When the founders of our nation wrote the Declaration of Independence and the ensuing constitution, they made sure to have a government full of check and balances, that would prevent the creation of a strong central government with total power over the citizenry, they wanted to avoid a government that was able to treat people as subjects of the throne, from whom it could take what it wanted, and to whom they would doled whatever goods or perks the monarchs of the moment deem necessary.

Our founders respect for the rights of the individuals, whom they believed were given to them by their creator and not by any government, is the fundamental concept that leads them to create a republic where laws and not the whims of a monarch dictate the norms to follow. They understood that as each of us individually worked to produce for ourselves and for our families, society benefited collectively, not the other way around.

The efforts of individuals working for their own self improvement, is what ultimately  generates more production, inventions, abundance, satisfaction and wealth for society as a whole; it is not a coincidence that we enjoy the largest and wealthiest middle class in the world, and that even our poorest segments of society are better off than average citizens around the world. Individualism is what has helped Americans build the greatest nation on earth and it is what has always given us the insurmountable advantage that may generate resentment among others, but that in no way reflects anything for which we should ever apologize.

This is why I find it almost incomprehensible to see so many Americans passively following someone whose stated goal is to “fundamentally change America”. To say that we have made mistakes in the past and will continue to make them in the future, is one thing that we can all agree on, we are humans and as such we will always make mistakes, but due to the free nature of our society, our mistakes are openly discussed, solutions are openly proposed and errors are ultimately corrected.

Again I cannot understand how we can not be outraged with the ravishing of our free capitalist society and institutions that is taking place. In the past nine months, we have seen the federal government quadruple our debt, causing our already weak dollar to suffer an additional 15% devaluation in the international markets, the government has taken control of both the mortgage and the banking industries, it has become the largest shareholder of two out of the three US automakers; it has arbitrarily stolen shares from automotive industry investors, and doled them to the unions as payback for their support, plus it is currently seeking powers to seize key companies whose failures they claim would affect the “greater good”.

During this time we have also seen the appointment of more than forty Czars without congressional approval, circumventing the normal vetting process. At the same time that our representatives vote themselves a generous pay raise, a pay Czar is created to regulate the pay of private citizens working for private companies, we are told that this will only apply to those companies that have accepted government help. However, the Federal Reserve has already stated that it will do the same for the entire banking industry as well. In what appears to be some sort of hoax, the administration has also created a manufacturing Czar, perhaps in hopes of replicating the same failed processes of the USSR.

And where is the fourth branch of government on all this? Well they are having cocktails at the White House, our main stream media has become an unreliable source of information, whom as in some sort of 1984’s Orwellian sequel, shamelessly lends itself to act as mouthpieces of the government.

No one within our main stream media questions the implications of these policies, nor the impact that they may have on our economy as a whole, and nobody ever raises question about their constitutionality, for to do so would anger their lords; instead they are content with talking about the latest polls and the monarchs popularity with one demographic group or another, no longer are we referred to as Americans, we are all hyphenated-Americans now, this way we are more easily pitted against each other and more readily maneuvered.

As average citizens we find it impossible to understand why these soothsayers of the press are so blind as to not see that if the monarchs get their way, they will be the first to go if they ever dare to step out of line. We observe how actions are being taken that will “fundamentally change” the country that we love, yet feel powerless as we contemplate the destruction or our institutions and the all out assault on our values and constitution.

It is said that it is always darkest before dawn and indeed a new dawn has just begun, an American awakening is taking place, we know that we are a nation under God, we know that America is not evil, we know that we are a beacon of hope for humanity, and so a silent scream has began to emanate within our hearts, it is spreading among all like wild fire, refusing to be silenced by insults and by mobs. It is an awakening devoid of guilt and fear, it is inspiring us to shed the hyphenated names that separate us, and allowing us to stand shoulder to shoulder as just Americans, who in unison will clamor… No, you can’t!!!