March 6, 2013

War on Americans

By Tammy Derouin

In the months leading up to the election I stayed away from a topic the Progressive propaganda machine was generating.  They engineered a phrase that would become a battle cry.  I will give the Left credit; they have a flare for producing and selling an idea no matter how unfounded and fictitious it may be.  The battle cry became The War on Women.

The Progressive war on women was absurd.  By making contraception a government issue the government in turn created a war on religion, free speech and free enterprise.  This isn’t a government issue.  If an insurance company doesn’t provide a service of interest, you take it up with the insurance company.  If an employer doesn’t provide a service of interest, it’s their choice.  Neither insurance or employment is a right.

What the Progressives have created is a false sense of entitlement.  I was reminded earlier this week of how Karl Marx felt capitalism could be destroyed.  Destroying the currency, extending social services, more taxation and government regulations would naturally increase the power of the government.  The purpose was to make a slow transition from a free society to an enslaved, collective society.  Surely Americans would never fall for such a scheme.  

The Progressives war on women has become a war on Americans.  Our Constitution is under relentless assault.  The main stream media may have had a wakeup call this past week.  Bob Woodward reported that a senior White House official threatened him.  Woodward expressed what he felt was behind the upcoming budget cuts.  He was told, “I think you will regret staking out that claim.”  Lanny Davis has also come forward and said he too was threatened by a senior Obama White House official.  This official phoned Davis and stated that he didn’t like some of his columns.  According to Davis, his editor informed him that if the Washington Times didn’t stop running his column, “We’re not going to treat you so well-and the implication was we’ll even take away your credentials.”  How interesting, the press is all of a sudden interested in free speech.  When it affects an issue of importance to them, they take notice.  This administration will leave you alone until you wipe the sleep out of your eyes and start thinking for yourself.  Once you begin to question a tyrant, those privileges that you once had disappear.

The war on Americans continues with the Second Amendment.  Interestingly, a war on women could be made here but the Progressives are silent.  It doesn’t fit their agenda.  Congressmen, Biden and Obama have all made ridiculous comments and suggestions when it comes to the Second Amendment.  We have a right to defend ourselves with as many bullets as necessary.  Do you think the criminals are going to carry the legal limit? Oh, that’s right, they won’t have guns.  The Second Amendment is about protecting ourselves from a runaway, tyrannical government.  Those in power either don’t know the Constitution or they are trying to dismantle it. 

There are those in Congress who think a whistle, call box, safe-zones and gun-free zones will keep you safe.  Criminals don’t play by the rules.  The only ones that obey the rules are law abiding citizens who may become victims because they bought into the false sense of security.  How believable are all those “Drug Free School Zone” signs?  Exactly!  At least those doing the drugs can see the lunacy in placing such a sign, unlike the government.

Maybe a gun wouldn’t help every person in every situation who is being victimized but it isn’t the government’s responsibility to determine how we protect ourselves.  You can’t regulate criminals.  They will never play by the rules.  The government fears the law abiding gun owners and that’s why they are under attack.  They do understand the Constitution. 

There is no such thing as a safe zone. You will never be completely safe.  Nobody and no government can guarantee such security.  The government will try to convince you they have all the answers.  They are trying to wrap each one of us in bubble wrap.  Security that tight is suffocating.  The government now has a vested interest in your health, another example of the war on Americans.

There is a movement underway in NYC that would allow people to trade their firearms for Beyonce concert tickets.  It could also lead to possible mentorships for some.  Good role models and values need to be instilled in children from day one, before they turn to gangs.  Criminals know where to get replacement guns; much like our criminals in office know how to print more money.  Is a concert ticket equal in value to a Constitutional right?

“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.”

Thomas Paine