There is no liberty
if the powers of our judiciary, legislative, and executive branches of government
are not separate.
We, each and every American, learned this in elementary school history. It was taught, emphasized, and re-emphasized every year of our education. That is how important it is for us to understand why the Revolutionary war was fought and why each war after that was fought.
For Our Freedoms...Our Liberty! That Lady who stands faithfully as our Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States is there for us and for all people who desire freedom and liberty from dictators and monarchies. She represents the best of what we have become, of what our values truly are, and of what we desire to represent us for as long as any free woman or man breathes.
Each branch of our Republic acts as a check and balance on the others. No one branch has total power. We cannot let that change at the whim of a few.
Our forefathers fought for our freedom and liberty and our constitutional government believing Patrick Henry that the alternative to fighting was slavery (the meaning then was the slavery of British rule).
"Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace. But there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" said Patrick Henry.
We have come to a time in our history where we find it necessary to fight for our freedom again. There is no division of classes, of race, of religion, that can thwart our desire to fight for what we want and that is the same as our forefathers wanted for themselves and their posterity. Unwilling to give up our liberty without raising a war against our own executive and legislative branches of government who dare to abolish them and then tax us for what we no longer possess, we need to stand together, as Americans, and shout “NO!”
We cannot, after all these generations, let ONE MAN threaten our democracy and rip apart our Republic! Yes, we are again on the verge of the insanity of one man bullying a select few in government to seize control of the power of all three branches of our government and cast aside the freedoms and liberties of all Americans except the rich who feel entitled.
Where are our representatives with political morals and ethics who swore an oath to protect America from all enemies foreign and domestic? Why do they cower and ignore their oath of allegiance to America? Why do they support one man who would try to take over the control of our country?
I believe taxing the middle and lower classes to support and give more money to the wealthy upper class is a convoluted act similar to the British Parliament Stamp Act of 1765 when American colonies were expected to pay for the debts that were contracted in the French and Indian war. The question is, does the Trump/GOP Tax bill violate American rights?
The greed and lies strip Americans to leave us weak and unprotected, but it goes further. It now begins to strip our individual states of their power as well. It begins to redistrict voting districts to ensure no matter how the Americans vote, there is only one sure winner and that will be the person who is in power now, the legislative party who is in power now.
American citizens are being stripped of everything and are being set back to the early 1700s with no money, no power, and now no representative or leader with the power to return our freedoms and liberties to us.
We are not infants. We have the power to get these usurpers out of government. We have the power of the entire nation of a united people to throw them out, every single one of them from the highest office to every chair in the legislative branch if none of them dares to stand with us and against those who would try to overthrow our government.
I am but one small voice with no power on my own. BUT, I willingly stand with all of my brothers and sisters who want America back. I stand with Patrick Henry and I repeat/paraphrase his words:
“Gentlemen (Mr. President and members of the GOP) may cry, Peace, Peace! But there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps … will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren (and our sisters) are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What (more) is it that (these overthrowers of our government) wish? What (more) would they have (American citizens stand like sheep while all is taken away)? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery (the very chains and slavery our country has fought against)? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me (us back our) liberty or give me death!”
Each branch of our Republic acts as a check and balance on the others. No one branch has total power. We cannot let that change at the whim of a few.
Our forefathers fought for our freedom and liberty and our constitutional government believing Patrick Henry that the alternative to fighting was slavery (the meaning then was the slavery of British rule).
"Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace. But there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" said Patrick Henry.
We have come to a time in our history where we find it necessary to fight for our freedom again. There is no division of classes, of race, of religion, that can thwart our desire to fight for what we want and that is the same as our forefathers wanted for themselves and their posterity. Unwilling to give up our liberty without raising a war against our own executive and legislative branches of government who dare to abolish them and then tax us for what we no longer possess, we need to stand together, as Americans, and shout “NO!”
We cannot, after all these generations, let ONE MAN threaten our democracy and rip apart our Republic! Yes, we are again on the verge of the insanity of one man bullying a select few in government to seize control of the power of all three branches of our government and cast aside the freedoms and liberties of all Americans except the rich who feel entitled.
Where are our representatives with political morals and ethics who swore an oath to protect America from all enemies foreign and domestic? Why do they cower and ignore their oath of allegiance to America? Why do they support one man who would try to take over the control of our country?
I believe taxing the middle and lower classes to support and give more money to the wealthy upper class is a convoluted act similar to the British Parliament Stamp Act of 1765 when American colonies were expected to pay for the debts that were contracted in the French and Indian war. The question is, does the Trump/GOP Tax bill violate American rights?
The greed and lies strip Americans to leave us weak and unprotected, but it goes further. It now begins to strip our individual states of their power as well. It begins to redistrict voting districts to ensure no matter how the Americans vote, there is only one sure winner and that will be the person who is in power now, the legislative party who is in power now.
American citizens are being stripped of everything and are being set back to the early 1700s with no money, no power, and now no representative or leader with the power to return our freedoms and liberties to us.
We are not infants. We have the power to get these usurpers out of government. We have the power of the entire nation of a united people to throw them out, every single one of them from the highest office to every chair in the legislative branch if none of them dares to stand with us and against those who would try to overthrow our government.
I am but one small voice with no power on my own. BUT, I willingly stand with all of my brothers and sisters who want America back. I stand with Patrick Henry and I repeat/paraphrase his words:
“Gentlemen (Mr. President and members of the GOP) may cry, Peace, Peace! But there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps … will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren (and our sisters) are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What (more) is it that (these overthrowers of our government) wish? What (more) would they have (American citizens stand like sheep while all is taken away)? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery (the very chains and slavery our country has fought against)? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me (us back our) liberty or give me death!”
