TRUTH IS......

To borrow a phrase popular amongst the younger generation : TRUTH IS. Well, just exactly what is truth? Truth is an eternal entity. It stands alone. It's not male or female, doesn't favor one side or another. It doesn't change depending on what you think or feel. It does not change over time. It just is.

I am still amazed at the wisdom of our founding fathers. They didn't have the scientific knowledge we have today, didn't have instant communications, didn't even have indoor plumbing. But what they did have was a thorough understanding of history, and therefore, human nature. They understood how the lust for power and money corrupts the souls of men.

So here's a little history course for you today: 

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”  – Benjamin Franklin

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.”  -Noah Webster

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”  -  Thomas Jefferson

“… rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our own will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law,’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual” -  Thomas Jefferson
 
“When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.”  – Thomas Jefferson
 

“A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.”  – Benjamin Franklin

And perhaps the most relevant one for today:  

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” – James Madison

So here we are in the Amerika of the 21'st century. Motorcycle helmet laws, seat belt laws, bicycle helmet laws, child safety seat laws, hate crimes laws, zoning laws that won't let you put up a shed or fly the American flag, affirmative action / discrimination laws, pollution laws, OSHA laws, gun registration laws, tax laws, and on and on ad nauseum. 

One small piece at a time. Now they are going to try and take the biggest freedom away. The freedom to defend your life. Defend your life not only from criminals, but from their tyranny.  

Once again I challenge you to get involved in your own future. It won't take you any more time to write a letter to your Congressmen and Senators than it has to read this post. Ah, the wonders of modern technology. You can find the info on how to / where to send them through the link at the top of this blog. Be a part of the solution, not part of the problem. (Apathy)

Dumb Farmer