The definition of agenda for the purposes of this article:
an underlying often ideological plan or program
People who know me understand that I have no personal political agenda. Although my pen is more often directed towards the Democrat party, it has been directed at the Republican party also because the truth supersedes politics. My video channel on YouTube has 522 videos as of today but less than ten have my personal views embedded in their content: the viewer can draw his own conclusions based on the video’s content. And that is the point, we must start make decisions based on our own personal values and cognitive processes.
I started becoming active in the patriot movement in the Summer of 2008. Since that time, many people have asked and wondered what my agenda is. They cannot understand the countless time and personal monetary sacrifices that I and my wife have made.
But my wife does. Her words last week succinctly explain my (and her) motivation: Our children will never be able to say that we did not stand up. It would be simple to lay down in the pasture with the rest of the sheep and become easy prey over time based on a false sense of security. But hiding is not an option for sentient people who understand that evil never surrenders voluntarily. And for those who rise up from the ashes after the battle is won to reap the rewards of those who actually fought while they hid, the appropriate word is coward.
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The above statement is a simple premise. If we do not stand up for righteousness and submit to evil, we will suffer God’s judgment. And the reason is simple: man’s time on this Earth is to be spent learning and growing spiritually. This process is honed in fire by the never ending battle of good versus evil. If we do not fight evil, we will not grow in the Spirit. Again, this is a simple premise.
But many people read the words and give no consideration to honor, virtue and morality required to succeed. Would anyone classify our government using these characteristics? And yet most people sit by and judge others fighting for them because they know the truth. They lack the moral fortitude and courage to defend their country and family.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”
— Samuel Adams
Mr. Adams’ words ring true today for many of our “countrymen”. Freedom and Liberty are to be cherished: anyone who is willing to submit to the tyranny of our federal government has already crouched down to lick the hand that feeds them. And enslaves them. A patriot understands that the love of Liberty is not an agenda, it is a God given right to be defended at all costs.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
–Edmund Burke
I do not use this quote from Mr. Burke very often. I have found that some of the most evil people use this quote to justify their actions. But then what would you expect of evil men and women but to twist the words that should be guiding us? How many times has our government cloaked the desecration of our Constitution by wrapping it in an American flag? Who would justify the label given to the “Patriot Act” as patriotic?
What course must we take? Again it is simple but for those who lack the courage and honor to fight evil, depart from us in peace. I will not suffer tyranny in silence. And if some call this an agenda to discredit me and others, again may posterity forget you and your words.
David DeGerolamo
