Independence Day

What does Independence Day mean to you? For many of us, we think about the members of our Armed Forces that work to secure freedom and keep us safe (I know I do). Many just think of this as a day off to light fireworks, and BBQ with the people we love and others think P-A-R-T-Y!  But after graduating high school and/or college, do any of us really think about our history?

I think some of us forget that our first freedom fighters were really just…average citizens, like you and me. They weren’t trained in the ways of combat; they were not the elite forces that we have today. They were not necessarily educated.  They were hard working people who knew how to toil and sweat. They knew that if they didn’t work hard, they didn’t eat. They were men and women (mostly men) who wanted something better and believed that their voice made a difference. They were building a future for themselves and their children and they knew that in order for that future to be what they wanted…dare I say, dreamed it could be…they would have to work hard for it…sacrifice for it. 

I’m sure when they first thought about pushing back against British rule, they never thought it would get as bloody as it did. But after it became apparent that they could die and would die for this dream, they still fought on. They definitely are the forefathers of the SEAL mentality to never quit! 

Where am I going with this? I often think about myself and my own fortitude. If I lived back then, even as a woman, would I have picked up a musket and fought? Would I have believed in the dream hard enough, would I have wanted it enough and pulled up my big-girl panties and started swinging?  I believe I would have.  And here’s where I’m going to get a little “out there” my friends.  I believe that we’re due for a revolution right now.  I believe that my Country stands on a precipice and is teetering over the edge (if it hasn’t fallen already).

Right before our very eyes we’re watching our freedoms and rights erode and many Americans are just tossing them away.  They are tossing them away for an easier life, where they don’t have to work too hard and they don’t have to think too hard. They’re giving up their freedoms for more laws to make them safe, no matter how restricting those laws may be.  Whether they know it or not, they’re taking the shackles and locking them around their own wrists and ankles and not even thinking twice about it.

Right now, the welfare class is taking over the working class.  There is no way the working class can continue to sustain the cost of supporting those unwilling to work….read my words…THOSE UNWILLING TO WORK…not those who are unable to work. If we put those who are unwilling to work, back to work, we could sustain those who are unable. And, the welfare class is dangerously close (if not already) to locking down the vote to perpetuate their lifestyle.

You want your independence? You want a ‘Land of the Free and Home of the Brave’? It’s going to take some bravery on every individual’s part to stand up and take back their Country.  Start small and work your way up to big. Start with being vocal about the injustices, writing to your Congressmen and women, voting, being willing to march, sharing information that other Americans should know. Read up on the issues and know where you stand. Your Government…YOUR Government is hoping that you won’t.  It’s YOUR Government, take it back.

Wishing you, your loved ones and all the men and women of our Armed Forces a Happy Independence Day!