THE INSPIRED AMERICAN

SPECIAL POST

Here I sit on the day before the "big event," wondering how I can convey what is on my mind without getting onto my condescending pulpit.  I hope you get the gist of this; it's important.  

You see, 238 years ago a bunch of radical right-wingers decided they'd had enough of big government, bad ideas and high taxes and they decided it was time to divorce this country from Great Britain.  What followed was a bloody battle that eventually led to American Independence, which we are now celebrating.  What you may or may not know is that our current constitutional form of government was not ratified until June 22, 1788.  So, what ran our country between 1776 and 1789, when the first Congress took over?  

We operated under the Articles of Confederation which were ratified in 1781.  So, why did we trash that and start over with a new Constitution?  It was an ineffective government.  It required nine of the thirteen states to participate and make law, and nine didn't always show up.  Other countries were laughing at us and domestically, our government was useless.  

Here we are in 2014, with other countries laughing at us and having unwittingly ceded the power and control of our government from ourselves to Washington.  As Ronald Reagan and others predicted, when government has all of the power, that's when the going gets tough.  

Our government has now proven beyond a reasonable doubt that it has no intention of listening to us any more.  It runs roughshod over state governments and treats us like cattle.  People don't like wearing bells around their necks and getting fed manure for breakfast.  That fact gave rise to the Tea Parties in 2010, organizations which have since brought fear into the hearts of the government czarists.  That is the reason why Democrats and Republicans alike fear the words "Tea Party" and why they have collaborated in a full-frontal assault of marginalization for the last four years. 

A Tea Party started this country and struck fear into the hearts of the King. Today's American King seems to be just as fearful, but just as much unresponsive and unjust. 

So, it's our 238th birthday and we're all going to have a barbeque, a picnic, some beer, hot dogs and ribs... and we're going to celebrate.  But, what is it that we are celebrating?  We lost our hard-fought independence years ago.  If we want it back, if we really want it back, maybe we should start giving serious consideration as to how we're going to make that happen. 

As for me, I'm going to fire off a couple of emails to my Congressional delegation and then I'm heading for a Tea Party meeting.  Maybe, just maybe, if we can all stand together as Americans one more time, we can vote these bastards out of office in November and hire somebody who thinks the way we do.  

That's food for thought, isn't it? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.