My Turn: A question with no easy answers

By Wes Rhinier

Many people often tell me they enjoy my letters in the paper and look forward to the next one. They immediately follow it up with the questions: Aren’t you afraid? Why do you do it? My response is always the same: It costs nothing to speak out, but remaining silent could cost you everything.

We are now faced with the government our forefathers warned us about. The sad thing is most people are oblivious to what is happening. They are all too happy to carry on watching their “American Idol,” “Dancing with the Stars” or other mindless TV shows. The sad fact is Americans will refuse to stand and defend their rights and freedom until the vast majority of them feel the pain.

Voting? How is that working out for you? Politicians get to Washington and feel untouchable and the vast majority of them betray everything they promised they would do. Voting is useless!

How many people are aware of the Patriot Act and the rights it destroys all in the name of keeping Americans safe? The NDAA? America is now lorded over by an oligarchic ruling class. Republicans are indistinguishable from Democrats. For voting majorities, who resoundingly rejected Obamacare in 2010 and all Obama policies in 2014, there is currently no place to go.

Benjamin Franklin once stated, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither and will lose both.” That moment in time is here, Americans. Freedom is under assault. Open your eyes and recognize it. Obama stated that he wanted to fundamentally change America. Obama is not incompetent; he is destroying America more quickly than anyone could imagine. People say Obama is a failed presidency; I say he is succeeding at many goals he set.

Confronted with this information the next question always asked is: “What can we do about it?” That, my friends, is the million-dollar question. “Why don’t you run for office?” I wish I could. Our government has turned into something our founders never desired. The common man, except in rare cases, has no chance of getting elected to high office, thanks to all the corruption.

Americans spoke loud and clear at the last election. Obama said, “Make no mistake, my policies are on the ballot!” We overwhelmingly rejected those policies. Republicans are already breaking the promises they won office running on. Make no mistake. A major priority of the Republican majorities in the 114th Congress will be to con voters into believing that broken promises were kept or that failure to keep them was not their fault.

It’s frustrating, I know. I wish I could answer the question about what to do. Our founders laid out what to do — it’s in the Declaration of Independence. Hamilton in Federalist Papers 28 also stated what to do. These are not easy answers. Our government has become usurpers of the law. They have betrayed their constituents.

What can we do about it? Our children’s future, our grandchildren’s future, our country’s future are all at stake. Winston Churchill once said, “If you will not fight for what’s right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it’s better to perish than to live as slaves.”

Our Constitution, liberty, freedom, wealth, future and children are no longer at risk; the risk is past; they already are lost!

The question now is “What can we do?” Answer????

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Danny Roberts
Danny Roberts
9 years ago

David I hate to keep bring this up about what Article 5 does Have you actually seen are read what is being purpose is just one thing. NOT REWRITING THE CONTITUTION I am not PC literate but I will send you the proposal for A article 5 they are calling for if you will send me your email link Danny

Bill
Bill
9 years ago
Reply to  Danny Roberts

Well, I used to believe the same thing, but when you gather the northern and west Coast states with there liberal mentally ill demented thinking into a gathering of a new convention, you can be rest assured your rights including the bill of rights will be taken out at the first go round. It has always been there intentions to do away with the second amendment and other critical amendments which keep us somewhat safe. The mentally ill liberal retarding thinking is to remove those rights so they can have the upper hand on the entire nation by enforcing there sick and depraved ways on us all, this is called TYRANNY or MARXISM. For now I would not sign onto a new convention with the liberal mentally ill red diaper doper babies form the west coast and the northeastern states, they are all mental cases governing over them, as well as the mental illness of there populations which comprise of millions of illegal alien savages which have breached our borders by mentally ill demonically possessed democrats. so i would leave well enough alone at this moment, I prefer secession from these mentally ill states because they cannot be trusted to gather in a room and discuss anything that has merit in it. Remember, these sick minded people are MARXISTS plain and simple, We all can see the results of how these freaks govern and what a mess they have made of there states. This is Marxism, it destroys mans exceptionalism to God and people. Maybe at some later point we can overtake them and clean out the rats nest and begin again, but at this time i would say a resoundingly NO!!!!.

Bill
Bill
9 years ago

REVOLT!!!!!!!!

Will Shaw
Will Shaw
9 years ago

Resist, and, yes, revolt. Resolution though political means is impossible.

Peter Alexander
Peter Alexander
9 years ago

Wes, thank you brother for speaking the truth and for not being afraid. What can we do? We can take Dr. Franklin and Primeminister Churchill’s words and guidance to heart and follow it.

Of course we must educate our family members, friends and everyone we meet to the reality of the situation immediately. We can peacefully assemble and demand that our Senators and Congressmen and women and our State Legislators stand up and challenge the executive orders with laws. We can spend our money supporting our values like the NRA, Oathkeepers, III Percenters, etc. We can turn off progressive main stream media.

We can pray, which is the first and the last thing we must do. We must become statesmen and women, honorable citizens and reflect our faith, values and tell everyone that we are facing the last opportunity to turn this tyranny around and restore our Republic but only if five or ten percent of the population are ready and willing to stand and demand an end to the assault on our liberties.

I suspect that most Americans will do nothing different and most have no idea that we are standing on the cliff and tyranny is ready to push us off or as ISIS has been doing shoot the vocal/outspoken citizens in the head and push them into a hole. Is this what you want for your children and grandchildren???

If you want to restore our Constitutional Republic, States rights and rightful liberty, turn the tv off, limit all recreational activities to once a week and get involved now. Join a militia. Prepare for battle -- prepare for the worst and pray for the best. Organize a team of family/friends and train to become a group of sons and daughters of liberty. Prepare to march toward the gunfire and kill everything that is evil (tyranny).

We are faced with extremely difficult choices. Do nothing and we die or get enslaved together. Act now and demand restoration of our liberty and States rights and restraining the federal government to its limited Constitutional duties.

I know it sounds tough and it is and will be tougher. However, when the going gets tough the tough get going. We must each decide today whom we will serve. As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.

If you want the truth. The truth is our liberties have been significantly reduced and we may wake tomorrow to confiscation of our firearms and ammo, which is our means to protect our families and property and liberties. I kid you not! Decide where the line is and set it and defend it. You are not alone. There are millions of fellow patriots who will be standing and fighting if necessray in small teams throughout the nation to restore rightful liberty.

I do not believe we will stand today because too many of us want our comforts. But one day very soon we will be forced to stand and fight and you can watch tv but millions of patriots will supply food, water, medicine, guns, ammo and many will go to field to fight for our liberties. We need support and we need fighters. Be who you can.

Be prepared to tell your children and grandchildren what you did when the patriots stood their ground and restored liberty, like at Bundy Ranch when Americans said no more -- stop or we will stop you.

God bless you. Be not afraid. Peace, Peter ~

Ken James
Ken James
9 years ago

I am reading more and more comments on line about it being the time to form a third party. It is time. I have hoped beyond hope that the GOP would finally get its act together. That is not going to happen. I am done with them. I supported Mia Love and she is already voting with the majority. I am extremely disappointed at being betrayed once again. Our vote does not count. Our millions of votes are outvoted by the millions of dollars given to Washington lackeys by lobbyists. The problem is not just Obama, it is also the elected officials who support him. Those we used to called Democrats used to have American values. In my opinion, there is no Democrat Party -- it is Socialist. There is no Republican Party -- it is Democrat. There are legions of those who vote for Democrats based on one issue and one issue only -- unions vote for their wallet, feminists for their ovaries, environmentalists for whatever cause is current, and gays so they can continue their aberration. They do not vote for their country, but their own selfish interest. Our educational system has been producing non-American thinking robots at a prodigious rate for the past 50 years, , each being indoctrinated in the philosophy that America is not special and we are to blame for all the ills of the world. Our fundamental problems have become systemic, like a cancer that metastasizes and affects all the body’s organs. Survival is not optimal when this happens. Our Nation and way of life will not survive another two generations at the rate we are plummeting. It will take another monstrous event to wake our people out of their slumber. Only when the hurt personally affects them will they realize that their wallet, ovary, favorite tree, or sex life is not the most important issue in their life. The most important will be life itself.

Lordchamp
9 years ago

Politically, it would take decades to reverse what has happened to us.

A third party would take many years to even begin to have any inroads in the power circle that controls the feral government in washington.

The only thing I see that could give us a chance to reverse course, and that is merely a chance, would be some major event that would allow us to assume our defensive/offensive mode. Something that would allow us to be able to seize the moment so to speak. The high ground.

What could that be? I have no idea really but it could be any number of things. Anything that forces the feral government to show their hand of tyranny for the majority of the nation to vividly see. Something they can’t lie their way out of.

Most Americans will not do anything until directly slapped in the face and something directly affects them. So anything that could get their attention might do the job.

Even then though, I have my doubts. We may well just be in for a long and dark ride back into the dark ages of serfdom. A place where those like us will be beheaded, either literally or figuratively, for doing anything to resist the lord of the castle.

I wish there could be a way of knowing the State with the highest concentration of liberty minded people willing to be actively involved. If that were possible, another route might be to work quickly within that State to pursue seccession. If ever one State gets to that point, others will follow. Then you have the power of State governments supporting us. That too is a long shot. I’m merely dreaming I know.

I don’t want to go down that long, dark road.