Liberty can not be murdered

"If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained _ we must fight!" Patrick Henry

"Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law." Thomas Jefferson

"Any people that would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin

"The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; ...the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained..." George Washington, First Inaugural, April 30 1789


I know that it goes without saying that our country was founded on the belief of inalienable rights for all mankind, in liberty, in freedom from tyranny, and all the other concepts that are supposed to be upheld in the U S Constitution. Even so, our nation has been slipping away from the ideals that our founding fathers set in place over two hundred years ago. Those with power are trying to murder the values of liberty that so many of us take for granted.

Our founding fathers held a tea party, long long ago, at the shipyards in Boston, Massachusetts. They did this to demonstrate to the English King and his armies and navy that we could no longer be bought, that we were no longer England's possession and that we would be free casting aside all ties with our oppressors.

Why is it then that those who today fight to bring awareness to the multitudes regarding our current government's misdeeds, are being pegged as fanatics? Why are they being labeled as trouble makers who only screw up elections to keep the "good people" out of office? How do we judge who the "good people" really are, when so many who are elected lie and cheat to win their elected office?

Why are we who wish to see our country find her way back to the core beliefs this nation was founded on, being labeled as terrorists, no take that back, "the enemy"?

I have given this a lot of thought lately. It seems to me, that those labels could also be perceived as compliments to the ears of those who would see true change, not rhetorical word vomit spewed out to the masses for the sake of winning an office.

For our founding fathers, the same fathers of the revolution, stood firm in their beliefs, that there was a right way and a wrong way to govern. Originally this nation was founded on the choices that these "fanatics", these "usurpers of the peace", these Fathers of Liberty made. This system of beliefs is not archaic, but has been shoved aside by those who have warped the offices of government to meet their own ends, not the needs of the nation.

We the people have a right to see this great nation live on, to see our freedoms that are our constitutional rights remain intact. And we have definitely got the right to stand on that platform of freedom and justice for all and demand to be heard. We have the right to prosper, hold jobs, buy our own medical plans, and live anywhere in the United States of America that we are financially able to exist.

If we do not stand up for our rights through the proper means, those rights will be stripped away one by one. It would be a travesty for this to happen, because that would mean that everything our founding fathers lived died for was in vain. Liberty can not be murdered, because those of us who truly believe this, will not allow it to happen.