When I was a teen, my mother and step-father were involved in a dispute with the State of Alabama over the right to home educate their children. This particular issue did not affect me much as I was already over the age of 16 and could legally drop out of high school. However, this issue had a severe impact on my younger siblings. They were of grade school age.
I am not going to go into the details of what happened, let’s suffice it to say they fought the State to a draw. They were jailed pending the surrender of my siblings. My parents were never going to give up their children so they remained in jail. Eventually, a family friend found a creative way for the state to save face and for my parents to get out of jail without having to lose custody of their children and all ended well.
So, why am I telling you about this? That is a good question and I am going to give you a good answer. But, first, I want to discuss something that I hear a lot from people whom I am very close to. I am a person who is very active politically. I see it as my duty to my country to be politically active. This will never change. It is part of who I am and what I am and I have no desire to change it. I love America and always will.
But I get sick and tired of being told, “Robert, who do you think you are? You don’t have the answers.” So who gives a damn if I don’t have the answers? Having the answers is not the point. The point is not that I am right or wrong. The point is not whether my perspective is the one that will save the world or not. Those are, in reality, beside the point.
So what is the point? The point is that at least I am trying to find the answers. I am questioning that which I think is wrong. I am taking a STAND for something. I am not going quietly and meekly into the dark hoping that someone will rescue me if I should find danger. That is not what it means to be an American. Americans stand up for what they believe in. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong, because in the end, all that matters is that you stood up for something.
My parents instilled this value into me. Not just in theory, but by their actions. When they were faced with standing for what is right or capitulating to corruption, they stood proud and tall. They paid a heavy price for standing for good in the face of racism and corrupt politicians. They may not have won on the issue, but they didn’t lose either. They won, in my book because they could not be corrupted no matter how hard the system tried.
Their adventures aren’t even a footnote in the history of America. What happened to them barely even made a ripple in the fabric of society. But, that isn’t the point. What they did do was create a sense of right and wrong in their children. They created children who know what it means to stand up to corruption. They created children who are unafraid to stand up against tyranny. For one more generation, the idea of standing for what is right is alive and well. That is what they did and that is how they won.
I have many friends on my facebook who disagree with me on just about everything politically. I have more respect for them than I do for anyone who will not take a stand for anything. Those who will not take a stand one way or another on important issues are cowards.
It isn’t that I don’t understand why people are afraid to take a stand. Our government has become so corrupt and completely out of sync with the Constitution that people are afraid of being disappeared or worse. I, on the other hand, am not. If the government wants to suicide me or make me disappear for the remainder of my life, so be it. At least then I will KNOW beyond doubt that I am on the right side. I will KNOW that I have stood for what I believe in and I struck a nerve that scared some corrupt politician. I will know that my voice was heard and my thoughts and opinions are out there for all to read and ponder.
It is better to die for what I believe in than to kneel obediently before a corrupt system. And I will never represent myself to be anything but that.
Does this mean that I am going to go all Dorner on people? Hell no. That is a fool’s choice. Does it mean that if the Gestapo (known in America as the DHS) should come to my door and shoot me dead, that I won’t fight back? No. That is also a fool’s choice.
What it does mean is that I have a sense of right and wrong and I am willing to stand and fight for that. I am willing to make the sacrifice, if needs be, to forward those ideals.
But most importantly, I have a daughter who will know that whether I win or lose, I stand for what I think is right. It is a value that will be instilled in her and I will know that for at least one more generation, there will be at least one more person who will hold that value. And, to me, that makes it all worth while. The fight for right must continue.
It isn’t that I think evil will ever be destroyed. That will never happen. Evil is a necessity. Without it, we would not know what is right or wrong. We would not know the difference between freedom and tyranny. So, it isn’t my goal to eradicate evil. It is my goal to be a righteous warrior who will stand in the face of evil and spit on it.
Sometimes the righteous will gain the upper hand and sometimes evildoers will gain the upper hand. It is a battle as old as time itself. Right now, on planet Earth, evil has the upper hand. It is therefore, incumbent on all the righteous to train their children in the ways of good and instill the value of courage in them. For if we do not, the reign of evil will be prolonged and mankind’s suffering will be increased many fold.

I am not a revolutionary.
Really, I’m not. I would much rather see a peaceful solution to issues than a violent one. I believe most people feel the same way. But that doesn’t mean that I will run from a fight if it comes to my door. I am just saying that if we can find a way to peacefully, through the soapbox and ballot box, for example, solve the very divisive issues facing America right now, I would be very happy. I don’t want to see people engaging SWAT teams or BATF agents. That will only lead to an escalation in violence eventually involving the National Guard or the regular military. I would not want to see what America will become if that happens.
The problem is, we have too many apathetic people in the country right now. As long as the issues don’t directly affect their household, they really don’t care. For example, many of those who own rifles solely for hunting are not engaging in the gun control debate because their particular species of rifles are not on the “endangered guns species” list. So they allow their apathy to overcome their common sense and do nothing. They do not realize that their rifles are next to be banned as they will be labeled “sniper style weapons” by those in power like Senator Feinstein. She has already declared publicly that she would prefer a total gun ban in America (even though she owns a gun herself). It should be noted, in most of the gun ban legislation, she would be exempt from the ban.
The gun control issue is not the only issue where apathy dominates the minds of Americans, it is simply one that I have chosen to use as an example. The point is, people in America have become either incapable of looking into the future or they are unwilling to as it would force them to think for themselves. Most people still believe in journalistic integrity, though that went out with the ‘80’s. There are very few journalists left out there who are willing to tell the truth regardless of the consequences UNLESS that truth is guaranteed to bring huge ratings due to its highly emotionally charged content.
I understand why journalism has devolved into its current state. During the 70’s and 80’s, people became bored with the news. Let’s face it, reporting on only the facts is dry and people lose interest very quickly. News agencies realized that they needed to add emotion and color to their content in order to engage the recipient’s interest. So, they added some color and a bit of emotional impact items to their stories and people responded positively. Ratings improved for broadcast media and subscriptions increased for the print media.
Look, I understand journalistic integrity. I took journalism classes throughout high school and a few in college. A few of the articles I wrote back in those days even won some awards. In addition to journalism classes, I have taken many creative writing classes which I attribute to my award winning poetry and short stories. I am not saying this to brag, but simply to point out that I know the difference between good old fashioned journalism and the current form of journalism that focuses on sensationalism and creativity, whether it be truth or not.
This brings us back to the problem of apathy. As our technology has improved over the decades, we have become increasingly dependent on it. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it definitely has had a negative impact on our society as a whole. Our technology has allowed us to produce more, make more money and dominate the world’s economy. It has also caused us to become more dependent on entertainment and less self-dependent. Too much of our society has become addicted to the forty hour work week rut. They get up at six in the morning, work until four or five in the afternoon then go home to watch television until time for bed again. This is fine to a degree. Americans are a hardworking people. We deserve our entertainment time. The problem that most don’t understand is the entertainment they are watching is designed to tell them what to think, how to behave and even how to vote. It promotes values that are inconsistent with our social views, turning ordinarily thoughtful people into mindless and thoughtless zombies.
As an example, I am going to comment on the show “Continuum” currently showing on television. This show portrays those who are fighting for freedom and liberty as terrorists and the governing system trying to oppress them as the heroes. This is not a show I want my child to see as she needs to know and understand that concepts such as freedom and liberty are worth fighting to promote and protect. But those who are hooked on the show are receiving the message that promotion of freedom is a terrorist act. That concept is then backed up by our own government saying the exact same thing as Janet Napolitano has done on numerous occasions.
They are further given the wrong message when our President is seen bowing to a tyrannical Saudi King and giving hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and military hardware to known terrorist organizations.
But, since their cities and their homes have not been directly affected by terrorism, most Americans are unwilling or unable to consider the consequences of these actions. They don’t understand how their civil liberties have been slowly eroded over time until the government has become all powerful in a country that traditionally mistrusts government and where the power is vested in the PEOPLE and not in the government.
Janet Napolitano has stated publicly that those who love and support the U.S. Constitution are to be considered potential terrorists. Yet there is very little outcry over this. Why? Because people have been subjected to radical left wing extremism for so long they think it is normal to behave in that manner. Many have been bought and paid for by government entitlements. Let’s face it, if you were given free housing, free food and free cell phones, you may be inclined to do as you are told and vote for whomever is giving you these things. If you are unwilling to look at the consequences of these actions, you would fail to see that you are slowly being shackled and enslaved by the very people who are purporting to “help” you.
Politically, I am a right leaning moderate. I support much of the position of the right but I also support many positions of the left. For example, I am pro-choice and I believe college education should be free. I believe that marijuana should be legalized, regulated and taxed. So I cannot be considered a right wing radical just because I support the constitution and support the right of law abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. Yet, many on the left would have you believe that simply because I don’t agree with 100% of their agenda. For the left, it is an all or nothing gambit. You either agree with all of what they believe or you are subject to scorn, ridicule and outright slander.
I believe that America is at a crossroads in its development. We are at a point where we are going to turn right, turn left or keep on the middle way. I fear, though, that if the country turns right, the left will resort to the same terror tactics they claim to want to protect us from. If the country turns left, the right will have a general call to arms and engage the left in bloody combat. I think the only real way to save this country is for moderation to control our political future. The left has some good ideas. The right has some good ideas, too. We need to shake Americans awake and get them to realize, it isn’t an all or nothing prospect. You don’t have to dedicate your lives to either side. You have the right to pick and choose those ideas you think are good from either side and act upon them.
Continuing to do what we have always done will only result in more insanity. It is time to do something different, America.

A boy in Caro, Michigan brought cupcakes to school. He had adorned them with those plastic green WWII soldiers that are popular amongst boys of his age. The school initially decided to call the mother of the boy (she had baked the cupcakes) and tell her that they would not serve the treat. She informed them (rather colorfully) that they should just remove the toys and serve the cupcakes anyway. This is what the school finally did sending the toys back home with the child in a bag.
Afterward, the principal of the school released a press statement in which she (probably inadvertently) put the soldiers who fought in WWII in the same class as murderous psychopaths. She also stated that in a Democracy, we have to respect the opposition’s point of view and because she did, she decided it was inappropriate to allow the toys.
So if we go by her example, any religious adornments should not be allowed. Necklaces with the Star of David or crosses or any other religious icon should not be allowed in the school because there are people of other faiths and people of no faith attending the school. Nobody should be allowed to wear clothes in the school because, chances are, there is a student whose family practices nudism. Reading, ‘Riting and ‘Rithmatic (the three “R’s) should not be taught because there are children who cannot learn these things and it is insensitive to those children to allow others to be smarter than they.
There is a fundamental flaw with the principal’s statement. There is NO opposition. If you are pro-gun rights, the “opposition” is those who are anti-gun rights. If you are anti-gun rights, the “opposition” is anyone who is pro-gun rights. So, by using the concept of respecting the “opposition” this principal has stated to the children that there is only one value to support and the other value is one that should not be supported. She took away the children’s choice. This is the same thing a rapist does to his/her victim: takes away their choice. Yes, I am flat out stating that what she did was as wrong as any rapists behavior.
In my opinion, what the principal should have done is taken the opportunity to use the situation as an educational tool. She could have explained to the children what the soldiers represented. She could have used the opportunity to educate the children on how guns are used properly and how guns are used improperly. These are facts that are appropriate for educators to expose the children to. By removing the toys, the principal censored the children’s education and instilled a negative emotional response to guns. She, again, took away their choices. She raped their minds.
This is, of course, what the anti-gun rights advocates want. But in doing so, the principal violated her own statement by neglecting the views of the “opposition”, in this case, the pro-gun rights advocates. Mind rape!
She cited the insensitivity to the victims of Sandy Hook and other murders. Is this appropriate? Should we shield our children from the realities of life? The fact of the matter is, life is not fair and very often bad things happen to good people. This is not something from which we should shield our children. It is something which they should learn from an early age.
By teaching our children about these things, we do not desensitize them to the results of the actions of a few individuals. Rather, we teach them the realities of life so they are better prepared to deal with things like what happened at Sandy Hook. They are also better prepared to deal with other, more mundane, aspects of life like rejection, loss, failure and other things that are difficult. When we shield our children from these things, they are less able to deal with them and more likely to become one of those who commit the atrocities we hear about in the news.
The principal of this school, unfortunately, did more harm to her charges than good. She taught them that it is appropriate to respect only one point of view rather than multiple points of view. She shielded them from one of life’s realities making those children a little less able to cope. She taught them that truth only comes from an authority figure. She taught them that it is okay to censor some people’s views. She taught them that it is okay to take away people’s choices.
These are not the values I want America’s children to have when they become responsible for this nation. I want our children to respect all people’s opinions and views. They don’t have to agree with those opinions or views but they need to respect them. I want them to be well adjusted and understand that life is not fair, perfect or easy. I want them to understand that it is okay disagree with anyone even if that person is perceived as an authority figure. I want them to understand that Freedom of Speech is one of the most precious of human Rights and should be practiced by anyone and everyone. I want them to understand that opposition is healthy and opens the door for communication and debate.
These are fundamental values that we seem to have forgotten or have decided are no longer appropriate for the future generations who will be responsible for this country. When Bill Clinton was elected President, a radio announcer stated that a new generation has taken over the country. I remember thinking to myself, “He’s right. I am part of that new generation. Am I ready to be responsible for this country?” By this point, though I didn’t realize it at the time, I was already acting responsible for the country. I had served a tour in the Navy and I had served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm as a reservist. But, I still had my doubts about my ability to understand what was going on in the nation and the complexities of the issues my generation is facing. But, I was also young and inexperienced being only in my early twenties. We need to do what we can to help eliminate that uncertainty in our future genrations.
Raping the minds of our children will inevitably lead to further acts of mass murder in the future. More and more children will be confused by what they have been taught in school not matching up with life’s experiences. Life will be teaching them one thing and their teachers will be teaching them that their experiences are not real. The confusion this brings will cause increasing numbers of mentally ill people who cannot cope with the contradictory nature of their lives.
The mind rape of our children must stop. Teachers need to return to teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. It is not the place of the public or private school systems to teach our children moral values. It is the responsibility of the parents to teach these things to their children. If a parent wants to raise their children with a socialist mindset they will raise them as liberals, which is their right. If a parent wants to raise their children to resist change and remain mired in the past they will raise their children with a conservative mindset, which is their right. If a parent wants to raise their children to think for themselves and come to their own conclusions, they will raise their children as moderates, which is their right.
As Americans, we need to stop the attempts by both the left and right to continue raping our children’s minds. We need to put a stop to the eternal war for our children’s minds. My child’s mind belongs to ME and her MOTHER until the day she turns 18. Until then, the left and the right need to keep their hands off my child’s mind. They need to keep out of ALL of our children’s minds publicly.

This country is in the midst of a never ending war. It is a war on terror that can never be won or completed. There is always a new threat available to be vilified somewhere around the globe. When there isn’t a viable threat elsewhere in the world, then they find domestic terror threats. Those domestic terror threats come almost exclusively in three forms: terror cells, prisoners and children. These are the three things the government uses against us to hold us hostage to their demands.
Why do they do it? How do they do it? These questions are what I intend to explore in this article. It is only by understanding these two questions that we have any chance at all of combatting the reign of terror perpetrated against us by our own government.
Domestic terrorism is a very real threat in today’s world. We live in an increasingly dangerous world as it becomes more populated and travel and communication make it easier to operate globally rather than merely regionally. Air travel makes it possible for a terrorist to move from the Middle East to America within hours if it is a direct flight to the United States. It can take a few days if the terrorist enters the country from our very insecure borders. A person can leave Tehran and fly to Rio De Jenero for a connecting flight to Mexico City. From there it is only a matter of a bus ride to Juarez and a simple matter of crossing the Rio Grande. This can be accomplished in a matter of days.
The internet makes it possible to communicate world-wide instantly. Never before in history have we had such a powerful tool and an awesome weapon. There are secure servers, proxy’s and encryption algorithms that are indecipherable without the proper key to unlock them that make it possible for agents of terror to communicate effectively and efficiently enough to be able to change their plans on a moment’s notice. This makes discovery of the terror plot increasingly difficult for law enforcement officials.
So how does law enforcement handle this problem? They do three simple things. First, develop a situation that generates fear in the hearts of the people. They accomplish this by “thwarting” terror plots then exposing that event to the national media. Since the media runs on ratings, they can be counted on to exaggerate the situation enough to cause just enough fear to move the people to action but not enough to move the people to panic.
So, how do they thwart these terror plots? They create them. They find a weak minded individual whom they can radicalize. They then pose as terrorists themselves in order to bring this person into the fold, so to speak. The conditioning begins and they, in essence, brainwash the person into committing a criminal act. They then supply the person with the necessary means with which to commit an act of terror, say a bomb, for example. The law enforcement officers have it rigged up so the person has to use some sort of detonation device, like a cell phone, to arm and explode the bomb. Of course, the bomb is a dummy and will never detonate. But, once the person makes the call on the cell phone to detonate the bomb, they arrest him on the spot and try him for terrorism: first in the media then in court.
The second thing they do is use the media to create a condition of fear in the people. This can always be counted on to work for them. At some point, someone will utter the words they want to hear the most: “there ought to be a law.” Once someone has uttered that phrase, the lawmakers jump into action to make it seem as if they are doing something about the situation. They propose and pass a law because that is what the people have asked for. This ALWAYS results in a loss of liberty in the name of security. But, most people have become so accustomed to letting the talking heads on television do their thinking for them, that they just don’t notice the loss of freedom because they are told not to notice.
This brings us to the third phase of the process. Create massive amounts of law enforcement officials. To the untrained common man, this seems as if the government is doing something to help the situation. It is a sheer numbers game. The more jack booted, black clad, assault rifle carrying people out there walking the streets, the fewer chances the terrorists have of pulling off a terror plot, right? What they don’t know or understand is those officials aren’t there to protect the people. They are there to intimidate the people. If you know that these American ninjas are out there watching everyone’s every move, you are less likely to say or do anything not sanctioned by the government. They use these men and women as terrorists under the auspices of protecting you from terrorists.
I am not trying to disparage these individuals. Most of them don’t know they are being used as pawns in the game. They believe they are doing what is right for their country and I salute their hearts for they are in the right place. It is unfortunate that a few people in power are using the good nature of these brave men and women to corrupt the very country they are trying to serve and protect.
One of the most popular methods of creating a police state is to legislate it away. However, the politicians aren’t so stupid as to believe that Americans will just give up their freedoms for no good reason other than to consolidate State power. So they have to manufacture some method to create enough fear to make the people WANT to give up their freedoms. They will do this by threatening people with the two things people fear most: prison inmates and the welfare of their children. I have seen the most effective use of these when they are combined.
It happens very innocently enough. The state needs more money for something, say the Fish and Wildlife Agency. So they manufacture an imaginary scenario where if the Fish and Wildlife Agency doesn’t get the money they need through an increase in taxes, they will, sadly, be forced to borrow the money from the already strained Department of Corrections. This will force the release of sexual predators and murderers from the prisons. They will then come and molest and murder every child in the state, and, we don’t want that to happen, do we? No! Of course not! So the people pass the law. It works so well they can use it to get ANY law passed that they want. And they do.
This is how the government has been able to create a nation of fear in the United States. They have us looking behind every bush for terrorists, murderers and sexual predators that just aren’t there. While we are busy looking for those imaginary enemies, they are snatching up our money and freedoms behind our backs or they are using terror tactics to legislate our freedoms away.
So the unanswered question is, why? The simple answer is power. The fact of the matter is that a free and educated populace will not allow the government to do the things it wants. Free people don’t allow the government to give the taxpayer’s money to wealthy individuals or companies because they supported the campaign of the President or they are personal friends of some Congressperson. Free people don’t want the government putting our soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen in harm’s way for no apparent reason or for some resource we have in abundance here at home, like oil, for example. Free people know they have the authority to tell the government how to operate and behave.
Conversely, an enslaved nation will not question these actions. They will go along with whatever the talking heads on their television sets tell them. They will support any policy that keeps them safe as long as it doesn’t interfere with their exercise of the democratic process: their ability to vote on American Idol.
The question then comes down to: why does the government want so much power? Again, the answer is much simpler than one may expect. I have heard it said many times that the only true wealth in the world is information. I disagree with that. If you control the information, you have the only true wealth on the planet; power. That is the ultimate plan. Gain power and you gain the only currency mankind truly respects. The entire world can become enslaved by a small group of people who control all the information. And the person amongst that group who controls the most information is the most powerful of them all.
Some say this group is the Illuminati. Others say it is the CFR. Yet others claim it is a banking consortium controlled by people like the Rockefellers, Bilderberg’s, et al. Some even claim it is major corporations like GE and Westinghouse.
Personally, I don’t know or care who it is. I just know it is now time for Americans to take action. It is time for Americans to, again, become the people we once were: fearless and rationally thinking. Stop thinking with your emotions and start educating yourselves as to the truth behind the smokescreen. It is time to be willing to surrender your life in the defense of Freedom and Liberty. I have a daughter. If I have to give up my life in order for her to live in a Free nation, I will gladly do so. If you cannot do the same, then you are a coward and deserve whatever you get from the government that is oppressing you and your family.
WE MUST REMEMBER WHO WE ARE! WE ARE AMERICANS! WE HAVE FORMED THE MOST POWERFUL EMPIRE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN ON THE BACKS OF HARD WORKING MEN AND WOMEN. WE USE THE IDEALS OF EQUALITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL PERSONS AS OUR MANTRA WHEN WE SEND OUR WARRIORS OUT TO BATTLE. DO NOT DISRESPECT AND DEMEAN THE SACRIFICES OUR PREDECESSORS MADE TO BUILD THE COUNTRY YOU ARE SO EAGERLY GIVING UP IN THE NAME OF SECURITY. FREEDOM NEVER WAS, IS NOT NOW AND NEVER WILL BE FREE. IT DEMANDS PAYMENT AND THE ONLY CURRENCY IT ACCEPTS IS BLOOD.
You, me and everyone in the country owes Freedom that debt.