first phase of a free society as they broke from bondage and moved to spiritual faith, devising a scheme to create one nation under God.   In 1776 the founders moved from spiritual faith to great courage as they picked up arms against the British.    They moved from courage to liberty over the next decade culminating on September 17, 1787, with the signing of the Constitution.  

As our nation embraced liberty, the masses recognized the courage of the few who had risked their freedom, fortunes and lives to bring prosperity to all, which took us to the next phase of our society; abundance.   Over the past two hundred years we became a nation of great abundance which unfortunately led to complacency.   Simply put, we got fat and happy and took our eye off the ball which allowed the government to go unchecked, as a result of the next phase which is apathy. 

Unfortunately, this apathy has led many in our nation into a state of dependence.   The dependence began in the Great Depression, with more and more handouts.   But it is plausible that this dependence goes back even further, to the creation of government schools, which have been used to brainwash and indoctrinate our youth into an acceptance of government control.    This dependence has grown greater as government used Great Society programs to destroy the black family.   They now seek to control our health and well being.   There is no doubt that we are in a full fledged state of dependence which is the next to last phase of any free society.

The final phase is bondage, where the government takes from those who can and gives to those who can’t.   Some call it spreading the wealth around, Karl Marx called it from each according to their abilities to each according to their means.   Throughout history it has been called Marxism, socialism, communism, fascism and today in the United States it is called liberalism.   There is no difference, bondage is bondage and we are now faced with the very situation from which we emerged in the 1770’s.

Back then folks like Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Revere, Franklin and Paine were considered out of the mainstream.   They were viewed by liberals in much the same way as Boortz, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck and millions of fellow conservatives are viewed by liberals today.   Liberals have always hated freedom and demonized those who sought to protect it.   Freedom takes away the power of liberals to control our lives which is the scenario we are once again faced with. Remember, the only greater threat to our freedom than Islamic fascism is domestic liberalism.  

The popularity of someone as unqualified and radical as B. Hussein Obama should call into question the intellect and fundamental acceptance of freedom of each and every person who casts a vote his way.   Put aside his associations with unrepentant terrorists, convicted mobsters, racist preachers and anti-Semitic fascists and look at his views. He loathes our Constitution, the framework of our society, and will appoint judges to undermine this document.   He is the embodiment of everything hard working Americans are against, yet he may very well be our president. 

As we go to the polls today, it is time to understand that voting should be an IQ 80 thing. Look around you and ask yourself how many of those casting ballots know the name of their Congressman, a Supreme Court judge or even our first president. In every state in America one must pass a test to drive, yet anyone can cast their vote which is far more dangerous to our freedom.    Perhaps it is time that we realize that voting, like driving, is a privilege. There is no Constitutional guarantee of the right to vote (Bush v. Gore, 2000) and it is time that we put an end to that myth before we are faced with having a choice of having to live on our knees or die on our feet.  

Christopher Van

www.christophervan.com

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