We can literally go back to the creation of our existence to verify that FREEDOM comes from GOD. Freedom to make our own choices is what separates us from all of God's other creations. Obviously then, from this, we can conclude that God must have thought it was of importantance that humans, and only humans, have this FREEDOM. This RIGHT.
You would think that would be enough to prove that humans were not intended to be ENSLAVED by other humans. Yet that is exactly what the US Government has been working towards for decades. Yes it has been greatly expadited under Obama, but he is hardly responsible for creating the idea or putting the players into place that are needed to push it over the top.
The government is in the later stages of it's plan to make all citizens dependant upon it for basic survival. Our elected officials are taking multiple approaches to accomplish this.
For one group of Americans, it is trying to scare them into submission by oppressing our free economy through fear-mongering (they have the backing of nearly all news outlets and un-bias reporting is a thing of the past), government purchases of puiblicly held companies (the car industry, the banking industry, etc.), unprecidented spending (bail-out, TARP, call it what you will - it is mindless spending that has produced no return), and of course the more traditional acts of blatant lies and taxation (i.e. promises of transperancy, Cap and Trade, and much much more here).
Through another large group of Americans, the government is inticing them into submission through the promises of large-scale, modified, communal living (Healthcare, entitlement programs for lazy Americans, and scaling down of our Military and border security .... amongst many other initiatives).
And there are many smaller groups that are being lured in and/or funneled in through other means. And there are, of course, some that will never give in no matter what is offered or threatened(present!). The underlying tactic here is that the US Government no longer wants to "Teach a man to fish". That would require a long term, large scale reduction in our government. Politicans on both sides of the fence have no interest in this of course. This is precisely why the Republicans are offering no alternatives to the outrageous policy the Democrats are currently shoving down our throats. They simply want to voice disagreement publicly so they increase the likelihood of being re-elected. They actually like the idea of the Democrats succeeding at their agenda right now. That way they can say, "See, I told you so". And no doubt they will. If they do win, which is seeming more likely every day, I will be saying the same thing. The difference is I am a regular citizen, not an elected offical who was voted into my position to represent the people, speak up for the people, and protect our country "from enemies both foreign AND domsetic".
So back to God and free will, freedom, and rights. People throw around the term "God's Will" quite often in life. God has two types of "will". The first is active will. Meaning he can intervine and change an outcome. The other is passive will. Meaning he chooses to not intervine and "allows" a certain outcome. Elected officials are given this same power by the citizens that elect them. They can make things happen or they can watch from the sidelines and do nothing. Exactly what our politicians are doing today. The liberal contengency is taking action, albeit self-destructive action, while the "conservatives" (I use the term very loosely) sit and do nothing more than HOPE for failure. I have a suggestion. GET ON THE FIELD AND PLAY DEFENSE YOU IDOITS!!!!
........ calming down (yeah, right). Simple recap: the Democrats are running out of control doing whatever their little hearts desire right now. The Republicans are whining but offering little or no alternatives. The majority of our population does not want what the Democrats are doing right now to happen. Nor do they approve of the lazy Republican party sitting on the sidelines, offering nothing but a verbal disagreement (I call it whining and "playing the victim").
Conservative Americans, however, are finally getting it - they realize that they have to become what they have always hated about the liberals, ACTIVISTS. And they are doing it. Their elected officals, however, are not. They remain visionless.
The collective government no longer cares about our GOD-given rights. Some would argue, and have a pretty strong case, that the government no longer cares about God period. And that this is actually the root issue with our country.
At the end of the day, the US Government was not created to feed us, to put gas in our cars, to give us housing, or to mend our boo-boos. "Life, Liberty, and the PURSUIT of Happiness" is not a declaration of a communal society. It is a RIGHT, not an ENTITLEMENT. Our culture does not seem to be able to grasp this. Instead, we seem to be content to just "Give a man a fish" ...... day after day after day after day after day ......
