The 20th century witnessed an abundance of proxy wars. These local conflicts around the world
mirrored the greater chess match of the Cold War struggle against communism. Without having to commit ourselves fully to
an all out war, we championed our ideas through aid to other nations.
The current healthcare debate is a proxy war. It is a proxy war for our personal liberty in
the face of government oppression. Some say
we could be more like Sweden or the United Kingdom. I would remind you that our founders left the
oppression of these very European shores where Government had already become a
byword for control. You show me a nation
who dictates your education, your healthcare, your livelihood, and your
religious freedom, and I will show you a society built on obligation rather
than passion, fear rather than determination, and depression that devours the
very essence of the word "hope."
We stand on the precipice of forgetting the very concepts
that drove the huddled masses to the ships in the first place. For do not be fooled into thinking that they
have corrected the past government oppression in Europe. On the contrary, their current system is
simply the natural progression of the one our ancestors abandoned and warded
off with muskets and bayonets. In these
United States we have fought and died to establish and perfect our freedom, and
I say we are, and will remain free. 'America
the beautiful' is but a mere, foggy memory as we look into the faces of
millions of our own who live in government supported and government sanctioned
poverty with little hope. In the America
I know, mediocre is not praised as the dream, but there is always something
greater on the horizon - something that transcends a single generation of
thinkers - something that burned deep in the hearts of our founding fathers
when they penned the words "We the people" in open opposition to the
imperial notion of 'we the government.'
Our children's future lies not in the next great plan or the
next towering stack of legislative morass, but rather the near dormant promise
of freedom embedded in our national conscience.
We must awaken this vision so the sounds of liberty may once again toll
out across our entire nation. Why do
people fear the very name of our nation's capital? Why is it spoken of as a place of corruption
and bloated spending?
No, my pride in our nation runs deep, and I believe it is
time to shed the veil of contempt for our protectors and return the government
to its role of service to our great nation.
We can once again taste the freedom of the pioneer as we join together
in one voice to declare that we are again the United States - united in freedom, justice, and hope. Do not let brightly colored lies distract
from the true goal of liberty. Hold fast
in its defense, and pray that God blesses our great nation in the coming
days.
