Liberty Leak.
In physics, the Laws of Entropy dictate that all matter changes from an ‘organized state’ to one of ‘disorganization’. Inevitably, over time, no physical matter escapes entropy. Whether it’s a new computer, a shinny new car, a rod of radioactive uranium, a majestic mountain, or a perfect newborn baby, the universe’s Time Keeper vigilantly pushes us all towards our eventual inescapable crumbling demise.
Fortunately we humans have been able to create majestic monuments of organization that outlive us and even push back the certain decay that will follow. During our fleeting existence we all get to build and enjoy our castles in the sand. Throughout the generations we have learned to repair, improve, and diligently safeguard our more worthy creations from the incessant termite-like erosion from entropy.
Our miraculous Constitution and our Freedoms are no exception. Over time, liberty will naturally decay and want to give way to regulation and tyranny.
Ronald Reagan declared: "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Indeed to preserve our Liberty we must endure the pains of maintaining it. Liberty’s strongest foe is apathy; and apathy is entropy’s best friend.
As 2009 seamlessly morphed into 2010, we need to redouble our vigilance.
Everyday that governments assemble across our globe, is another day where Liberty is lost.
Every time Congress or your local Town government assembles, new legislation is drafted, another regulation or tax is put in place, and another Liberty quietly slips away.
Mark Twain accurately said: "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while Congress is in session."
As a resolution for this new year, consider being vigilant as if your life and the future of your children depended on it. Push back harder against government’s natural inclination to grow, rule and dominate. Speak up, speak out, and for a change, demand legislation that increases Liberty instead of squashing it. On Liberty, there can be no compromise. You are either free or you are ruled.
Happy New Year!
Jacques Ditte
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Governments Gone Wild!
When it comes to the relationship between our ever expanding government and the people it is supposed to represent, the dynamics can be simply summed up as: The more ‘things’ stay the same (the people), the more things change (the government).
We live in a representative democracy. Which simply means, we the people, vote and empower a selected bunch of mere mortals, to various elected offices who act on our behalf, hopefully in our best interests, so that we can go on living our daily lives until the next election.
Every four years, it’s even more special. We the people really get excited about the prospect of voting in the all important presidential election, So much so, that from coast to coast, a staggering one half of all eligible voters are determined enough to actually get off their couches to show up at their local Vote Aqui polling center and cast their ballot. They are joined also by an ever growing contingent of sprouting ACORN voters: felons, illegal aliens and the dead, who similarly rise to the patriotic occasion and dutifully vote as often as time allows during the ‘early voting’ month leading up to election day.
Election night is really exciting, as across the country we watch the TV pundits pontificate, predict, and declare who won, who lost, and what we can therefore expect in the coming year. Just as during Super-bowl night, or the final game in the World Series, spectator emotions run high. Tears, jeers and cheers are heard. But soon the festivities are over and it’s time to finally turn off the TV and get bed, as tomorrow each one of us have a lot to do.
And so the cycle continues. Our quotidian demands and responsibilities fill up our days and we pay scant attention to our ‘governments’ until the next election. Meanwhile the representatives we elected to act in our stead, shed their pupal campaign suits and molt into full grown legislative termites. With nary a sound, day in and day out, our freedoms are eaten away with robotic regularity, as ‘our’ government imposes mountains of new laws, mandates new spending, and appropriates our hard earned money at will through it’s power of taxation.
So why is government so intrusive? Why are our taxes so high? Why can’t government just leave us alone? Because government is just doing what is was born to do.
Blaming government for it’s actions, is like blaming termites for eating wood.
By design, governments want to govern. And governments unchecked, will spread into every aspect of our lives.
The reality is we have nobody else but ourselves to blame. Each and every one of us is responsible for a government run amok. We can’t expect that showing up at the poles once a year to vote will keep government in check. Just like everything else in life it requires our regular attention. Our bills need to be paid monthly, our pantries need to be filled weekly and our families need our love and attention daily.
My hope for change this new year is that you will join me in being a Big brother or Big sister to a Big government official. Through your active supervision, you can foster a government official and make a difference. Through perseverance and reeducation you can restore the natural pecking order and chain of command. A government of the people, for the people, by the people means, they are the “public servants”, not us.
We live in a representative democracy. Which simply means, we the people, vote and empower a selected bunch of mere mortals, to various elected offices who act on our behalf, hopefully in our best interests, so that we can go on living our daily lives until the next election.
Every four years, it’s even more special. We the people really get excited about the prospect of voting in the all important presidential election, So much so, that from coast to coast, a staggering one half of all eligible voters are determined enough to actually get off their couches to show up at their local Vote Aqui polling center and cast their ballot. They are joined also by an ever growing contingent of sprouting ACORN voters: felons, illegal aliens and the dead, who similarly rise to the patriotic occasion and dutifully vote as often as time allows during the ‘early voting’ month leading up to election day.
Election night is really exciting, as across the country we watch the TV pundits pontificate, predict, and declare who won, who lost, and what we can therefore expect in the coming year. Just as during Super-bowl night, or the final game in the World Series, spectator emotions run high. Tears, jeers and cheers are heard. But soon the festivities are over and it’s time to finally turn off the TV and get bed, as tomorrow each one of us have a lot to do.
And so the cycle continues. Our quotidian demands and responsibilities fill up our days and we pay scant attention to our ‘governments’ until the next election. Meanwhile the representatives we elected to act in our stead, shed their pupal campaign suits and molt into full grown legislative termites. With nary a sound, day in and day out, our freedoms are eaten away with robotic regularity, as ‘our’ government imposes mountains of new laws, mandates new spending, and appropriates our hard earned money at will through it’s power of taxation.
So why is government so intrusive? Why are our taxes so high? Why can’t government just leave us alone? Because government is just doing what is was born to do.
Blaming government for it’s actions, is like blaming termites for eating wood.
By design, governments want to govern. And governments unchecked, will spread into every aspect of our lives.
The reality is we have nobody else but ourselves to blame. Each and every one of us is responsible for a government run amok. We can’t expect that showing up at the poles once a year to vote will keep government in check. Just like everything else in life it requires our regular attention. Our bills need to be paid monthly, our pantries need to be filled weekly and our families need our love and attention daily.
My hope for change this new year is that you will join me in being a Big brother or Big sister to a Big government official. Through your active supervision, you can foster a government official and make a difference. Through perseverance and reeducation you can restore the natural pecking order and chain of command. A government of the people, for the people, by the people means, they are the “public servants”, not us.
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