THE THREE PERCENTERS RANT

     Have you ever heard of an outfit called the, “Three Percenters?”  Yeah, me either.  They are sometimes referred to as, “Threepers” or “lll %ers.”  Still doesn’t ring any bells or set off any sirens for you?  That’s really not all that surprising because apparently almost no Americans have ever heard of them or know what they stand for and represent.  If you were to take a random, unscientific survey of, let’s say, one hundred people in your immediate vicinity or neighborhood literally none of the participants would respond in the affirmative.  You would certainly get many quizzical looks and much shrugging of the shoulders but it’s a pretty good bet that no one would know anything about the group.  Even those folks who may have heard the name “Three Percenters” wouldn’t know much about them and what little information they possessed would invariably be absolutely incorrect. Likewise, most folks wouldn’t know much about organizations like the NRA, the Tea Party, or the Oath Keepers but while they may not be all that well known, I’m damned glad they’re out there.

     First and foremost, it should be understood that they are what can aptly be termed modern-day patriots who are terribly upset, frustrated, and angered by what they correctly see as the complete and utter destruction and decimation of the country they love and cherish.  They view themselves as direct linear descendants of our Founding Fathers who risked life, limb, property, and reputation to forge a new nation the likes of which had never before existed in the annals of mankind.  Not only are they serious about that spiritual-historical bond, but they are damned proud of it!  They are more than just a tad bit enraged by what they correctly see as the loss of our cherished and God-given rights and freedoms and by the destruction of our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and the very essence of our Declaration of Independence which is easily one of the single most important and impactful political documents and philosophies ever created by the hand of man.  They are thoroughly disgusted by the continued growth of a seemingly all powerful and omnipresent central government that is Hell-bent on micromanaging every aspect of the lives of the citizenry and they are supremely cognizant of the fact that this is the exact antithesis of what the Founders intended and fought a bloody revolution to prevent.  The Founders, as do the Three Percenters, knew that by its very nature government, all government, garners more and more power unto itself at the expense of individual liberty and freedom.  They know that this is what’s happening to the United States and that it has been going on for far too long.  They are justifiably afraid that we are losing our country as historically founded and presently constituted and that those in charge of government are turning our country into something it was never intended to be.

     These guys are damned serious about what they believe and they don’t seem to give a rat’s ass who knows it.  They are unabashedly and unashamedly patriotic in their love of country and seem willing to fight, if needs be, to preserve and nurture the heritage and spirit of the nation’s Founding and First Principles.  Predictably, therefore, they are mocked, ridiculed, and disparaged by those oh-so-sophisticated urbane and condescending types who make up what is commonly referred to as our Political Class or Inside the Beltway Crowd who are perennially in charge of running this nation straight to Hell and gone and it really doesn’t seem to matter what side of the aisle they’re on.  All of them seem to have been hopelessly and thoroughly seduced by the power that comes with being a Washington insider, a player if you will.  They seem to be less concerned with the good of the nation than they are with remaining perpetually ensconced in positions of power and influence.

     Those in the professional political class simply can’t be bothered with folks who profess patriotism and a love of country.  They view them as unsophisticated yokels, rubes, and hicks who should be content with their lot in life and simply stay home, read their Bibles, and clean their rifles.  They should absolutely not, however, presume to impose their will and desires on those who were elected to represent them!  Just where in the Hell do these back-woods types get off expecting their government to actually do the bidding of those who put them in power anyway?  Man, you talk about not knowing your place – well, I guess!  The “sophisticates” among us view the modern-day patriots as misanthropes, as out of place and time.  They are but throw backs to a by-gone age in our history that no longer has relevance or meaning in the 21^st Century.  They are nothing more than an embarrassment when they sound off about such “nonsense” as love pf country, patriotism, and smaller, less intrusive government.

     Don’t these anachronistic assholes realize that we live today in a global and globalized world where nationalism and patriotism are merely meaningless concepts that no longer fit the current global template and condition and that it’s time they got with the program?  Don’t they realize that their ever so quaint notions of things like borders, language, and culture have been replaced by concepts of globalism, one-worldism, and moral relativism?  Aren’t they aware that the governing principles of today’s life and times have nothing at all to do with America’s First Principles which made the United States the single greatest nation the world has ever seen?  Do they not comprehend that governance in 21^st Century parlance translates into controlling all aspects of the lives of those who are governed and notions like the will of the people or popular sovereignty are anathema to those statists and authoritarian types who hold the reins of power?

     Those who would control us do not understand the concept of limited government and, therefore, cannot grasp the meaning of the American Revolution which was fought in large measure to establish just such a government.  Those who would control us cannot fathom concepts like individual rights and freedoms which are cornerstones of the American experience and have historically defined who we are as a nation and a people.  They cannot comprehend the idea of placing limits on the power of government and, by definition, are antithetical to our Constitution and Bill of Rights which for the first time in world history did exactly that.  They view our Founding Documents as nothing more than impediments and obstacles to their objective of creating complete  and utter control over a subservient, obedient, complacent, and docile nation of automatons who exist solely to do the bidding of those who occupy positions of power, wealth, and influence.

     The Three Percenters and other patriotic groups that exist out there are afraid of losing their country and refuse to simply go quietly into the night like sheep being lead to slaughter.  They wish to assert their rights  as American citizens and demand that the nation and its leaders return the United States to the kind of government bequeathed to us by  the Founders instead of the giant, freedom-destroying, rapacious behemoth that it has become.  For this quite simple demand for fealty to our historic roots and principles, for this desire to return our nation to the concept and reality of American Exceptionalism they are, of course, mocked, ridiculed, and minimalized.  They are made to look like no more than gun-toting Neanderthals who mindlessly wave the flag, recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and honor our nation’s history and traditions.  Why are they characterized so negatively and scurrilously?  Simple.  They are viewed as a threat.  They are viewed correctly as an entity that refuses to conform to or accept the status quo as it currently exists in the United States in the 21^st Century.  They will not merely passively or meekly surrender what they see as their birthright to the forces among us that want nothing more than to destroy this nation and all that it stands for and represents.

     Who are those that would transform our country into something it was never intended to be?  Who are those who would betray their own country, deny the concept of American Exceptionalism, and teach our young folks that America is and always has been the world’s greatest evil and the cause of all planetary suffering, torment, and turmoil?  Again, simple.  They are America’s Liberals and their weapon of choice, of course, is Liberalism.  They were born, raised, and bred here and, tragically, have grown to loathe and despise the nation that gave them everything they have – especially their freedom.  They truly believe that the United States does not deserve the success it has had and that, indeed, we have become the world’s most powerful and wealthiest nation in history by nefarious and underhanded means.  According to these anti-American types, we have roamed the planet pillaging and looting the wealth of others to enrich our own coffers.  We have raped, killed, and enslaved the poor on a global scale but never more egregiously than within our own borders.  They claim that we hate all those who are not Caucasian and that we view so-called people of color as somewhat less than human.

     For these and other sins too numerous to mention the United States must be brought to its knees, destroyed as it presently exists, and be reduced to the level of Third Worldism to which the vast majority of mankind has been consigned since the beginning of recorded history.  These are America’s real enemies and are far more dangerous to our existence than the emergence of forces like ISIS or Mr. Putin in Russia.  Liberalism is the force that will destroy the United States not some foreign enemy or threat.  The forces of globalism and one-worldism within our nation are far more dangerous to our survival than some bomb-tossing maniac who wants only to die for Allah!  It is the Liberals in our midst who represent the ultimate threat to America’s continued success and prosperity not some foreigner bent on territorial expansion or ideological hegemony!  Most Americans, however, simply cannot conceive of this.  They can’t wrap their minds around the concept of American citizens hating America much the same way they don’t get the notion that Americans have actually twice elected a President who literally despises America.  It just doesn’t compute.  It makes them uncomfortable, as it should, and they therefore tend to ignore and underplay it and that’s what Liberals and Liberalism bank on.  By the time most of us wake up to the threat that is Liberalism, it will already be too late and the country that we love will be gone.  All we’ll be able to do by that point is ask ourselves, “What the fuck happened?”

     Not so the Three Percenters as well as other groups out there (see, for example, The Oath Keepers Rant: Not On Our Watch! of 11/30/09).  They are very well aware of the nefarious forces that threaten us from within and are not at all shy about sharing that knowledge with anyone who cares to listen.  For this and other reasons, they are invariably portrayed as nuts, kooks, and ne’er-do-wells by those who do not understand their Paul Revere like warning or by those on the other side who do their damndest to shut them up and shut them down!  A piece entitled, “Anti-Government Hate Militias OnThe Rise (http://cnn.com),” points to the rise of, “a new breed of anti-government paramilitary organizations that have proliferated during the Obama presidency.”  It continues that, “their members are self-styled patriots armed and ready for a new American Revolution.  They warn of martial law, seizure of guns, and imposition of global government complete with forced internment camps and mass executions.”

     The article goes on to introduce a term that I’d never before heard when it explains that, “when love of country is mixed with fear of the government and hate for the president, that’s when you become a Hatriot.”  Hatriot?  Now there’s something to think about.  If one professes to love the United States but is afraid of a virtually uncontrolled, unlimited, unchecked, and unfettered federal government then that qualifies one as being a Hatriot – a hater?  Well, let’s see here.  I love my country and realize that without it my life would be absolutely and irrevocably impacted for the worse.  I also simultaneously hate, loathe, despise, and fear this massive, out of control, freedom-destroying federal monstrosity in Washington, DC, that resembles not at all the one created by our Founding Fathers all those years ago.  Does this qualify me as a Hatriot?

     Well, there are certainly things going on in present day America that I do hate so maybe I can correctly be called a genuine, bone-fide hater if not an actual Hatriot.  I hate Liberalism and those who champion that loathsome, destructive, and un-American philosophy.  I hate the concept of an all-powerful, out of control federal government that is rapidly destroying individual freedom and rights in this nation.  I hate those individuals and groups that either can’t or won’t recognize the greatness that is America or the concept of American Exceptionalism.  I do indeed hate those who purposely distort and blatantly lie about America’s history and historic role in the world to our younger generations in order that they never develop a sense of patriotism or love of country.  I hate the idea and reality that more and more Americans have become utterly dependent on government for virtually all of their wants and needs and have completely eschewed long-held and cherished American traditions like self-reliance, rugged individualism, and personal responsibility for their actions.

     Additionally, I hate those self-serving and self-aggrandizing politicians who so routinely turn their backs on their electorate and who refuse to defend us from enemies of the Constitution be they foreign or domestic.  I hate the fact that today’s immigrants no longer come here to be Americans but rather to grab the goodies available to them but believe they owe nothing in return – including loyalty to the United States.  I hate the fact that our President is fulfilling his promise to fundamentally transform America into something that more resembles some Third World Socialist Shithole rather than the greatest nation that God ever gave mankind.  I hate the fact that those among us who loathe and despise America as historically founded and presently constituted are succeeding in destroying it while at the same time most Americans, tragically, in lemming-like fashion seem content to blindly rush over the precipice to their own demise.  This, by the way, constitutes but the short list of the negative currents and trends that I notice in the United States today and have come to firmly believe that it is getting to the point of no return and that fixing what has gone so terribly wrong may no longer be possible.

     Well, the Three Percenters out there do not fall into the lemming class.  They will not lose the country they love and revere without a fight and while they may go down one day, I doubt they’ll go down with their hands in the air!  People who are this serious about defending their God-given rights and freedoms tend not to “fit” the norm and are seen as way out there on the fringe of American society.  They do not conform to the sadly correct characterization of the fat, happy, complacent, and lazy American of the 21^st Century.  They are unwilling, to put it mildly, to give up what so many before them fought and died to establish and preserve.  They are not buffoons, clowns, or caricatures and are more than just a tad bit serious concerning their devotion to this country and all that made it great.

     A piece entitled, “The Three Percenter’s Make-Believe Army (http://www.captainsjournal.com),” quotes an article from Politicus USA, which dismisses and disparages groups like the Three Percenters.  It maintains that, “a child’s imagination, fantasies, and make believe is a wonder to behold but when grown men that should be holding down a real job instead of fantasizing they are in a revolutionary war against the United States government and use firearms to confront refugee children, their fantasy makes them traitors against America and cowards for laying in wait for child refugees fleeing violence in Central America.”  Traitors?  Cowards?  That’s pretty damned strong language especially when whoever wrote the Politicus screed offers not a single shred of evidentiary support.  Referring to the recent flood of illegal alien children crossing our southern border, I defy anyone to point to even one instance of the Three Percenters confronting children with firearms.  Any takers out there?  I didn’t think so.  As far as the charge of treason goes, I’m sure that our founders and many who fought and died for the American Revolution were referred to as traitors to Great Britain but that didn’t make them wrong.  They fought for what they believed and their eventual victory made the world a far better place both then and now.

  

     The same article goes on to say that the Three Percenter’s, “core belief is a willingness to offer violent resistance to the United States government, something definitely NOT in the U.S. Constitution they support.”  No Shit, Sherlock!  Ya Fucking think!?!  It may not, in fact, be in our Constitutin but it sure as Shit is right there in our Declaration of Independence written in bold and uncompromising English for all the world to see!  If the numb-nut fool who wrote the above quoted drivel had ever bothered to read the Declaration he’d know that Mr. Jefferson insisted that when a government – any government – attempted to destroy the rights of the people then the people had a moral duty and obligation to destroy that government and establish a new one that would preserve and protect those rights and freedoms.  It used to be that any well-educated sixth grader would have known that but apparently this is no longer the case.  The author of the Politicus piece concludes that Three Percenters and their ilk, “need to be crushed with tanks and gunships. You can’t let these anti-American domestic terrorists get away with anything,” and that these, “folks are completely delusional if they think for one moment that they can successfully go up against a government with the ability to squash them like the roaches they are with all of its firepower.”

     Squash them?  Roaches?  Tanks and gunships?  Wow!!  I posited earlier that those who vehemently oppose Three Percenter types do so because they view them as a viable threat.  Herschel Smith who authored the Make Believe Army piece notes that for, “readers of Politicus, USA, I won’t try to educate you on the finer points of the foundations for civil society, but I will simply say to you the following:  you have no idea what’s coming, how bad it’s going to be, or how to stop it once it begins.  And there is nothing make believe about men who are morally committed, called by God, and dedicated to the very end to ideals you treat as a mere punchline.”  Very well said, indeed, and thoroughly accurate and on point.  The Liberal Pukes in our midst do in fact treat concepts like patriotism, nationalism, limited government, and First Principles as no more than punchlines with no more relevance or meaning than some late night talk show monologue.  The fact that we’ve fallen so far from the days of our Founding is a tragic commentary on the state of the nation since the the American Revolution.

  

     For those out there who are curious, the name Three Percenters derives from the 3% of the colonial population who not only supported the cause of independence from England but were willing to fight and die to make it a reality.  The traditional breakdown of the colonists regarding independence usually runs that something like one-third favored independence, one-third wanted to remain a part of the British Empire, and about one-third didn’t give a damn one way or the other.  Of that one-third who favored a break from the Mother Country, roughly 3% were willing to violently oppose English tyranny, thus the name of the group under consideration.  This time, however, they are not fighting some distant, far away colonial power but our own government which they view as equally oppressive as that of old King George.  A piece entitled, “Sipsey Street Irregulars (http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com),” explains that during, “the American Revolution, the active forces in the field against the king’s tyranny never amounted to more than 3% of the colonists.  They were in turn actively supported by perhaps 10% of the population.  In addition to these revolutionaries were perhaps another 20% who favored their cause but did little or nothing to support it.”  Thus we get the traditionally accepted number of about one-third of the colonists who favored American independence.  The piece goes on to say that, “History, for good or ill, is made by determined minorities.”

     The author explains that, “We are one such minority,” but, “so too are the current enemies of the Founders’ Republic.  What remains then, is the test of will and skill to determine who shall shape the future of our nation.”  The future of our nation.  Now there’s a concept that most Americans don’t really think about all that much.  After all, why should they?  Most of us today are just too busy with life’s more mundane trials and tribulations and, quite simply, have more immediate problems to confront and overcome.  How secure, for example are their jobs and businesses in today’s economic environment?  Will they be able to pay the mortgage and utilities this month and where’s the money coming from to pay for the kid’s college or private school education?  Will they be able to afford gas for the car or put food on the table given what’s going on at the pumps or in the meat aisle of the local super market?  Will I be able to afford the ever-growing tax burden that government at all levels seems to willy-nilly and with no rhyme or reason place on the backs of ordinary American citizens who are just trying to make ends meet the best they can?

     Most of us today simply don’t spend a lot of time worrying about lost rights and the slow, steady erosion of freedom.  Daily life just seems to get in the way of such weighty and lofty considerations.  That’s why groups like the Three Percenters and others are more important than most of us seem to realize.  They act as a thorn in the side or perhaps a burr under the saddle, so to speak.  Their presence reminds us that all is indeed not well and these folks know it and are warning the rest of us out here, a minority though they may be, that their anger and frustration are growing beyond the point of containment.  Yeah, yeah, so what?  These guys are just a tiny percent of the population and certainly can’t represent a credible threat to the status quo, can they?  Remember the mark referenced above about the role of determined minorities.  Remember too, our own Revolution, the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Chinese Revolution, and the numerous Mexican and Latin American Revolutions.  All of them were initiated by small, tiny minorities who had reached the point where they believed they had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by overthrowing the existing power structure.

     These Three Percenter types, then, are not without successful historical precedent.  The article goes on to note that the, “Three Percenters are gun owners who will not disarm, will not compromise and will no longer back up at the passage of the next gun control act.  Three Percenters say quite explicitly that we will not obey any further circumscription of our traditional liberties and will defend ourselves if attacked.”  Additionally, “we intend to maintain our God-given natural rights to liberty and property, and that means most especially the right to keep and bear arms.”  It seems that we have here a bunch of folks who are more than thoroughly fed up with the direction in which our nation has evolved since its Founding, have drawn the proverbial line in the sand, and are apparently very well armed.  This, by the way, is how any revolution begins and those out there who mock, ridicule, and dismiss these American citizens had perhaps better start taking them seriously.  Just a thought.  The piece concludes by warning that, “we are committed to the restoration of the Founders’ republic, and we are willing to fight, die and, if forced by any would-be oppressor, to kill in defense of ourselves and the Constitution that we all took an oath to uphold against enemies foreign and domestic.”  You think these guys are just kidding?  I sure as Hell don’t.

     That groups like the Three Percenters are routinely and casually misunderstood, maligned, and slandered is not at all surprising.  Any person or group who dares to challenge the status quo is normally scrutinized carefully by those who have a vested interest in maintaining and perpetuating business as usual.  Today’s patriotic organizations are consistently lied about, targeted, and pursued by agents of the government that view them as even a remote threat that must be constantly watched, surveiled, and even harassed.  The current administration, however, has raised this kind of activity to new heights.  Groups like the Tea Party, for example, are constantly audited by Obama’s IRS goons and are routinely denied tax exempt status which effectively stops them from organizing politically and raising funds to promote their causes.  Obama and the Boys have gone way past the point of mere paranoia when it comes to individuals and groups who disagree with them and think absolutely nothing of destroying their rights as American citizens in order to shut them up and make them go away.  That’s about as un-American as it gets and yet those in power seem perennially surprised and shocked when outfits like the Three Percenters raise their voices in protest against the heavy-handed tactics employed by government.

     Our Socialist-in-Chief seems not to realize or comprehend that there still exist out here Americans who jealously and zealously want to preserve and protect our freedom and liberty.  A piece entitled, “The Patriot Movement-The Three Percenters (http://mymindwon’tstop.blogspot.com),” speaks directly to this point.  The author notes that the, “the patriot movement has been gaining a lot of steam lately. With the insanity surrounding the current administration, it’s no wonder people are waking up to the fact that they are at risk of losing the basic liberties that we’ve all taken for granted for so long.”  The piece continues that, “so far this year, I’ve witnessed our President, as well as local governments, put our right to assemble, due process, keep and bear arms, right to be free of unwarranted searches and seizures, right of state sovereignty, as well as a litany of other essential liberties being threatened and perverted in such a manner that the Founding Fathers would be rolling over in their graves right now.”  Each of these violations of our Constitutional rights, by the way, can be easily documented and verified should you choose to spend the time doing so.

     The article goes on to note that the Three Percenters have been falsely maligned and dismissed as nothing more than a bunch of dissatisfied racists and wild-eyed anti-government conspiracy nuts with just too much damned time on their hands and not enough to keep them busy.  This characterization may be convenient but it is certainly for the most part not true and is used to paint a picture of them as nothing more than a bunch of crazed, Far Right radicals who hate everyone and everything that doesn’t fit their concept of what America should be and who Americans really are.  In fact, the author of the piece does a very credible job of dispelling that myth and explaining who the Three Percenters actually are.  He notes that if one goes to the website of the Utah State Militia, for example, you will actually find a, “warning to racists, anti-government, potential terrorists, and hate mongers alike.  It clearly states that while they may not like those who are currently running the government, they respect the system and the seats in government. In short, the Utah States Militia is an organization dedicated to the preservation of our form of government.” How does that fit the stereotype normally presented to us of these modern-day patriotic groups?

     Additionally, the author explains that, “modern patriots, by and large, are not racists.  We are not hate groups.  We are not anti-government.”  Who, then, are these folks?  The piece notes that we, “are families.  We are husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters who care about this country and we are concerned about the direction it is heading.  We are hard working, independent thinking people.  We are your neighbors.”  Furthermore, we are, “the people who come to your house when your furnace breaks down, or the real estate agent you know.  We are the people up the road that you can count on when you need to borrow an egg or a cup of sugar.  We are the first ones you call when you need a quick hand with a project in your back yard.”  Do these guys sound so fearful and threatening that the government needs to watch them and place them on lists or do they sound like people you know in your town or city?  So, then, wherein lies the difference between “them” and most of the rest of us? 

     Here it is in a nutshell.  The writer explains that the, “difference between us and the rest of the mainstream people is that we are awake now, and we are concerned about what is happening to our country and liberty.  We are afraid that if we don’t make a stand now by actively engaging in our political process, demonstrating, protesting, and voting, we will lose what little we have left in terms of essential liberties that are supposed to be inalienable.”  Sounds to me like we’re dealing with a bunch of concerned Americans worried about the condition and future of their nation.  Does this sound particularly radical, revolutionary, or outrageous to you?  No, me either.

     The Three Percenters seem adept at recognizing the current state of affairs in America and are adamant in their refusal to silently acquiesce to a status quo that seems Hell-bent on destroying the heritage and traditions that have made the United States such a great and unique country.  They desperately want to hold on to and preserve that nation and will not give it up without a struggle – no matter what the cost.  They also seem to believe that most of us want to get back to the concept of a limited government and not, “some overgrown monstrosity that serves to do nothing more than run our lives from cradle to grave and tax & fine our very livelihood every step of the way.”  Is there anyone out there who could seriously disagree with that last comment?  Well yeah, there are literally tens upon tens of millions who would.  Why?  It’s not because the statement isn’t true or can’t be proven.  It seems, rather, to be a function of a vast ignorance and malaise that grips our population to the point of complete apathy and inaction.  Sadly, even tragically, most Americans no longer know our own history and could not tell you what’s in our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Declaration of Independence.  They simply have no idea and therefore are completely unaware that they are losing their rights and freedoms because they no longer know what they are.  That is a sad commentary for a nation famous for championing and espousing individual rights and freedoms and has always been the leader of the world in defending and maintaining them.  A nation that has abandoned its past can lay no claim to a secure and bright future.  A country that ignores and rejects its founding has no right to expect anything from leaders whose sole purpose seems to be nothing more than solidifying and expanding their own power.  Groups like the Three Percenters are mortified by this turn of events while most of the country does not seem to share or even understand their concern and therefore don’t take them seriously.

     The author of the article notes that, “most patriots agree, this nation has way overstepped its constitutional limitations.  And most patriots agree, it’s our own damn fault.  We have been asleep at the wheel far too long.”  There it is folks.  We as a nation have stopped vigilantly guarding our precious rights and freedoms and once we are no longer willing to defend them, we will inevitably lose them.  Well, groups like the Three Percenters do guard those hard fought for rights and freedoms and are warning the rest of us to wake the FUCK UP!  Folks like the Three Percenters maintain that they are, “liberty loving men and women who want to see the rights we have enjoyed for so long preserved for our children and their children.  We are engaging politically.”  What further sets them apart, however, is that they are also, “preparing for a worst case scenario.  Much like the men and women of colonial America, we are not going to be caught off guard or left unprepared.”  Does this last statement contain what might be construed as a veiled threat or warning?  Well, actually yes it does.  The article goes on to inform us that, “By bullet or ballot, we threepers are dedicated to the cause of liberty,” and, “to put it bluntly, we have not ruled out violence as a last resort in our political process.”  Well, there you have it.  If push ever comes to shove, these guys are ready to push and shove back.  The rest of us may laugh and snicker at people like these but they are certainly neither laughing nor snickering.  They truly believe that, “when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”  For those of you who think that this sentiment sounds vaguely familiar, I congratulate you for it hearkens straight back to our Declaration of Independence and perfectly paraphrases the words of Thomas Jefferson.  Some of you out there may have actually heard of the man.

     Thus far, the Three Percenters sound like particularly concerned American citizens who are afraid that the country is quite literally being stolen away from them by forces antithetical to the very principles that the nation was founded upon.  They are frustrated, fed up, and increasingly angry at the impotence and apathy evinced by most Americans out here.  They do not understand and cannot comprehend the idea of American citizens not defending and safeguarding our precious rights and freedoms.  They are totally flummoxed at the inability, the utter refusal, of most Americans to even recognize the fact that our Republic is indeed in dire straits and is actually in danger of disappearing altogether.  They are also fed up by those on the other side characterizing and dismissing them as merely anti-government nuts and crazies who roam the countryside frothing at the mouth while firing bullets into the air.  These guys are, in fact, pro-government and want to return America to something that at least faintly resembles the government so brilliantly crafted and created by our Founding Fathers more than two centuries ago.  What seems to put most people off is the fact that the Three Percenters are gun owners who claim that they will in fact use those weapons to defend and uphold the Constitution and all that it embodies and entails.  The “complacent” American is simply not used to this type of rhetoric in the age of Big Brother, unconstitutional Executive Branch power grabs, and self-serving political leadership.

 

     A piece entitled, “What Is A Three Percenter? (http://americanwarning.com),” maintains that most, “people who claim to be Three Percenters have a fairly strong handle on history and the context with which it brings.  They are responsible, freedom loving Americans.  They are family oriented.  They care, because they want our nation to last, not fail.  Many are also highly educated or have some kind of foundation that allows them the appropriate context necessary to align themselves with such ideals.  But anti-government?  Racist?  No way!”  Furthermore, the article explains that rather than being anti-government, “Three Percenters are very much pro-government – that adheres to constitutionally authorized functions.  This basically defines equality, unalienable rights, and civil liberties.  They are not hot heads seeking a fight.”  Additionally, “Three Percenters are about restoring Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, and even constitutionally aligned Federalism – a system of government where sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (such as states or provinces), but where states hold the power as defined by the 10^th Amendment.”  (see the Tenth Amendment Rant of 9/20/11)

     I really can’t find much to criticize about a group that loves this country and wants to return it to its historic roots.  I really can’t find much to criticize about a group that understands the ideal of American Exceptionalism and demands a return to it.  I really can’t find much to criticize about a group that would defend our nation as historically founded and presently constituted.  I do know that without groups like the Three Percenters safeguarding and defending our precious rights and freedoms and warning us of their eminent demise by a monstrously out of control federal government, we’d all be much worse off and will have come that much closer to losing the country we love.  Have you ever heard of the canary in the coal mine?  Be real careful when the birds stop singing!

Much Luv Y’all and Have a Great Day!

The Fifth Horseman

(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)

        

     

      

The Loss of America’s National Identity Rant

     Most of us know who we are.  Most normal adults have a fairly well defined sense of self.  Most mature individuals have a clear idea of where we came from, how we got where we are, and within broad limits where we are heading.  We have a pretty clear notion of the forces, both internal and external, that shaped and molded us as individuals and members of our own particular communities.  We have taken on an individual identity that serves to inform us and those with whom we interact as to the kinds of people we are and what can and cannot be expected of us.  We have developed over time our own persona, characteristics, and world view.  This sense of individual or personal identity helps to define our own societal niche and gives us a sense of place, time, and direction.  Because most of us have that fairly well defined sense of individual identity, we are able to cope with and fit into the world around us and successfully navigate the inevitable obstacles and pitfalls with which all of us are confronted at every stage of our development.

     Have you ever, for example, said about someone you know something like, “He’s just not himself today,” or, “she’s behaving completely out of character,”?  Of course you have and others have certainly made the same observations about you.  When that individual whom you recognize as a mean, nasty, morose son of a bitch who wouldn’t normally give you the right time of day comes on all friendly, smiling, and eager to please you know something’s not right.  When that person whom you usually identify as someone who is happy, friendly, and carefree sits soundlessly alone in a corner staring into space you realize that something is off, out of place, and abnormal.  It simply isn’t who they are and those around them instantly recognize it.  Their behavior is out of sync with the personal or individual identities which have come to define them and their relationships and interactions with those around them.

     That’s not to say, however, that we are necessarily happy or satisfied with who we are.  That’s not to say that we wouldn’t like to change or improve or that if given the opportunity we wouldn’t have done things a little differently in the hopes of a better outcome.  All of us have looked back and asked, “What if?”  Regardless of any misgivings or self-doubt, however, by the time we reach adulthood, we know pretty much who we are.  We have a well-defined individual identity and sense of self-worth.  That’s what gives life a sense of normalcy, well-being, and even a certain level of predictability.  Suppose, however, you woke up one morning and all of that was gone – just gone.  I’ve heard of this phenomenon in cases of total amnesia which, I understand, is exceedingly rare.  Let’s just suppose that this is the case.  You went to bed one night in a well-defined and ordered world and the next day you had absolutely no memory of anything or anybody.  You don’t recognize your surroundings and you have no memory of family, friends, or acquaintances.  It’s all gone.  You can’t remember where you came from, where you’ve been, and have absolutely no clue as to who you are or where you’re going.  I really can’t think of too many scenarios more frightening or devastating than that.  You’ve lost who you are and what has defined you and there’s just no way of getting it back.

     Without a past, there can be no future that makes any kind of sense at all.  Without a past, nothing is familiar, safe, or reliable.  Without the past, that sense of individual identity, the future must be a truly  frightening and horrific prospect and one to be dreaded rather than welcomed.  Confusion and uncertainty reign supreme and all semblance of self-confidence and optimism vanish into the ether.  I’ve heard of similar phenomenon experienced by those poor bastards who have lived through year after year of unrelenting warfare or perhaps horrific natural disasters.  Their memories may be intact but everything they have known has been utterly destroyed and everyone who defined their lives is dead or has disappeared never to be seen or heard from again.  They are like ships at sea adrift in unfamiliar and dangerous waters with no anchor or rudder.  They are without direction or purpose and cannot set a course that will take them anyplace they want to be for they don’t know where that is or what they might find upon reaching some unknown and distant shore.

     The concept of an individual loss of self is relatively easy to grasp and comprehend because the phenomenon is confined to individuals and those with whom they associate.  It is limited in scope and time and while it may be truly tragic, it does not normally have an impact on the larger or collective society.  Is it, however, possible for an entire country to suffer from a loss of national identity?  Can such a thing actually happen?  Can we as a country forget where we came from, who we are as a people, and where it is that we are going?  Ponder that possibility for a moment or two and see where it takes you.  Is the loss of our collective identity as a distinct and unique national entity something that can possibly occur?  Can an entire nation suffer from some form of group or collective amnesia in which the past is forgotten, the present undefinable, and the future is at best unclear, unknowable, and completely unpredictable?  Can an entire country somehow receive a huge, overwhelming, and devastating whack to the head that renders it incapable of remembering its past, recognizing its present, or looking optimistically to the future?

     Unfortunately, the answer to these questions is an undeniable and resounding YES!  All one has to do is remove one’s head from the sand or perhaps pry it loose from your ass, look around, and the answer becomes more than just a little obvious to those who are willing to honestly assess the current state of the nation.  America is indeed losing its national identity and character or rather I should more accurately posit that it has been stolen from us while we blissfully slept the sleep of the apathetic, the ignorant, and the unwary.  The thieves who have purloined our identity are members of what I have dubbed the LFE (Liberal Fucking Elite) and the weapon they have relentlessly used against us is Far Left Liberalism which they wield as expertly as does the woodsman hefting his double-bladed axe!  For the most part, these Liberals are fellow Americans born, bred, and raised here whose defining trait is a deep and never ending loathing for this country as historically founded and presently constituted.

     They have been waging a vicious and ceaseless war on the United States, its traditions, and institutions since at least FDR’s New Deal which was further exacerbated by the whole 1960’s phenomenon – easily the most destructive decade in our history.  That war rages on to the present day and I believe that they are winning hands down.  By the time the smoke clears and the dust settles they will have succeeded in transforming the greatest nation God ever gave mankind into something it was never intended to be.  If our Founding Fathers could but see the horrific damage they have wrought, they’d be spinning in their graves at warp speed and demanding a second American Revolution against an over-reaching, intrusive government which makes that of old King George seem like a utopian paradise!

     What exactly do these Liberal saboteurs object to about the nation that nurtured them and gave them the freedom to set about destroying it?  In a word, everything!  All those traits that have historically defined us as a nation and formed our unique national identity-character are anathema to them.  First and foremost, it seems to me this country was founded with a tremendous and unbounded sense of optimism.  To even think and dream that thirteen upstart colonies could actually militarily defeat the greatest, most formidable war machine on the planet demanded an absolutely unbridled sense of optimism.  Optimism, of course, does not and cannot exist without a concomitant sense of hope and even in the darkest days of our Revolution when all seemed lost, that resounding emotion of hope kept the dream of freedom alive.  With our eventual victory over the British monarchy, optimism and hope were conjoined with a tremendous and overwhelming sense of confidence in and for the future.  Having defeated Imperial England, there was simply nothing the new nation couldn’t accomplish.  No obstacle was deemed too great and no problem couldn’t be solved.  This was, after all, the United States of America where no dream was too small and no aspiration relegated to insignificance.  Optimism, hope, and confidence.  Cornerstones – building blocks – of America’s national identity and character.

     Look around you, sport.  Tell me what you see.  How much optimism, hope, and confidence do you detect out there?  Yeah, that’s what I thought too.  Liberalism has waged an unrelenting and merciless attack on those uniquely American traits for as long as I can remember – and I go back a ways.  The last thing these Bastards want to see is an America that is optimistic, hopeful, and confident and they’ve been doing their damndest to destroy any vestige of them as quickly and as permanently as they can especially under the reign of President Barry Boy!  Take a gander at any of the relevant indices normally employed to gauge the health and vitality of the country.  Let’s see, how about the state of employment or more specifically the lack thereof.  The administration claims – falsely and knowingly – that unemployment stands at around 6.3% which, by the way, is just a load of happy horseshit!  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics U-6 number, the unemployment level stands at closer to 13% and I’ve seen credible studies that put that figure at over 30%!  There are now approaching one hundred million able-bodied Americans who are no longer in the work force but would certainly like to be.  The vast majority of new jobs created since Obamacare kicked in have been part time as in less than thirty hours per week because hiring full-timers means the employer must absorb the prohibitive costs of health care.  The Labor Force Participation Rate is at its lowest level since the 1970’s and something like half of the last five or six years of college graduates either can’t find employment at all or those jobs they do manage to secure have nothing whatsoever to do with their primary areas of study or training.  These folks are quickly running out of hope and optimism and their confidence levels are completely in the crapper.  They no longer believe in these defining elements of the American national identity or character.  They have become overwhelmingly pessimistic about their futures and very doubtful about realizing what used to be called the Promise of America or the vaunted American Dream.

     This is exactly what the Liberals amongst us want, desire, need, and demand.  They must have a population devoid of hope, optimism, and confidence.  They absolutely require a pathetically disillusioned and disappointed populace that has essentially given up and surrendered and are willing to accept their lot as the oft spoken of, “New Normal.”  A reality of low expectations, lower outcomes, and even lower dreams.  These kinds of folks are easily led, swayed, and persuaded by demagogic promises, empty though they may be.  These are the types of folks who either eagerly or reluctantly turn to government – Big Brother – for solutions and panaceas.  As government dependence grows, it becomes accepted as normal and so does the loss of freedom that must by definition accompany that phenomenon.  Current examples of this dependence are easily identifiable and are growing exponentially.  More than fifty million of us are now on Food Stamps and that number continues to increase.  More and more of our fellow citizens are opting for almost two years of unemployment insurance and if that well should ever run dry, they’ll move right into SSDI.  More and more Americans are looking for hand-outs while fewer and fewer of us seem to want to stand up and make it on our own.  These phenomenon are a slap in the face to America’s traditional national identity and character and many of us look around at what’s become of our country and simply don’t know where the fuck we are!

     Another defining element of America’s national identity has been an unwavering belief in the very real concept of American Exceptionalism that has done so much to define who we are as a nation and a people.  This sense of exceptionalism has made the United States unique in the annals of human history for until we came along nothing like us had ever graced the world stage.  Yet today, virtually no one including the vast number of our fellow citizens have even clue number one as to its meaning and significance.  It is a completely misunderstood concept and ideal especially by our very own Loser – in – Chief and his allies among the LFE.  Fairly recently, he claimed to recognize the ideal of American Exceptionalism but went on to state that he was quite certain Greeks felt that their nation was exceptional as did the Brits and any other national entity with its own borders, language, and culture.  In that sense, he seemed to be saying, that all nations are exceptional in their own way and therefore American Exceptionalism was in no way particularly exceptional.  Yeah, I know.  That’s kind of tough to follow.  If you doubt this, just review any of Obama’s Apologize For America Tours in which he consistently and unashamedly takes great pride in bowing and scraping to the leaders of other nations many of whom are some of the most brutal dictators on the planet.  He apologizes to the world for our very existence at every turn and extols the virtues and attributes of anything that is non or un-American like the United Nations.  Our Blowhard – in – Chief has no concept or clue as to what American Exceptionalism refers to nor does he understand what it is to be an American.

     American Exceptionalism has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with us being better people than anyone else on the planet.  Our genetic makeup, our DNA, or the structure of our chromosomes and molecules are biologically no better than any other example of Homo Sapien presently occupying the globe.  It has nothing to do with being inherently superior human beings.  It has, however, everything to do with our system of self-governance and self-rule which has indeed made us exceptional and unique among all the world’s nations.  Take a look at our Declaration of Independence.  Read our Constitution and Bill of Rights and most importantly remember WHEN they were written and the context under which they were born.  They are undisputed testimony to the unalterable, immutable fact that America was indeed the lone exception to the way the world had been governed and ruled since the very beginning of recorded history.  Indeed, the world had never seen anything like us before because up until that time nothing like us had ever existed.

 

     Until we showed up, the world had been ruled by monarchs, despots, autocrats, dictators and the like.  Those who were ruled had two choices.  Obey or die – that was pretty much it.  Those who were governed had absolutely nothing to say about how they were governed or who did the governing.  If you were not a member of the ruling elite, you had no choices and certainly no options.  Changing the system by definition meant fierce and violent revolution against the existing power structure and were always accompanied by rivers of blood in the streets.  There was no other way.  This was simply the way of the world and nothing would ever change that – no way, no how!  And then came America and boy did we ever change the status quo.  Talk about rocking the proverbial boat – well I guess!!  

      

     For the first time in the history of history, the common people actually counted for something more than just cannon fodder and a source of revenue.  We came up with this really weird concept of unalienable and individual rights, liberty, and freedom.  We developed the strange notion that our rights emanated not from man but from God and, therefore, no mere mortal could take them away.  Mr. Jefferson went so far as to insist that whenever government attempted to destroy the rights and freedoms of the people, the people had a solemn duty and obligation to destroy that government and replace it with another which would protect and preserve our God-given rights.  Can you believe this radical shit?!?  No one spoke that way back then and no one believed that stuff back then.  Except Us!  We became the lone exception to thousands upon thousands of years of world history and we were damned proud of it!  This is the quintessential definition of American Exceptionalism and it has been since our inception a keystone of the American national identity and character.  It has defined us as a people, a nation, and a culture.  At the time, there was no other national entity in the world that held this view and even today most of the globe is governed by brutal and deadly tyrants, thugs, and strong men who recognize no authority but their own and to whom the concepts of freedom and liberty are anathema.

     We were the ones, the only ones, that demanded a limited, small central government whose power was severely restricted and curtailed.  We were the ones who hatched the radical concept that the individual counted for far more than some distant, far off anonymous centralized government.  Only us and nobody else!  We were the guys who valued concepts like rugged individualism as well as individual responsibility.  Just us and nobody else!  America was the place, the only place, where caste and class mattered not a whit and the individual could rise as far as his natural talents and ambition would take him and where the only limits to success were almost always those that were self-imposed.  All things were possible in America while they were literally impossible anywhere else on the planet.  This is the definition of American Exceptionalism and it has never been replicated anywhere else on the globe.  The word exceptional does not come even close to adequately describing the American experience, American history, and the American legacy to humanity.

     Well, folks, look around you.  Tell me what you see and hear.  Do you notice friends, relatives, and acquaintances talking this way about our country?  No, you don’t.  Do our young people evince pride in America and the amazing contributions we have made toward the progress of mankind?  Do our young ‘uns learn the history of this country as it actually unfolded or are they continuously, relentlessly, and incessantly bombarded with a completely negative and false image and depiction of the United States purposely designed to stamp out and destroy pride and patriotism?  You already know the answer if you’re willing to be even a just a little bit honest with yourself.  Things like pride and patriotism must be taught both at home and at school for they are not embedded in our DNA.  If they are not taught, then obviously they can never be learned and then passed on.  Our schools are completely dominated by card-carrying members of the Liberal Fucking Elite whose main mission in life seems to be turning our young people against their own country, de-emphasizing feelings of pride and nationalism in America, and extolling the virtues of all things anti-American.  These home-grown enemies of our country are indeed responsible for the loss of our nation’s traditional national identity and character.  They must be fought against and defeated if America is to continue to progress and prosper.

     Yet another defining element of America’s national identity is our magnificent, unrivalled socio-economic system of Free Market Capitalism.  There are not enough superlatives in the English language to adequately describe it and the amazing benefits it has bestowed upon the United States and its citizens.  Capitalism has allowed the United States to become the wealthiest nation in the history of the planet in an amazingly short period of time.  It has also made us the most powerful and most generous country that the world has ever known.  The world has never experienced anything like it nor will it ever be replicated.  Not surprisingly, this system could only have grown up and flourished in the United States of America – here and nowhere else.

     Capitalism, you see, depends on freedom both unfettered and unblemished.  It is a system in which individuals are free to enter into any legal financial and social arrangement they choose.  It is completely voluntary in nature and there is absolutely no coercion involved.  It is built upon the association of free men freely engaged in their own economic pursuits.  These individuals – entrepreneurs – are free to take risks and free to prosper beyond their wildest dreams.  They are also completely free to fail.  In this system, the individual is free to pursue any field of endeavor regardless of class, gender, race, or ethnicity without interference from some all-powerful, centralized government.  Capitalism is based upon the wants, needs, and desires of the consumer and those best able and willing to provide them.

     Capitalism has nothing to do with the all too familiar and oppressive top-down systems normally associated with command and control economies.  In these, all economic considerations emanate from those who control society and dictate to the individual what he or she can and cannot have or can and cannot do.  Command and control economies are found only in authoritarian or state-controlled societies where the individual counts for less than nothing but must be sacrificed on the altar of some nebulous and nefarious thing called the, “Greater Good.”  Systems like these make slaves, not free men.  Systems like these destroy freedom, initiative, and opportunity.  They destroy the human spirit and subjugate it to the whims, demands, and proclivities of an elite few who have a literal death grip on the throats of their countrymen.  Conversely, Capitalism unleashes man’s competitive spirit and leads toward tremendous progress, improvement, and invention like nowhere else in the world.  Under Capitalism, the creative juices do not merely flow but rather they gush!  Capitalism leaves the individual to his own devices.  It allows people the freedom to pursue their own goals and aspirations with a very minimum of government interference, obstruction, and malfeasance.  Capitalism creates an environment that allows and encourages the individual to dream and create and has caused the United States to become the most successful nation the world has ever seen or will see again.  

 

     Well, once again, look around you.  How is our Free Market Capitalist System faring under or anti-American Socialist – in -  Chief?  It is being systematically and rapidly destroyed and decimated in favor of a system that has failed miserably everywhere and every time it’s been tried.  El Destructo, for example, has purposely removed literally trillions of dollars from the private sector and transferred that wealth to the public sector.  This absolutely destroys the ability of business in our country to expand, grow, and hire additional employees.  This by definition increases unemployment, increases dependence on government, and leads to a tremendous loss of productivity, initiative, and creativity which have been bedrocks of our national identity and character since our inception.  The Sonofabitch – in – Chief constantly declares that he is fighting mightily and even heroically to reduce unemployment levels in America while, in fact, every damn policy he champions has the exact opposite effect.  He is bound and determined to reduce our nation to the level of many Third World Shitholes where the population is characterized by idleness, hopelessness, and poverty.  This inevitably leads to a tremendous dependence on government rather than self-reliance, freedom, and opportunity.  These are utterly destructive to our system of Free Market Capitalism and thus to American prosperity.  It is as inevitable as night following day and is precisely the end desired by the LFE in our midst.

     These Rat Bastards are succeeding, for example, in completely destroying the finest health and health care system in the history of the world.  Our health care system, by the way, could only have developed in a Free Market Capitalist economy and society which allowed for unfettered creativity, innovation, and progress that made the Medical Arts in the United States the absolute envy of the world.  Obama and the Boys are busy nationalizing our health care system (read that destroying) which has, of course, nothing to do with the state of the nation’s health.  The Socialists among us have succeeded in taking control of at least one-sixth of our economy through the Affordable Care Act and once the government controls your health and access to health care, it effectively controls your entire life and existence.  Think about it.  Is there any activity or endeavor you can think of that in some manner, shape, or form cannot be related to your health and health care?  Nope.

     That’s all Obamacare has ever been about:  power, control, and a loss of freedom, choice, and opportunity.  It vastly increases the level of government involvement and interference in the lives of the citizenry and forever changes the relationship of the government to the governed.  It is a complete slap in the face to America’s traditional sense of national identity and character.  This is but one more attempt to erase and deny our past, our heritage, our traditions, and all those things that made America great.  You disagree with this assessment?  Repeat after me:  Death Panels.  They exist and are not just an hysterical reaction to the socialization of our medical and health care systems.  The government will decide who will and who will not receive life-saving procedures and care.  Does this phenomenon sound like America to you?  Does this jibe with the traditional elements of our national identity and character?  Does this sound like the same country that we love and cherish?

     There is no question that the United States is in fact losing its national identity and is morphing into something that those of us who have reached a certain age no longer recognize as the nation we grew up in.  There are others out there, by the way, who agree.  A piece entitled, “America’s Identity Crisis(http://www.washingtontimes.com),” explains that, “America’s national identity is being weakened by the spread of multiculturalism and globalization,” and there is growing concern that, “American society is increasingly polarized and divided and that knowledge of the nation’s common heritage and ideals is eroding.”  The article notes that according to a study called the Bradley Project, something like 84% of Americans believe that there is indeed a unique American national identity.  The piece notes that our nation’s identity is defined as a commitment to freedom which includes such long recognized American traits as:  free speech; freedom of religion; freedom of opportunity; political freedom; competition; individualism; optimism; self-reliance; religious faith; and patriotism.

     All well and good so far, but the study continues that of those surveyed, “63% maintain that America’s national identity is growing weaker.  24 percent state that Americans are already so divided that we can no longer sustain a common identity.”  The article continues that most alarming, “is the result among younger respondents:  those below age 35 are more likely to declare that there is no national identity.  This points to a failure of the current generation of adults to transmit the nation’s heritage to the youth.”  This, folks, is Liberalism at work and this is the LFE and our educational system working to purposely to destroy our country’s traditional national identity and to guarantee that the young ‘uns are never taught to be an American or the greatness that America symbolizes and represents.  These are being purposely erased from our collective memory to be replaced with Liberalism’s assessment and characterization of the evil that is the United States.  The piece concludes that, “America’s national identity is being systematically and deliberately eroded by internationalists and multiculturalists who occupy positions of influence.  They seek to replace American nationalism with a globalist agenda.”  Indeed, the author correctly asserts that, “Reclaiming America’s heritage will require the sustained and determined action of Americans in each community for years to come.”  This is the war between those who truly love and revere America and the Liberal enemy among us who would destroy it and tear it down.

     An article entitled, “Who Lost America?: Losing Our National Identity(http://beforeitsnews.com),” explains that a nation is not defined merely by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass.  Rather, “a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society that they wish to live in and give to the future generations.”  The piece goes on to insist that the United States has been transformed, “into a society that no longer resembles its origins.”  Read that last one more time slowly and remember it.  We are quickly losing the basic underpinnings – the building blocks – that America was founded upon and made it a great country.  Our national identity, our national character, has been sacrificed on the Liberal altar of anti-Americanism, multiculturalism, globalism, and one-worldism.  It’s gotten to the point where such things as the Pledge of Allegiance are no longer recited in our classrooms and that atheists have gotten their shorts all in a twist over the use of the word God.

     Our national anthem has come under attack for fear of “offending” those among us who come from other countries and cultures.  We are abandoning our own traditions and heritage in the name of diversity and are well on the way to forgetting where we came from and who we are as a nation and a people.  This, of course, is exactly and precisely what the Liberals in our midst so desperately desire.  Once they have succeeded in completely decimating America’s identity and character, they will forge a new one and you can be sure it will have nothing to do with pride in country, a belief in our future, and the certainty that the United States is a unique and special place.  It’s happening right before our eyes but the vast majority of us don’t recognize it or refuse to believe it.  The article concludes that as, “this country slips out from under us with incoming incompatible citizens, accepted lawlessness and a multiplication of other people’s cultural ideas abrogating our American way of life, we must consider what our children face.”

     Unless we wake up pretty damned quick and start fighting back against Liberalism’s attack on our country, our children will never know the America we grew up in.  We are losing our country, folks, and we’re going out with a whimper rather than a bang.  It’s heart breaking.

Much Luv Y’all and Have a Great Day!

The Fifth Horseman

(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)