Patriotism Revisited

The good part (the only good part) of 9-11 in 2001 was the wave of patriotism that followed. Remember the full-page flags printed in your hometown's newspaper? The "Never Forget" stickers and magnets stuck on car windows and bumpers, soon followed by the "Pray for Our Troops" yellow ribbons that it seemed everyone displayed?

What happened to all that? As the newspaper flags faded and the magnets floated away in car washes, patriotism seemed to fall out of fashion.

Until recently.

Seems like it takes a crisis to spur our citizens to patriotic action. Lately, many have noticed that there's a crisis going on and are beginning, once again, to fly the red, white, and blue, this time on protest signs, in speeches, and in letters to the editor. The current crisis started long before 9-11-2001, but it has reached such a fever pitch recently that patriotic Americans in the know have decided it's about time to do something about it. They've organized and are starting to attract attention. They're beginning to take action to bring the crisis, the crisis of big government and blindly-complacent citizens, to the attention of everyone. Even the mainstream media can no longer ignore - or worse, misrepresent - tea parties and marches on our nation's capital. Patriotic voices are beginning to be heard once again, this time with more substance than a paper flag.

The word is getting out. Our government is too big. Lawmakers, led by the executive branch, are giddy with greed for power, the power to control the lives of our citizens.

If you are a patriotic American, do more than fly your flag. Get informed. Speak out. Stand up for the rights that our forefathers so wisely laid out for us. Learn how many of those rights have been taken over by the government and demand that lawmakers reverse course now, before it's too late!

Start reading here, and here. Open your eyes and your mind to the truth.