rights – Becoming American

I’ll keep my guns thanks

So Barack Obama and many liberals want to take away guns from law abiding citizens. Has anyone thought to ask the question yet; ‘how will they take away these guns?’. OK kids, this is how they do it; they break into your house and steal them from you, and if you’re in the house they’ll probably shoot you. Does that sound much like a free country to you? No? That’s because it isn’t.

What about all the people being murdered by guns each year! I hear you cry. Well did you know that more people are killed in road accidents each year than in gun related deaths? Should we ban cars now for being too dangerous?

What about assault rifles! What about all the people killed by these military grade weapons! Who needs an assault rifle anyway? I hear you cry.

Well did you know that more people were killed last year by hammers than by assault rifles? Should we ban essential tools now for being too dangerous? But who needs an assault rifle anyway right? It’s not like the government is threatening to smash down your door in the middle of the night and take them away from you. Oh wait, yes, yes they are. You see, no patriotic constitution loving American is going to part with their guns because some criminal in Washington DC decided to make an executive order to ban them. It simply isn’t going to happen. If Barack Obama is stupid enough to sign such an order, or any other of the criminals in Washington DC are foolish enough to ram through new gun restrictions, they only thing they will be successful in doing is starting a civil war.

You see the second amendment isn’t there to allow us law abiding citizens to go duck hunting, it’s there so that we can defend ourselves from enemies both foreign and domestic. Neither the Japanese during the second world war nor the Russians during the cold war ever seriously thought about invading this country because they knew that there would be an American with a rifle behind every blade of grass.

So the answer to the hottest question of the day about ‘who needs an assault rifle anyway’ is a resounding ‘everyone!’. If everyone had an assault rifle we’d have the lowest crime rate in the world. Don’t believe me? Why don’t you look up Switzerland. Every household in that country is required to own an assault rifle and yet it has the lowest violent crime rate on the planet. Oh, and it hasn’t been invaded for hundreds of years either. I wonder why?

To be fair to Piers Morgan, yes there were very few murders in Britain last year at the barrel of a gun, while there was a staggering number in America. But to be fair to Alex Jones, you’re right, violent crime skyrocketed in Britain after the gun ban, while violent crime has fallen significantly in America over the last decade as gun sales have only continued to grow. Traditionally America has always been more violent than Britain, but as statistics show; gun control doesn’t work. It takes the weapons out of law abiding citizens while allowing criminals to do as they please.

Incidentally all the greatest dictators of the last century abolished gun rights and confiscated weapons before mass murdering millions of people. Just food for thought.

Thanks for thinking that banning guns will help reduce crime, but unfortunately you’re dead wrong, its effects are the exactly opposite. If its all the same to you, I’ll keep my guns thanks. With mindless do-gooders enabling a psychopathic government to get away with whatever it wants, I might just need them to save myself from a concentration camp in the near future. Sorry, they don’t call them that anymore do they, what’s the new name? FEMA camps aren’t they?

Sorry I won’t be going to one of those. Like many millions of Americans, I’d rather die protecting myself and my family first. And that’s what the second amendment is all about. But I’m no nut case. I’ll never pick up my guns in anger, like millions of other Americans I only keep them just in case I ever need them. I pray the liberal government and its supporters come to its senses soon because people like myself are not interested in getting into an armed conflict either here or abroad, we’re only interesting in the ability to defend ourselves in our own homes.

But I’ll tell you what, if the government disbands the military, and officials give up their armed guards, I’ll consider giving up my firearms. But they won’t do that, they have those weapons because they understand that they’re there for their protection. Except that I and millions of other Americans have never fired our guns in anger, all the while these bureaucrats have started multiple wars and murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent people overseas. So who’s really the nut case?

You have to decide, and before long you’ll have to choose a side. Because it won’t be people like me who start the conflict. I’m doing everything I can to avoid it. It’ll be the bureaucrats in Washington who start this war. They’ve gone too far, and soon enough they’ll realize it, and by then it may be too late. So if it’s all the same to you, I’ll keep my guns thanks, just in case.

Every cloud has a silver lining

It’s true; every cloud does have a silver lining.

I know that many of you reading this right now are sad, upset, furious, concerned, even frightened to death about Obama gaining a second term. I know it feels like the world is coming to an end, and I know that we are seriously heading for a bumpy road ahead. The US has kicked its debt about as far down the road as it possibly can, and now is the time to force congress to pull their thumbs out and actually do something about it. I suggest you get out there and start pressuring your representatives to do something about it, I don’t care if they are republican or democrat, do not let up until they fix it.

What gives me hope is that before Barack Obama was ever elected president, I could never have imagined such a thing as the Tea Party. Before Barack Obama was elected, I had never even heard of Ayn Rand. Before Barack Obama was elected people weren’t talking about individual liberties and deficits in daily conversations, and now it’s all over the place.

Between the Atlas Shrugged movies and the Tea Party movements, between the alternative media channels and the politically aware out there, I know that this country has the potential to have its brightest days ahead of it.

I knew months ago that Barack Obama was going to win a second term, and I said weeks ago that our battles are only just getting started. “This is not the end, this is not the beginning of the end, but this is perhaps the end of the beginning” as Winston Churchill would say.

The Tea Party of 2010 needs to reboot itself and concentrate on local issues once more. Read your constitution, know your rights. The police state, the nanny state, the socialists and the fascists all want you to bend to their collective will. Well to hell with them! We know our rights, and we won’t go without a fight. I will not shuffle off slowly and quietly into the night. Make your stand, let your voice be heard. They don’t control us, they might have won this battle, but we will win this war, and secretly they’re scared to death of us. So shine your individual beacon of liberty where the creepers hide in the shadows, and let not your hearts be troubled. We have a power in us than cannot be stopped.

“An Idea who’s time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government” – Ron Paul

We will prevail!

A toast to heroes past and present

Today is Dr Martin Luther King Jr day.

I would like to propose a toast to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. You were the indispensable man of your time.

Any man or woman who champions the rights of mankind, is worthy of recognition and praise.

MLK fought for equal rights. For all mankind

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.^[1] He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.^[2] King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism.^[3]

A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career.^[4] He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. King’s efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.

In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means.

Many confuse his achievements and desires with social justice and socialism. But as his niece contends, this was not what he fought for.

MLK fought for equal rights despite an overwhelming opposition. You can see that it was not an easy fight and that in this picture, he is scared, but bravery and self determination show through.

Many politicians and media groups seek to continue the black/white debate and operate under the guise of social justice. Their objective is to divide and conquer this country.

Where I grew up, there were very few black people, and I never once had a black person in my class at school…there were simply not enough living in the area I lived at. Any people of other ethnicity I did encounter, spoke with the same accent as me, and had similar interests. There was apparently no divide, and I was always taught to treat everybody the same.

I don’t understand the ideas behind race separation, discrimination and racism. I find it archaic and pathetic, and I hope with my generation it is diminished and gone for good.

I understand stereotypes, I understand that everyone has their little grievances. But with the election of President Barack Obama, I think we can put most of those to rest.

Back to social justice. It is a vile concept. For if all men are created equal, we all have a level playing field to start off from. But if we are to all end up in the same place. What’s the point?

In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand states that once the government bureaucracy has grown too large, it no longer becomes worthwhile to produce anymore.

Ayn Rand also spoke about how racism is a primitive form of collectivism, and how it has no place in a free and capitalist society.

In a purely capitalist society, void of collectivism, members of any race may participate, and everything is determined by the individuals ability.

Henry Ford employed black people for the same rate that he hired white people. And thus, a max exodus of black people came from the south and moved to the north to produce car parts. There are still many black people living in Detroit today.

Watch the last minute of this video:

Between the innovations of Henry Ford, his colorblindness to ethnicity, and the steadfastness of MLK, black people today have the same opportunities as white people.

I think that special interests seek to divide people of race issues to promote their own agendas and voting blocks.

I think that we should restore the country to its foundations, maintaining the teachings from leaders such as MLK, and return prosperity to every man and woman in this country.

That is why I like Ron Paul, he is not racist and has no special agendas. Can you say this of President Obama, or the other republican candidates?

The true leaders of today are the ones without special agendas, who seek to uphold the values of freedoms for all men. So that all men are created equal.

As Ayn Rand once said ‘A culture is made – or destroyed – by its articulate voices’

I believe that to be true, and the freedom Dr Martin Luther King sought, however present today, must be upheld by today’s generation and for future generations to come. Freedom is a rarity in the world, and must always be spoken about with high conviction.

Here is a toast to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, a great leader of our past and to Dr Ron Paul, who I believe is a great leader in our time.