Howdy all! The weekend is here! It’s time to go out and enjoy the great weather, and plant the seeds for the garden. Yeah right. I’m going to enjoy the weekend without the dirt and mulch and weeding and,.. Oh wait. I forgot my wife reads this. Never mind.
Any hoo,.. (yes dear; yes dear. Yes I did dear. Really. Yes really! Ok I will. Really. NO WAIT! DON”T THROW THAT AWAY! Alright alright! I – will, I..)
And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself. ~ John 12:32
There is no good government but what is republican. That the only valuable part of the British constitution is so; for the true idea of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.' That, as a republic is the best of governments, so that particular arrangement of the powers of society, or in other words, that form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the law, is the best of republics." --John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
There has been only one person ever on earth who could draw the masses to himself after life. Jesus Christ. And of course He wasn’t drawing people for himself. He drew them to save them, and offer the glory of following Him to the Father. No one else has ever been able to do this, and no one else will. Yet, people still think they can get the masses to follow them to whatever demise lays in wait. False prophets. Do you know of any? They get in positions of control and try to convince the masses that they are the ones to be followed, not Him. Know anyone like that nowadays?
In 1776 and the decade beyond, men took to arms and to pen. They did so to build a city on a hill. To govern that city they developed the most extraordinary government structure ever seen on the planet. The city belonged to We the People. The government was granted powers by We the People. The representatives were selected by We the People, and the states. It was NOT the federal government that chose for themselves. And We the People gave strength to the government by granting checks and balances to the executive, legislative and judiciary branches. I say very specifically, ‘We the People’ did this; our founders, our ancestors and all the descendants down to us. We are now ‘We the People’. The form of government they gave us is a republican form of government. Not a government run by the GOP, but a government ruled by law. This was so important to the founders that they inserted this form of government as a guarantee. In fact, it was so important that they used the word guarantee in Article IV Section 4. “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..” In fact, it was so important they used the word guarantee only once in the entire Constitution, including the amendments. Article IV Section 4 is my favorite part of the entire Constitution. To me, this one simple description of our form of government is the cornerstone of the entire document. Without this guarantee, the republic would have fallen long ago. But just a republic wouldn’t do. Rome was a republic. The USSR was a union of republics. It’s called the People’s Republic of China. So why is republic so good? “That, as a republic is the best of governments, so that particular arrangement of the powers of society, or in other words, that form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the law, is the best of republics. Checks and balances, granted to our city on a hill by We the People.
It is up to us to keep the republic we were told about when Ben Franklin left the Constitutional Convention. We the People have that right, and responsibility. But it cannot happen because of We the Tea Party, or We the Conservatives. It must be We the People. So, We have some work to do. Talk to your friends and neighbors. We, who have been ostracized must inform and convince those who have ‘ostrich-ized’ themselves to get their heads out of the sand and see what has been happening, what we have been trying to save. It won’t be fun, or easy. But I know We the People can do it. Why? Because we have to. And, it will always be worth it.
Take care, God bless,
AND STAND WITH ISRAEL!!!
Tom Kiley
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