Honor… Duty… Sacrifice…
Oct 18, 2013 16:25:18 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Oct 18, 2013 16:25:18 GMT -5
Honor… Duty… Sacrifice…
I’ve had a number of people asking if I was dead or being ‘detained’ and water boarded, I’m still alive and well, no need for the ‘one hundred heads’ doctrine yet as I’m just taking an extended sabbatical and working the local networks.
Militia, CSF and other many other groups are starting to shake hands, it’s gonna be interesting to see the usurpers deal with the ‘unintended consequences’ of their unconstitutional actions.
I decided to take a break from the national movement for a while. Been watching with interest to see who would step up, but my worst fears appear to be confirmed.
Lately there is something I have been pondering almost daily; Honor… Duty… Sacrifice…
I’ve been hammering away since the early 80’s in the second amendment and constitutional “restoration” movements. Fought some tough fights, where we had absolutely no chance of winning, but at least we fought.
When the subversion of our government moved into the open in the early 90’s I hoped people would be shaken into action, they weren’t. When the sitting president was impeached in the mid nineties, I thought citizens would see the light and fight back, they didn’t.
When it became obvious that the GOP under Bush was subverting the Constitution, and violating the rights of citizens by turning the IRS, NSA, DOJ, ATF, FBI and even the frigging EPA loose on them, I thought that once the average citizen saw the naked corruption with the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial that they would rise and take action, I was wrong.
After the Obamanation, many Americans saw the danger and immediately stepped into the fight, including veterans such as myself, we stepped out of the shadows to try and lead some form of resistance, to at least give our fellow citizens time to shake off the sleepy eye and join the fight, or at least help fill the lifeboats.
The TEA Party
The Oath Keepers
The Alarm and Muster Project
The 9/12 Project
The Restore The Constitution Movement
The 8/28 Restoring Honor Rally
The Can You Hear Us Now Rallies
Been there, done that.
Although not an overly religious guy, I hoped and prayed (a lot) that people would see the danger and rally to the battle cries. Even when our worst fears were realized with the OVERT takeover of the United States Government by Marxist/Communist/Progressive/Islamist Radicals, I had held out hope that citizens would see their plight and understand that there IS a way out, I was wrong.
People are in self-preservation mode, and will absolutely sell out their liberty and freedom, for even the illusion of security. Forty-nine percent of the population are already beholden to their government masters and will WILLINGLY accept their chains.
I was one of the first here at L&P (then A&M), even got banned a number of times for my brashness, but I have always held to my beliefs and ‘truths’ as I know them.
The core group has carried this forum since the beginning, yeah we have had many members step up though the years, even when our founder went MIA and the commie twins tried to take over the forum, we hung tough.
But something changed; we had a bunch of ‘activists’ right up until the day after their GOP savior went down in flames. Where have they been when we needed them most, to keep sounding the alarm… probably sitting in the fully prepped bunkers, taking stock, while others continue to take the risks and put forth the effort.
Know that I highly respect all of you that have made this forum what it is; spending untold hours of your valuable time monitoring events, articles and stories in an attempt to awaken our fellow citizens and try to change the path we are hurtling down.
Seeing so much government sanctioned crime, graft and cronyism daily can jade even the toughest fighter after many years of beating their heads against the keyboard.
This network is like no other, it is wide ranging, with members from all persuasions of political banners, and IMHO many of these same members are as lazy as any of the uninformed sheeple we constantly bitch about.
About a month ago I had an epiphany… People, especially those that claim to be ‘awake’ could have put up a fight, but didn’t.
Didn’t even try.
We are fighting for the future of this country and our way of life, and people could not get off their lazy asses to even put forth a small effort in defense of the Republic.
Oh they cried, whined and gnashed their teeth, quoting Jefferson, Madison and a host of other founders… give me liberty or give me death! But when push came to shove and the fight could have been won with minimal pain, they sat it out and didn’t even try to take the field.
Didn’t even try.
Honor… Duty… Sacrifice…
Yeah, I’ve been thinking about those three things a lot lately, a whole lot. Wondering if I have done enough? Can I honestly look my grandkids in the eyes and say “I did all I could”?
What more can be done at this level of the game, when three quarters of the players are staying on the sidelines? I just dunno.