Your turn at the Soapbox

1. America Is Good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Honesty “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is know. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” Thomas Jefferson
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” George Washington
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson

The ultimate grass roots effort came from a little thing called the Declaration of Independence. You may have heard of it. It only defined what this, the greatest country on earth, was going to found her freedom upon. Above are 9 principles that were complied by Glenn Beck. Regardless of your opinion of him as a person, these principles are true and accurate. Our founding fathers knew what it would take to keep this country free. Our current leaders especially those in Congress and the White House want to do everything contrary to that, if the government isn't or hasn't provided it, you don't need. I have never seen a socialist agenda be so quickly imposed as in the last 56 days.

We have to understand what is at stake right now. There is no reason why we have lost our courage in speaking to our government officials about how disgusted we are with their lack of courage and integrity. There are a select few that will still listen and act as we want. If we lose sight of realizing that this is still a country of the people, by the people and for the people it will become a country of government, by the government and for the government. That just doesn't have the same ring to it.