Your Vote Can Change America’s Future

Are you going to be energized or paralyzed this Election Day? I don't think there has ever been an election that will have the long term effect on America that this one will.

Let's go back in time to the beginning of this country and what our founding fathers were dealing with. To have a real perspective, let’s look at the memorable language of our Declaration of Independence. Below are the 110 words that ended the old order of British rule and set up and era where free peoples would govern themselves – America:

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundations on such Principles and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to Them shall seem most like to effect their Safety and Happiness."

One thing both parties have agreed on is the need for change. What they cannot agree on is what that change should be and how to accomplish it. I feel the best answers can be found by returning to our country’s Constitutional principles. My interpretation confirms that without the freedom of Religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained. My interpretation confirms that without the freedom of Speech the government of a free people cannot be maintained. Further, a free people cannot survive under a Representative Republic (which is how our c is formed), unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. Finally the most promising method of securing a virtuous people is to elect virtuous leaders.

I know how my vote will be cast. I know that neither party has done a very good job of governing. I know that both parties have slipped and stumbled on issues such as national security, economics, welfare and illegal immigration. Someone once said, "The proper role of government is to protect equal rights NOT to provide equal things. We should have peace, commerce, and honest friendships with all Nations and entangling alliances with none."

I think that the core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family and that the burden of debt is destructive to human freedom. We are currently suffering from the mismanagement of government in many areas. This is not like the time in which the following words were penned, "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." We’re no longer trying to separate from Britain; we are now fighting amongst ourselves. This is the time when one people must determine who among them can maintain good order and discipline, enforce existing laws, allow for freedom of speech and the free practice of religion, while allowing for strong national defense and a stable economy.

Now IS the time to vote your conscience, but as you vote on November 4th, think about what kind of America you want to see on the morning November 5th. Your vote can determine whether you will continue to be able to have debatable political dialog - or the Fairness Doctrine. Your vote can determine whether you will continue to enjoy the fruits of your own labors - or wealth distribution. Your vote can determine whether you will continue to live in the Land of the Free, protected in the Home of the Brave.

I don't want a President that within six months will be "tested" by hostile nations. I don't want a President that won't produce his birth certificate. I don't want a President that has continuing and long- term ties to domestic terrorists and a Preacher that damns America. I don't want a President that "does not want to appear to take sides" where America is concerned. I don’t want a President that voted against having English as America’s official language. I don’t want a President that wants to change the foundations and the intent of America’s constitution.

Honestly, I'm not enthused with either candidate, but one scares me to death. I want a President that has fought for this country and a Vice President that honors life. I am ready for the fence to be built. I am ready for our troops to come home, but only when the job done and have a victory for their efforts. I am ready to stop killing our unborn. I am ready to have ACORN prosecuted. I am ready for CEOs to face consequences for illegal and unethical behavior. I am ready to stop hearing about the North American Free Trade Union and replacing the dollar with the AMERO. I am ready for America to spend money on Americans, but of course this is only my opinion.

At a political rally I recently attended, there was a protestor there who was wearing the American flag as a scarf. I walked up to him and told him that wearing the American flag as a scarf was inappropriate. His partner said, "He can do anything he wants to with it!" I said, "You're right, a lot of good men and women died to give him that right." His partner said, "He can even wipe his butt on it if he wants to!" I said, "You're right, but I wouldn't do that in front of me!"