There appears to be enormous enthusiasm across a large segment of the population for the “Tea Parties” scheduled for April 15th. There is also equal determination in the Daily Kos, Moveon.org, George Soros wing of the left to destroy the message and the credibility of the messengers. To use the vernacular, any effort by the radical left to dampen the enthusiasm of grassroots America has the potential for a spectacular “backfire.”
The people have reached a saturation point with media propaganda, bureaucratic bumbling and with those who believe they know better how we should conduct our lives. Should the left try to scold the revelers for the peaceful expression of their most basic of freedoms, they will succeed only in exposing the radical intent of their Socialist/Marxist agenda. So far, the attitude against those who intend to disrupt those freedoms is, in the words of George Bush, “Bring it on.”
There is a confrontation that is about to take place and it is going to be both interesting and telling as to how the parties react. Mainstream America has finally risen from its political slumber and they are in no mood to be “ruled.” Our newest president however, has adopted the attitude, “I won,” and believes his election has given him a mandate to remake America. In this regard, the term, “hands on” has taken on an entirely new perspective.
There has been an undercurrent of anger in mainstream America that is fed up with the constant creep of bureaucratic control and loss of individual liberty to the socialist agenda of the left. They have watched as their efforts to secure the American dream have been assaulted with the “good intentions” of liberal/socialist policies that strip them of ever-increasing amounts of what they earn and produce. The frustration has been evident in the constant cry from the mainstream minions of, “what can I do?”
The answer has manifested itself in the form of the “Tea Party Rebellion,” probably the most powerful symbol of the attitude of America they could have chosen. Yes, the enthusiasm is growing, the anticipation is keen and the hope of actually making a difference is over-powering but it raises an even bigger question, what happens on April 16th?
As it was in 1773, at that first Tea Party in Boston, what followed was the “Declaration of Independence.” What should naturally follow the “Tax Day Tea Parties” is that for the “second time in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another.” The 4th of July should be the day when we again declare the time to “End Dependence” on the government. The government can certainly be considered “another” at this point; it is surely no longer an entity of the people.
For some time now, the government has found it appropriate to “overrule” the will of the people. If these were measures of extreme national security, it might make sense but all too often, it is in the form of the social values that the public at large wishes to establish as its norms. Clearly, the people are losing their patience with a system that has become near dictatorial, highly ineffective, absolutely inefficient and is taxing them into poverty.
There is no doubt that the pending Tea Parties are going to enjoy tremendous public participation. The question which then arises is how will our elected officials react? Do we choose members of our population to become officials of a politburo or do we elect them to represent us; that is the question. We will ask that question on April 15th. It is up to the government as to whether they hear the people or once again, the 4th of July is the day we “end dependence” on government subjugation.