From Joseph Farah (read the wole thing):
The Founding Fathers knew that even the best designed government wouldn't work if the people were not righteous, moral and God-fearing – if they didn't love liberty and cherish it.
To practice self-government again, we must have a people capable of self-government. Today, our population has been so dumbed-down by government schools, television, movies and the sad state of the press establishment that we are getting the kind of government we deserve.
We're moving toward tyranny.
The War of Independence was fought 229 years ago principally over the issues of sovereignty and self-government.
These are two concepts that have been obliterated from the debate today. The war was fought so that we in America would have the ability and right to govern ourselves as individuals and that our individual states would have sovereignty with little interference from London, Washington or anywhere else.
Do we have that today?
In 1776, Americans were much freer to govern themselves, and the states had less accountability to the crown than they do today to Washington. Today, Washington is God.
Does America have the courage to recover the freedom it has lost in the last 200 years?
Freedom isn't about prescription drug plans dictated by Washington. Freedom isn't about more laws. Freedom isn't about a false security promised by your federal government. Freedom isn't about being numbered from cradle to grave. Freedom isn't about having your wealth confiscated by government before you even cash your paycheck. Freedom isn't about the government mis-educating your child. Freedom isn't about United Nations peacekeeping missions. Freedom isn't about more cops on the beat.
Freedom, ultimately, is about the liberation of the individual to run his or her own life with minimal interference from government. Self-government. Period. End of story.
That was the goal of our founders in 1776. It ought to be our goal again today.
Are we worthy? Are we capable? Katrina's aftermath gives me grave doubts.
