Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something For USA

"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its worst state, an intolerable one."
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

By Jack Cowan

Thomas Paine had it figured out, no doubt.

The present band of bandits doing their dirty work on the banks of the Potomac fulfills his prophecy. So what are we to do?

Many of my friends have thrown up their hands in total despair, choosing to sit quietly on the sidelines as the street fighters of the left do their ugly deed. I am afraid our country has been shoved farther to the left since the days of a famous progressive, Woodrow Wilson.

Much like boiling a live frog (turn up the heat so gradually so old mister frog is a goner before he realizes it) the self-proclaimed progressives - say Marxists - have all but brought America to her knees. And we have let them have their way.

Does it do any good to write, call, fax or e-mail them?

I don’t know. Sometimes I think they just don’t really care, they are so comfortable with their powers over us. Maybe it does. If you do crank on them there is a chance that it will.

On the other hand if you do nothing, nothing will be the outcome; guaranteed.

It is no longer enough to just vote. To save us from them we must correspond with them frequently as a minimum effort. We must also get more involved.

The tea parties are worthy. So too is meeting with new candidates and sticking your manifesto under their pompous noses.

There is strength in numbers. The more hands that man the crank the better will be the effort. Grab hold and help. I am growing weary.

Another way is with money, not to them, but to the organizations that fight for constitutional rights. Political Action Committees do collectively what you and I cannot do alone, get in their face.

I donate to the NRA who fights for our second amendment rights, and to trade associations lobbying for small business, less regulation, lower taxes, etc. These groups offset the unions who donate millions to advance socialism.

Another favorite is Hillsdale College (www.hillsdale.edu). Visit their web site. Hillsdale is an oasis in a liberal desert of academia.

They prepare the young to pick up our baton in the race for freedom, when we become too feeble, too tired, to fight on. It will soon enough be their country.

A cub reporter once ask Wilbur Wright: “Isn’t flying dangerous?” Wilbur replied: “If you want to be perfectly safe, sit on the fence and watch the birds fly.”

Time to get off the fence, off the couch, off the drug apathy, and fly in their face.

It is still our country. Not for long if you don’t get in the fight. Oh woe is me is not acceptable.