By Susan North
When the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare was announced Barak Obama called it “a victory for the American people.” Well, in March 2010 Barak Obama claimed the same thing. He was right - we had a victory – later that year. Opposition to the passage of this horrible, and deceptively named (Patient Protection and Affordable Care) bill led to the GOP victory of 2010, and control of the House of Representatives (190 Democrats vs. 242 Republicans of whom 62 are members of the Tea Party caucus). That was my kind of victory, but it was just the beginning.
There are a lot of really, really bad things about this law and unless you have been living under a rock the last few years you are well aware of at least some of them. But the hard truth is that – before victory there must be a battle, and maybe even a war. And this war is not over, not yet.
In order to win the battle, and the war, we must fight. Some are well prepared, some are not, and this battle is like no other. In order to win this war each and every person MUST do whatever they can to make it happen. We have this image that when America fought the tyranny of England it was a bunch of white guys who left their fields, shouldered their guns and went hunting for red-coats. Well, yeah, sort of – and if that is all you know, well you need to leave first grade and learn a lot more.
The American Revolution was a fight against tyranny. Men and women, black and white, slave and free all did their part to help win the war. We must do the same. The front-line today is being fought by lawyers and pundits instead of armed men. We are not all lawyers, nor are we all pundits. But we can all join the battle. Learn everything you can about an issue, or issues. The more people know about Obama and Obamacare the less they like him, or it. Educate those around you. If there isn’t anyone who will listen, take a bus ride, go to the park, strike up conversations in the grocery. If those you know use e-mail forward them articles – if face-to-face discussions are more your style then use that method. Civics is no longer taught in the schools so it is up to the citizens to learn for themselves and teach each other. Everyone can, and must, do something if we are to win.
We MUST defeat Obamacare and to do that we need the White House, the Senate and the House. Check out the candidates for your state and district VERY carefully. Remember actions speak louder than words. Find out for yourself if the candidate is just jumping on the Constitutional band-wagon in order to win. We must elect a conservative Congress, we must return to the Constitution, and we must hold their feet to the fire after the election.
Independence Day will be here soon. A study by political scientist Davd Yanagizawa-Drott and economist Andreas Madestam claims that those who attend an Independence Day parade before the age of eighteen are more like to identify as a Republican as an adult and more likely to vote Republican. If you don’t have children to take to a parade, volunteer to help at some Independence Day activity and if at all possible see to it that reading the Declaration of Independence is part of their program. Far too often these days children are not told what the day actually means so they come to believe it is about stores being closed and having a barbeque. This is a great opportunity for every patriotic American to learn more themselves, to teach our youth American history, and to teach the meaning of liberty and freedom - while it is still possible.
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