Thread: Lone Protester- Freedom Is Not Free

Lone Protester- Freedom Is Not Free 11/02/07

"But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government." -- Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address, March 4, 1837.

President Andrew Jackson spoke those words 170 years ago and they were meant to be a warning to future generations of Americans. They ring truer today than at almost any other time in our past. Our government was put there by the people to be our servants and not our masters. To keep this country on the right path and to protect her from all enemies, foreign and domestic. We put them there to be our leaders and instead they have become tyrants without our permission.

Freedom and liberty is not free. It comes with a price that sometimes is almost to great to bear. And for a long time Americans have become complacent and forgotten those words and our country is suffering for it. This country is becoming a very dangerous place to live for American citizens and every day that goes by it gets worse. And it is we that have made it that way, by letting our politicians become tyrants that do not perform their responsibilities as the American people require of them. Instead, they try to push us down a path that is at odds with We the People and the Constitution.

Why is it so hard for our politicians to understand the words “ENFORCE OUR LAWS!!! We pride ourselves on being called a nation of laws. A nation, where the rule of law is supposed to trump everything and no one or thing is above it. A country, where if you break a law you pay a price. What is so hard to understand that? Why are not the people and businesses that are breaking our laws on a massive scale be called to account? I always thought that ignorance was no excuse under the law.

But there are some bright spots on the horizon. Oklahoma, bless her, finally enacted laws that her citizens have been screaming for. Now, if only my state and every other one follows her example. Thousands of illegal aliens have left Oklahoma recently and are still leaving, Attorney William Sanchez of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders says, “they’re trying to scare people and they’re saying we don’t want you hereâ€

Good commentary LP. Hope it spurs people to action.

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Call the Senate: NO AgJOBS Amnesty ! This could be voted on this coming week. AgJOBS would grant amnesty to 1.5 million illegal workers and 1.8 million of their family members.