If not us, then who? If not now, then when? These are reasonable questions for everyone who has eyes to see the state of our country. We have a chance to do something here that has not been done for nearly two hundred years and no one has to fight and die, or even shed one drop of blood. Even though our "Tree of Liberty" does indeed thirst, we are the logical choice for change in Washington and if we don't make that change, we have no reason to shout fowl play, or ever again say we are fed up with the same old, same old in Washington. Oh sure, we can sit on our laurels and allow a do nothing congress continue to reek havoc with our Rights and our Liberty, but if we continue to do so we have no one to blame but ourselves. And in the end ask yourself this one question: After all is said and done in this and future Novembers, if I had picked up the phone and made just one or two phone calls, could this have made the difference? Could I have spoken to my friends about helping to make a change? And when we look way off into the future and see where America is, believing you are safe in your bed at night, and you will be for a time, until you hear the thugs coming to drag you away because you dared to speak against the government. Then look between this time and that, with your Rights gone and your Liberty no more and repeat the words "If not us, who? If not now, when?" and ask yourself if it is possible to change the course of history in these United States? Then look to your children and grand-children and ask yourself if the "American Dream" is theirs to know and love as it was when you could have helped to make a difference and didn't.

As I sit and watch the different news broadcast and hear them call the members of the Tea Party all sorts of names like racist, bigots and extremists, knowing full well that these hurtful words are spoken at the behest of the congressmen and women who are afraid of losing their jobs, I have to say that we must be doing something right. When we, a grassroots movement, can put fear in the most powerful body politic in the world, can influence the outcome of elections, then we do indeed have a chance to make change that really does count for real change in Washington. And so what if we don't get it right the first go-around? Just keep in mind that we have national elections every two years and eventually we will send people to congress that has the will of the people in their minds and that we will be watching them. So lets rally the troops, talk to people, make phone calls, get people registered to vote and make sure they have a ride to the polls if need be. If not us, who? If not now, when? Remember, ONE VOTE AT A TIME MAKES CHANGE HAPPEN!!!

When we are born we are blissfully unaware of the circumstances that will dictate the course of our lives. As we grow into adulthood and become more aware of our surroundings, to some an appalling realization becomes evident. In the social structure that exists today in these United States, there are those who claim for themselves the right to control the people who by right of their birth are born free. These so-called rulers who today govern the free have equated the words "to govern" as "to rule." These "rulers" of the free believe it is Divine Providence, handed down from father/mother to son/daughter, that they rule by divine right. Even in "our" governing body there are those who have ruled for 20, 30 and 40 years and their reason has become so blinded to the will of the people, that their acts are less the voice of the people and more the dictates of the totalitarian.

When the Founding Fathers began the "great experiment" and called it America, the very meaning of the word government took on an entirely new meaning. In the founding documents, the preamble begins with the words "We The People," and continues to now and forever declare the duty of the government is for the protection and defense of the natural, God given rights of the people. In this one document it declares that the People have the Right to live their Life; to live in the state of Liberty; and the Right to own Property and pursue that which makes them happy.

Over these past two hundred and thirty some years things have changed substantially. We are no longer the America called the Land of the Free, with Liberty and Justice for all. Today the government controls/rules the education of our children; the law abiding Citizen must carry State issued identification papers or be subject to arrest, fine or jail. To be engaged in a private business one must obtain permission from the State and pay the State fee and tax in order to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The normal Citezen must pay up to one half of their earnings to the Internal Revenue and the Social Security Administration.

The "Land of the Free" and "The Home of the Brave" no longer exists as it did when our Founders first had the "Dream of Liberty" called America. But there is a spark beginning to ignite once again, and soon, with the chance for the "Flame of Liberty" to once again burn bright, the patriots who are "We The People" can and must stand up for the one word that sets us apart from the oppression and control of the rulers of a tyrannical government and that word is...FREEDOM!

"In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man and brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain