Stopping the Government Monster

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As the federal government seeks more and more power and control over its citizens, and as new federal criminal laws pass year after year, and as it's impossible to go about our daily lives without breaking some federal law, are you starting to feel powerless and vulnerable?  Are you concerned that both political parties are vying for control that will result in policies that are not in your best interests?  Do you instinctively fear those alphabet government agencies like IRS, DHS, TSA, FEC, FTC, BLM, and many others - their agents all armed to the teeth - will somehow detain, arrest, imprison you, or seize your assets like your guns, your bank accounts and your home and land?  As the federal government now seeks to regulate - that is, monitor, control and censor - the internet, are you just a bit concerned that you may be tracked while viewing some sites that are not government approved?  Are you a little afraid to voice your views on topics such as homosexual "rights," or the growing influence of Sharia Law invading local and federal governments?  Are you concerned that the erosion of Christian morality is being not only mocked, but displaced, by the Jewish owned media?  Yeah, me too.  You're not alone, and you're not nearly paranoid enough.

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But many folks are content to rant only in the relative safety of the Ethernet, hoping they may add a little weight to the liberty conscious, albeit anonymously.  Let me say this about that:  Continue on with voicing your dissatisfaction and alarm at the growing government monster, but be wary, armed and prepared as well.  Am I a prepper?  Not in the pejorative lunatic fringe sense that the media has defined that term, but I do believe wholeheartedly in being self sufficient and surviving. I am consciously and acutely aware that our American way of life can change in the blink of an eye, and like millions of other Americans, I recognize the danger that this unchecked monster of a tyrannical government poses.

Deterrence by Force of  Arms

So what can we do?  First, as many have pointed out, it's the Second Amendment that guarantees the rest.  So yes, I own firearms, and yes, I have a concealed carry permit, and yes, I carry a gun every day everywhere.  And so does my 104 pound attractive blonde attorney wife.  That protects me at the personal level.  But on an legislative and judicial level, I am a life member of four major gun rights groups, and I encourage each of you to become members of one or all of these.  They are:  National Rifle Association (NRA), Gun Owners of America (GOA), Citizens Committee for The Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF).  These groups constantly challenge the courts and legislators to ensure Americans keep their God-given rights to self defense and liberty, and are very successful at what they do.  See the NRA sidebar on this blog.  In fact just yesterday, the handgun interstate sales ban, part of the Gun Control Act of 1968 signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson, was overturned as being unconstitutional.  This was an effort by CCRKBA and SAF attorneys.  Take heart -  the good guys do win.

Vote for Liberty always

In a civil way, continue to pressure your elected representatives to stop this expanding federal government monster that's intent on taking over every aspect of our lives.  And personally fight every liberty-reducing enactment from red light cameras, to the insidious RealID Act,  to Samsung's "I'm watching you" television, to TSA search-and-grope policy nonsense, to IRS seizing Tea Party member accounts, to NSA's and other government agencies' constant violations of the Fourth Amendment, to KenyanCare mandates, and to every other overreach of the federal and local government.  Fight to keep your God-given rights, so that our children and grandchildren can know the freedom we once had, and will have again.  Don't let the will of the people be corrupted or ignored by the people we place in office.  Make them do their jobs according to their sworn oath of office.  That's the American way.

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But also do what you can to hedge your bets as a fail safe.  Take a stand.  Don't become a casualty if and when the SHTF (Shit Hits The Fan), the euphemism for when All Things Break Down and Collapse.  Many people don't have even basic survival skills that some of us learned in the Boy Scouts or through advanced military training.  For those who lack these basic skills, learn something new by perusing some of the prepper and survival sites as linked above, or buy a military survival manual to see what you can do to help yourself, your family and neighbors.  The Army and Air Force have excellent field survival manuals available on Amazon and elsewhere.  Here's a free downland of the Army Manual FM 21-76.  Exhibit that common sense self reliance that we all were taught in what seems like another, safer age.  Be prepared.  Count on yourself.  Assess.  Evaluate.  Act.  Knowledge is power.  That's the American way, too.