For some time, many people have been getting more and more irate with the federal government’s encroachment on liberties here in the United States. From talk show hosts to podcasters to bloggers, many people have been on their Soapboxes in an effort to defend liberty.
Because of them, millions of Americans have used the Mailbox to write, email, fax, and call their elected representatives. Millions of us told them “NO!” on various issues. And they ignored us.
So we went to the Ballot Box and voted them out, and we told their replacements “NO!” on various issues. And they ignored us. We told them ”NO!” with bailout after bailout, and they ignored us. We told them ”NO!” on cap-and-tax, and they ignored us. We’re telling them ”NO!” on nationalized healthcare… and they are still ignoring us.
Now there are rumblings of dissent. People in this country are tired of being ignored. We are tired of politicians wasting our time and violating our trust. We ‘re getting mad as hell. And already, some people are quietly saying to close friends, “We might be getting close to a time where we need to do whatever we have to do to take this country back, if you know what I’m saying.” What they’re talking about is armed insurrection, and they need to stop that line of thinking.
Yes, they’re mad. Yes, they’re fed up. Yes, they’re ready to reach for the Ammunition Box. But there is one Box that We the People haven’t used yet: the Jury Box.
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Comments (0)“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
– James Madison
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