Recently, I read a piece written by
Brian Swan of PatriotUpdate.com entitled How
to Take Back the Country. I was so
impressed that I’ve decided to post it here on my blog.
When our country was founded, its
architects scoured through the various government models customarily used
throughout history. Every model had a
common problem: undivided power. The
power to rule was held captive by either one individual or the majority of
citizens. The framers observed that
entire nations fell because of a mismanagement of power; and mob-rule was just
as problematic as a golden scepter.
Brilliant by even today’s standards,
the balance of power was constitutionally engineered: People held power over the government by way
of the vote, and the government held power over the people by way of
representative governing. However, since
the time that balance was struck a problem has arisen – a problem the founders
never fathomed. People voted with little
or no information or didn’t vote at all— the sole reason we are in the state that
we are. The result is now a government,
which resembles its original brilliant blueprint in form, but behaves like King
George. The very problem the country’s
creators tried to curtail is now poised to destroy traditional liberty. The
balance of power has shifted.
Let me show you something. There are 15 departments established under the
Executive Branch (e.g. Department of Commerce, Department of Defense,
Department of Education, etc.). There
are 24 agencies and sub-agencies directly under the Executive Branch (e.g.
Council of Economic Advisors, Council on Environmental Quality, Office of
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, etc.). And there is a myriad of agencies and offices
within each of the 15 department (e.g. there are 22 agencies and sub-agencies
within the Department of Health and Human Services alone).
There are 85 agencies and corporations
technically deemed “independent” (e.g. National Labor Relations Board,
Environmental Protection Agency, National Public Radio, etc.). These agencies and departments have the
legislative powers to create and enact rules that have the force of law.
For a while now (says Swan) I’ve heard
conservatives yell that government is too big. Now that the IRS scandal has surfaced, the
argument has been bolstered: “If Obama doesn’t
know what is going on in his own government, then government is definitely too
big.” This claim would be absolutely
correct if these bodies didn’t have the legislative powers that they do. But because they can enact penalty-driven
rules on people, the problem is actually a bit different. The problem is not just that government has
become too big (although that is of course true), the problem is that government
has become too powerful.
But a government that sets up smaller
offices and departments so that power appears dispersed and not vested in just
one individual is not new. In fact, our founders
wrote a document wherein they made a list of all the grievances they had with
old King George. One of the listed items was, “He has erected a multitude of
New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat
out their substance.” Sound familiar? That’s right, within the Declaration of Independence the colonists declared that one of the reasons
for seceding from Britain was because the King attempted to hide his power by
delegating Executive offices, which through their delegated power only ended up
harassing their people and depriving them of their substance.
Today’s number of Executive offices
illustrates government’s size; the consequences those offices can inflict upon
the people illustrates government’s power. And just like in 1776, our Executive offices are
directed by one man. With a government
that has become so powerful that it has disrupted the constitutional construct
under which it was created and, therefore through taxes and penalties,
subjugated the citizens who are supposed to rule over it, the manner in which
to reign back the monstrosity becomes clear: force or infiltration. In 1776, force was the only method because of
the monarchical structure and the ocean barrier between the government and the
colonists. But with us, our government
is here and it’s not a monarchical framework. Therefore, force is not the only means despite
the continual calls for it from understandably disgruntled patriots.
Three steps: (1) Speak the truth; (2)
defend and fight for the reinstating of Christianity in public life; and now
(3) infiltrate in the exact same manner they did. The beauty of our Constitution is the natural tension between the states and the
federal government. The states alone can
collude and call for a constitutional convention to put forth and enact certain
measures. The states have power … which
is why the left has sought so earnestly to erode the states’ powers through
brilliant schemes like instituting the 17th Amendment.
There is no such thing as a good
patriot who merely sits back and criticizes while the country chokes on liberal
poison.
George Washington set the precedent
for fighting for our country and then relinquishing his power. These are the patriots we need— those who will
infiltrate the school boards, the city councils, county and state governments;
and then with that new power, fight by repealing superfluous and dangerous
ordinances and laws, defending the state and cities from overreaching federal
leverage, letting the free market work, and letting people learn again how to
be personally responsibility without ‘Big Brother’s’ oversight and hand
holding. And then, relinquish the power
with integrity.
There are over 65,000 people who
follow PatriotUpdate.com alone. Statistics
dictate that if even a fraction of them ran for a state office, a great many
would win because state offices are far easier to win than federal offices. The country can be saved, but not from the top
down. Not by one George Washington but
from thousands— thousands who cannot be bought and are willing and eager to become
the new guardians of their state.
Mad at the state of our country and
want to take it back? Speak the truth,
bring back Christianity, and defend the states. The states have real power, but we must defend
and keep it. The 10th Amendment can be
the greatest weapon we have against the federal arm, but only if we use it.
Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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