The Waco Tea Party and tea parties across this country seek freedom and prosperity for all Americans. The best way to secure freedom and prosperity is to remove the barriers of big government regulations and controls, escalated government spending and onerous taxation.
The human race, as a whole, yearns for freedom and prosperity. It is a universal principle that our forefathers understood as being “endowed by our Creator.”
It is sad that some find it necessary to interject ghosts of America’s past in an effort to dilute the vital debates regarding America’s future.
It appears that racism is still strong in America. I say that with a heavy heart. My father, his father and generations past saw America repent for her racial transgressions of past decades and centuries. Thank God those times are far behind us. We can move on now, right?
Just this past Sunday, in reaction to criticisms of President Obama, Alice Pollard characterized the “Tea Party crowd” as “leftover losers from the election who cannot accept that a black man is president of the United States.”
Her racially charged message asserted that tea partiers “might have shed the white sheets, but we know what they mean.” Her message not only offends the memory of those who worked hard to overcome racial barriers, but it clearly shows a lack of regard for bringing down those very walls within the heart of her own community.
Ms. Pollard expressed sadness that U.S. Representative Chet Edwards was “shown disrespect” at his town hall events. But how could that be? Congressman Edwards is not a minority. How could a white man bear the brunt of a racial attack?
Could it be that this is not a racial issue at all? Could it be that we are in the midst of an ideological struggle between the conservative ideals of a constitutionally limited government and the forces of government harboring power by enabling an entitlement society and spending the nation’s wealth into massive debt?
Thomas Sowell was right when he wrote, “Almost never do these reactions include factual or logical arguments against the administration's critics. Instead, there is indignation, accusations of bad faith and even charges of racism.”
Yes, racism still exists in America, but only in the minds of those still willing to play the victim. Its accusations only serve to deflect from the discussion of real ideas that focus on the future of freedom and prosperity in America.
Ms. Pollard suggests that there is “no excuse for rudeness and disrespect, especially toward the revered office of the president.” Where were those ideals when President Bush was being burned in effigy and depicted as Hitler by many who opposed him? It’s shameful that any president is depicted that way, but no president is above the fray of criticism.
This country is in a sore spot economically. The unemployment line is growing longer by the day, the dollar continues to drop, the debt continues to mount, and we’re faced head on with continuous bouts against a government ever pursuant of growing its bounds of governing while costing this nation dozens of trillions of dollars. This happened under President Bush, and it has continued to get worse under President Obama so far.
These are real issues facing real Americans every single day. President Obama is the president, and the buck stops at his desk. It is time to focus on real, affordable solutions for America can that will lead to the greatest freedom and prosperity that this nation has ever seen for all Americans.
The American forefathers understood that “all men are created equal.” Freedom means all things for all people. To the founders of America it meant opening up America to be a melting pot of cultures from across this globe. It meant being a beacon of hope for the world’s oppressed and downtrodden. It was intended to be a place were anyone -- regardless of race, creed, sex, or whatever special people group you can imagine -- could achieve the goals that would enrich their lives and the lives of the people around them.
It meant creating an American government limited in scope to allow absolute freedom for the people the government served. The United States Constitution did just that. The original intent of the Constitution was to limit the federal government within the bounds of its timeless words penned in ink and sealed with the blood, sweat and toil of a generation that rose from the ashes of tyranny and gave us freedom.
Today’s generation is witness to an American government that has vastly outgrown its just bounds. We are witness to unrestrained debt in the dozens of trillions. The American people and American businesses are being forced into regulations and limitations placed down upon us by the hand of big government. This is not freedom.
Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist 33, gave future Americans this charge, “If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.” That is exactly what Tea Parties are doing.
We are using our Constitutional freedoms to stand up and say “Stop!” Enough is enough. American cannot sustain her debt. It’s time we scale back, and do it quickly, or the America we love will enslave us all to a mountain of debt that will restrain us all from prospering.
Like it or not, this is Barack Obama’s economy. This is his presidency, and the buck stops at his desk. President Obama strongly pushed for the stimulus package claiming it would stop unemployment from rising past 8%. We are now at 10.2% and that number shows no immediate signs of dwindling. Post stimulus, his promise to the American people has been broken.
This current recession is not racist. It does not discriminate. It is affecting all Americans. We are desperate to find jobs as they continue to disappear. We are worried about our economic future as congress and the president continue to advocate erratic spending and even more government programs. We are weary of a Federal Reserve that, according to the Federal Reserve in St. Louis, has increased America’s dollar supply by nearly 120%. Our money is quickly become worth less than the paper it’s printed on.
While the American people are on the ground struggling, the president and congress continue to seek new federal programs that will further tap our struggling businesses and citizens for even more of their hard-earned money. American freedom cannot survive at this pace.
The uprising of American citizens is not about a president, much less his skin color. Those that make that ridiculous claim are just as blinded by race as the bigots that adorned white sheets Ms. Pollard referred to. This is about his policies and the warped direction they seem to be taking this country.
For generations, Americans have sat silent. They have complied with the onerous regulations in hope of trying to overcome and succeed. Today, the hope for personal success has been squashed as we have created an entire country that has become enslaved to debt.
People continue to lose their jobs. Over 120 banks have closed their doors. Lenders are hoarding cash instead of issuing loans. The American dollar continues its downward slide against the Euro and the Yen.
President Obama has presided over a record $1.4 Trillion deficit since taking office. That’s more than George W. Bush amassed in his 8 years. The promised improvements to America’s foundation have yet to come to fruition. In many ways, Our economic situation is more bleak today than it was in February when the stimulus package passed.
How is any of this good for America? How is any of this good for future generations of Americans? Silence is consent. We cannot afford to remain silent in the face of unrestrained government spending. We must stand up together, and keep standing, in order to preserve freedom and return this country to its constitutional roots.
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