“We need a bloody revolution every twenty years, just to keep government honest.”

 

 

Now, with a few years and many miles under my belt, I think I understand. He had studied human nature, and knew that it was inevitable that people of ill intent would find a way to use the brute force of government to control and profit from the vast majority of these new ‘Americans’. He also understood political cycles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“If the public knew how money works in America, there’d be a revolution by morning”, Henry Ford.

 

 

Historically, the debasing of a nations currency always leads to the collapse of social welfare (special interests), chaos, mass hunger, unemployment, desperation, then anarchy and social stabilization of civil interaction through formalized structures of administration. Hopefully, when that scenario unfolds on American soil again, the People will have the common sense to re-implement our original Constitution—fixing only the parts pertinent to recognizing all Citizens, as sovereign equals under the law.

 

Have the once-proud American People lost their collective minds? Do they not understand the basics of economics? Can it be that they are now conditioned to think that government can give everybody everything without anybody having to produce anything? We will most certainly see, in the very near term.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants, and frequently.” (Thomas Jefferson)

 

 

“America” holds a unique place in world history. She is founded on the notion that all individuals are actually “free and equal” and own both their government and their private property. What makes America so incredible is the inherent righteousness in these principles on which she was founded. There has never been another nation in all of world like America. Not one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This happens to be a presidential election year, and as if drawn in by a political vacuum, a man of impeccable integrity and credibility is all but ‘called’ to fill the void. Amazingly, he hails from the tainted midst of the Republican/Democrat Party. That singular and separate man is Ron Paul.

 

Viewed from the outside, America must certainly resemble the manifestation of George Orwell’s ‘Newspeak’. We like to say we are ‘free’, but we are ruled by our servants. We like to say we are a democracy, but our constitution rejects such a system and specifically demands a republic. We like to say we have free speech, but we allow the president to prescribe ‘zones’ for such dissent. We like to speak of the ‘almighty’ dollar, but we sit idly by as our own politicians destroy its value.

 

By the same token, the lone potential president who speaks of constitutional adherence, individual rights and responsibility, is systematically ignored by the old media—as if they can still control public perception as to which candidates are ‘viable’. Fortunately, they can’t. Probably the single greatest oversight by those who relish power over the masses is, YouTube.com®. For the first time in human history individuals have the advantage of instantaneous communication amongst themselves, and in video! No longer can the old media shape news. Now it has to compete with actual footage of the event.

 

The ‘rumble’ stage is the longest in the progression usually lasting 6-7 years. It is characterized by government officials who arrogantly seek to perpetuate their power by ignoring the dictates of their Constitutional authority and outrageously nibbling away at the very essence and rights of the individuals they were hired to ‘serve’. This stage definitively began with the discouraging election controversy of the current federal administration in 2000.

 

In one fell swoop, the general public was introduced to the reality that elections, the very basis of our Democratic Republic could be and likely were literally stolen. The continued political protection this administration has afforded the electronic vote tabulating process has only served to feed public skepticism and distrust, as has the ‘accidental’ destruction of thousands of ballots the courts had ordered preserved in Ohio.

 

Josef Stalin is quoted as saying that the one counting the vote determines the out come—tell me he didn’t know exactly what he was saying. The Diebold brothers, who garnered the contracts to count over 80% of all of the votes—without any effective or outside verification, have steadfastly refused to reveal their source codes. Isn’t that a little bit of an anathema to the Constitutional dictates of fair, open and public elections?

 

The problem the bad guys face is Dr. Ron Paul’s message—it’s not just the messenger. He speaks of the principles on which America was founded, and the message sells itself.

 

The ‘rumble’ is widespread. It smolders just-under-the-surface. Public anger, angst and quiet discontent is solidifying against the institution of government itself. One thing that is certain is the more the old media excludes this lone defender of the constitution—the more his freedom-loving supporters push him out front.

 

A quick glance at his Internet supporter sites, the tens of thousands of videos on YouTube® and similar sites, a thousand supporter ‘meet up’ groups (another 400 have sprung up in other countries), his commanding wins in 17 out of 20 Republican straw polls, his having the third fullest campaign coffers, his dominance and virtual sweep in on-line post debate polls should make it obvious that the common folk are starting to smell the crap in government and its propaganda wing; the old media.

 

This has got to be a frustrating point for these long-time collaborators. Oh, to be a fly on the wall when at one of their monthly control-the-world meetings, someone suggests, “The common folk are no longer under our (their) control or influence”—tell me that wouldn’t be a hoot. These would be the same folks who believe that anyone not under control is out of control.

 

The fires of revolution are being fanned by the efforts of the very people trying to put them out. Thanks to the blatant media efforts to limit public exposure to all the facts and choices, there naturally grew a general sense of curiosity about what was being kept from them. As an offshoot, we’ve all witnessed the proliferation of alternate news source sites, drawing substantial numbers of people completely away from the old media. Effectively, by their heavy-handed attempts to quash alternate news and opinion sites they rendered themselves irrelevant. I have a friend who likes to say, “Newspapers are sooooo last century”. Makes sense to me.

 

Where the control-minded people went awry is in their failure to even comprehend the idea of ‘voluntary support’ for a candidate. Indeed, the ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ is all about grassroots. Activist supporters have effectively created a new kind of publicity, and media. Ironically, the old media continue to fuel the flames that will no doubt consume them even as they attempt to turn back the tide of true popular support this country hasn’t seen since the days of Teddy Roosevelt.

 

My thoughts of our current administration and its old media cohorts always go back to the drowning guy who is drowning only because he won’t let go of the bags of gold in his hands. In this case, the ‘gold’ is the power of perceived authority.

 

It is probably prudent to remind the reader that there are no rules for revolution, so every option left to the oppressed masses is on the table. Keep your eyes open and your head clear. It could get dicey.

 

Mahatmas Gandhi is often quoted as having said: “First they ignored us, then they laughed at us, then they fought us—then we won.” In the Ron Paul example, the stages Gandhi spoke of are perfectly proven.

 

There was a murmur of discontent among the masses. It was ignored. The murmur became the ‘rumble’, and it was laughed at. The ‘rumble’ stage is the general public’s response to encroachments on the privacy, property and rights of the individual…all for the ‘greater good’---whatever that is.

 

Free speech zones, curfews, fake safety intrusions on traveling, denial of self-protection, devaluation of currency, brutal retribution against political dissent and forcing every Citizen to depend on government for their sustenance are all signs that the people in office have effected a coup and stolen the People’s government.

 

The volume went up and the popular movement grew. We now find ourselves witnessing a critical transition into the ‘Rage’ stage. This is the stage that draws the bad guys out into the open and humor is nowhere to be found. It moves quickly and delivers much more than just an amplified outcry from the ‘Rumble’.

 

As the rage intensifies, the groundswell cannot be ignored. The power mongers are forced to acknowledge the movement’s existence, but do so in ways they think are as clever as the old ‘left-handed’ compliment—they attempt to minimize or marginalize the human urge to be free. They attempt to make light of the movement, but its not so funny and the result is inevitably a dramatic hardening of the resolve of the insurgents.

 

A major component of this move toward all-out revolution is the growing public awareness of the illegalities involved in the imposition of the income tax. No longer is it just the ‘fringe-ers’ who are willing to take first arrows for simply demanding the IRS produce the actual law that makes the average individual liable. The more the IRS (which is in reality just a collection agency for FedCo, and not a part of the American government) refuses to produce the law, the more people realize that there is no such law—nor could there be.

 

The problem FedCo and their collection agency cannot overcome is that more and more common folks are learning the Truth.

 

The late movie producer, Aaron Russo’s film, “America—From Freedom to Fascism” is (thanks to Google video and $1 DVDs) spreading the Truth to all corners of society. To quote an old axiom: “You can’t un-learn the Truth”, and there’s the rub. The Truth, like the desire to be free, is naturally magnetic and attractive to human beings and no amount of force can diminish it for long.

 

On a much smaller scale, America witnessed a false start when the National Guard was used to brutalize demonstrators at the Democrat’s national convention in 1968, and to kill students at Kent State. That movement failed because there was no principle that the common folk could gravitate toward, cling to or even identify.

 

Our current social circumstance is just the opposite. Today the movement is based on a simple idea that ALL human beings are to be treated by government as exact equals---and everyone involved understands it. The nerves, emotions and determination of the growing body of activists that refuse to kow-tow to the brutal force of government are hardening.

 

The stakes in every confrontation between the people who just want to be let alone, and those who won’t leave them alone, have risen dramatically.

 

The ‘Rage’ is the culmination of the frustrations realized when protests are ignored and laughed at by government. I like to say that the 2nd Amendment to the American constitution was purposely placed as ‘back-up’—in case the 1st Amendment didn’t get the job done.

 

The ‘Rage’ is exemplified not only by large-scale resistance to government impositions and demands, but by outright confrontation as well. The more government tries to quell the masses, the more hardened is the resistance. The more common government abuse of its Citizens becomes, the more popular counter measures become.

 

Outlaws become good guys when the laws are bad. Think of Al Capone and John Dillanger’s popularity with the public.

 

When government realizes the inherent weakness in their forcible control over the superior numbers of the general population has been exposed, their desperate actions to fend off the inevitable, will lead to their capitulation.

 

An armed and determined population cannot be conquered. Proving the wisdom of America’s founders one more time. It was their forethought that circumstances such as we see today might come to pass, that led them to demand the enumeration of the right of the individual to defend themselves against all comers.

 

Thomas Jefferson said it well: “A true patriot must be willing to stand, to fight and if called upon—to die in defense of his country…even against its own government.”

 

The ‘Revolution’ stage of political evolution is the relinquishment of power. It is the shortest and most unremarkable of the stages. Fortunately, Americans have a solid framework on which to re-build their nation. A simple return to the original constitution (modifying only those parts that distinguish between individuals to make it clear that ALL individuals are equal) solves all the accumulated problems of the past 218 years since its original inception.

 

In my view, the only scary or unsettling stage of the cycle is the ‘Retribution’. That’s when we’ll see the war crimes tribunals, and punishment for those who perpetuated the theft of American values. Ernest Hancock refers to this stage as “the guillotine line”. It won’t be pretty.

 

As espoused in the Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers made it clear that our government was formed solely to protect the rights and property of the individual. When government deviates from that singular assignment, it is the right of the People, to alter or abolish it.

 

I rest my case. Standing up and fighting for individual freedom is the original American tradition. Viva La Revolution!