The Sleeping Giant

I’m a libertarian, which means I want to live peaceably with my neighbor and be left alone. I want the government to enforce and follow rule of law to protect me and my neighbors’ individual liberties from people (either criminals, businesses, or the government) who would infringe upon them. Libertarians believe that individuals not groups have rights. Being the type who want to be left alone to fend for themselves and enjoy the fruits of their labor, in general we ignore the government hoping it will leave us alone, mostly because were too busy living our lives. In this aspect most people are libertarian and don’t know it.

Under the Fascist tendencies of the Obama administration, in a mere 6 months he has awakened a sleeping giant. Again his actions repeat pre-WWII history, the Japanese admiral had it right, his fear that all the attack on Pearl Harbor did was awaken a sleeping giant. The result was the most independent and productive people in the world kicked Japans Ass.

The Obama administration and the "ruling elite" have awakened a sleeping giant. The Government is telling him, "You’re too stupid to know what’s good for yourself; therefore we will take care of you. We will determine your health care." Around two thirds of the US is happy with their health care. Some details of the multi thousand page document has gotten out before it could be rammed down the giant’s throat. Like the govt determining what services would be available to senior citizens, not they and their doctors; like an individual can only purchase govt insurance after the law goes into effect; like you are forced to buy insurance if you choose not to; like paying for abortions with govt tax money; like paying for the health services of illegal aliens with US citizens tax dollars.

Congressmen and Senators are out for the August break trying to talk with constituents and tell them about what they are doing in congress. The sleeping giant is tired of being told what to do, how to think, and of what’s best for us. We want, and are going to expect, our elected leaders to listen to us, not talk to us. They have refused to listen for years and now that they have awakened the sleeping giant they don’t know what to do. What used to be annual small town hall meeting with a few locals, thousands of people show up to show their displeasure. They no longer have control of the message and are scared. So they attack the people, calling them an angry mob, accusing them of being paid for by the GOP or insurance companies, anything to deflect the fact that the people are awake and mad. They can’t control the message, with CSPAN, YouTube, Talk Radio, and Bloggers everywhere, all protected by the constitution they no longer determine what people see and hear.

The problem the "ruling elite" have is that we live in a country which the supreme law of the land is not an individual or body of men. There is no Caesar to pay tribute. We live in a time and place which declared that since people are corrupt or corruptible, we will choose temporary leaders and give them limited powers to govern and protect the rights of individual citizens. We defined these powers in the Constitution, and it divided the powers so that no single man, or group of men, had all the power. We wrote that simple 12 page document with rules that made it flexible but difficult to change. It declared that the people have the power, prohibited the government from silencing them, from separating them, from disarming them, and guaranteed them equal protection, and put no person or group of people above the law. Unlike virtually every other nation the problem the "ruling elite" have here is that they govern at the consent of the people.

The "ruling elite" have awakened the sleeping giant; it is the people of this country. We don’t like what we see and are withdrawing our consent and they don’t like it; too bad for those in Washington. The libertarian party has been trying to wake the public for decades; in the end it is the "ruling elite" in Washington themselves through their own fascist actions which woke the sleeping giant.

The message from the town hall meetings, tea parties, blogs, and the people is for the "ruling elite" to shut-up and listen, we not you know what’s best for us. I fear that they won’t because they think the people are stupid that they are better than the people.