4/15 Tax Day Tea Party
June 11, 2009
“At times you have to fight. No way around it. At some point, every one of us is confronted with danger or injustice. How we choose to combat that challenge is often life-defining. You can face difficulties head-on, or run from them, or ignore them until they consume you. But no one escapes conflict. No one. “
The above is an excerpt from Culture Warrior by Bill O’Reilly. The introduction was really awesome, I think – There’s something about it that’s stayed with me since I read the book back in 2007 – I often find myself thinking about it, the power of that first sentence, the truth in it — Sometimes you have to fight. No way around it.
I’ve been devouring Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin. I’ve gotten about halfway through. You know, I never really understood what Obama’s policies and the ideas of all these crazy politicians and activist judges would do(and have done). I didn’t realize it had gotten as out of hand as it has. The very soul of our nation is threatened and lay in the balance.
The kinds of radical changes we’ve been embarking on as a nation, the manipulation of the Constitution… It’s distressing. To quote a punk rocker, somehow it really bothered me.
I read Atlas Shrugged and it showed all these little ideas being put in motion. Rand didn’t just say, “Spreading the wealth is evil”, she showed me what happens when people try to pool their resources – Each according to their need. It made so much more sense to watch it unfold.
Then I see Rush Limbaugh doing that speech at CPAC, and I was like, “Holy shit. Parallels. I see them.”
So then I’m reading Crazies to the Left me, Wimps to the Right. From there, it snowballs. I get my hands on Liberty and Tyranny and practically drool.
And everything that Mark Levin is saying, it all makes sense. He’s just laying it out like it is. I think it’s helping to flesh out all that bullshit that happened in Atlas Shrugged for me, by defining it more, by giving it names and pointing out it’s many faces in our government.
Give this a listen before you teabag Obama today, lol.
Raw link! It’s not letting me embed! Bahaha!
Anyway, I’m a bit incoherent and inconsistent right now because this blog is spur of the moment.
I certainly hope you attend a protest today. Silent majority no more! And you’d be surprised the kind of difference a protest can make, because it provokes people, it makes them think, it encourages research and the formation of an opinion. I have friends who try to keep their nose out of politics, but politics tie directly into one’s philosophy, morals, basic beliefs and way they want to live their life.
And for those of us who will not be joining us, we’re onto you. All of your reasons are cheap and see-through. Your arguments are laughable. Good luck.
My point being, you can’t run from it for too long. This is our nation. Seize the bull by the horns. Fuck this shit. Let’s go!
[an inspirational blog written at the beginning of a computer applications class; unfortunately, school filters killed this when I tried to post it. I found the draft; Do enjoy.]
