Americans have lost over half of the value of their investments. Taxation is going to get unbearable. Inflation of a scale unheard of in this nation is in the cross-hairs. Jobs are going away to never come back. And all we get out of Washington is more massive debt, more rhetoric, and promises to be fulfilled on the backs of our children. Have you got the big picture?

When, in 1776, a band of rebels took to the Pennsylvania State House to hammer out the words of our Declaration of Independence, our nation was embattled with a tyrannical government who's only response was to ignore and repress the grievances. Our nation is once again under attack by the very government it created. There is one major difference, however, it is not the government envisioned a few years later when the United States Constitution was written and a government was formed. I offer that you read these words again and commit them to memory as they are unquestionably the most important words in the history of this nation:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

On November 29, 1775, Thomas Jefferson, the author of the above words, also committed these words as well to writing:

Believe me, dear Sir: there is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this, I think I speak the sentiments of America.

With that said, I offer you one of my OWN writings that you are free to quote:

I hearby charge, that as an American citizen, I love this nation beyond the love of any other man, woman, or child could ever love the United States of America. God did not create me to be a slave to the very government that was created by far more wise men than I, nor will I stand idly by as this nation is destroyed internally by the very government that was designed to protect the very freedom and liberty that is being taken from me incrementally and without my free will resigning it before my very existance is ended. I believe I speak the sentiments of not just myself, but speak the voice of countless millions of Americans.

Our Federal government is no longer listening to the American people nor are they interested in any ideas that will thwart their vision of an America in which personal liberty, personal responsibility, and limited government is no longer a core foundation of this nation. Their only purpose is to maintain control and power and to obtain that power at all costs with the ones bearing the financial burden of this government be damned.

Well, America, you can call it whatever you want, but this nation is moving toward Socialism, Collectivism, Communism, Fascism, or any other "ism" you prefer to use. Some call it "European Social Democracy" and others have different ideas. No matter what label you use, the facts are simple- the personal freedoms are going to disappear and it will happen in the blink on an eye unless "WE THE PEOPLE" reclaim the government as being what it was envisioned to be.

Men were not to be subjected to the taxation we experience. Men were not to be rewarded for sloth and gluttony on the backs of the taxpayers. Immoral acts were not to be tolerated and religious expression was not meant to be stifled with an extremism of hate and rancorous rhetoric. Free speech was not just "permitted", but a right of a free nation to experience at will and without restriction. Business was encouraged to succeed and government was not to be the hindrance to that success, but to support it's efforts by encouraging free commerce among the states. Government was not supposed to regulate every action of free men or women in what they would do to provide for their families nor be deterrents to preventing their success with a taxation method that punished the successful and rewarded those who desired mediocrity.

Our leadership we call "our government" no longer is striving to promote these principles, but instead, slowly and methodically, are removing the very freedoms we were God given. As human beings, we have the right to succeed and the same right to fail. We have the right, too, to approach our Congress with a redress of our grievances. Yet, our Congress is doing all it can do to ignore the people of this nation and push forth an agenda that will further erode our liberties and our freedoms to the point where our children and our grand children will never experience the United States of America we all love and cherish. Instead, they will be left with a mound of debt that will never be repaid even by their children and grandchildren.

It is time to stop being a Democrat or a Republican, a Liberal or a Conservative. It is time to be a member of the AMERICAN PARTY in which the belief that freedom and liberty is worth fighting for and building a unified voice for the preservation of this nation as envisioned by Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Washington, Franklin, and countless others who willingly gave their life to create and protect. We may sit in stony silence and never utter a word, or we may raise a voice to Washington that, to ignore, could lead to our demise as a nation. That is the choice we are facing at this very juncture in American history.

I therefore ask that you join me in another "Declaration of Independence" day. One that Congress cannot ignore and in as much if they do, it will mean the downfall of them ever being the representatives of the PEOPLE of this nation. You ask me how you can accomplish all of this without fear of retribution from our government? As ONE we are powerless, but as a multitude of voices, all united in one cause, we <em>will</em> make a difference.

The agenda is simple and our message is clear- we want our Country back from those who seek to subvert it into a nation in which freedom no longer belongs to it's citizens. We seek a nation in which government can no longer step outside the boundaries of the Constitution of the United States as it was written by our Founders. We want repressive taxation of our wages to end and government to live within it's means. We want a government who no longer dictates the successes or failures of industrious people, businesses, or industries to the point where their sole purpose is to fund government, rather than fulfill the God given right to succeed or fail without government control or interference. We seek smaller government without the capacity to redistribute the wealth of this nation to those who have no desire to contribute to it's growth and abundance. Most importantly, we seek a nation where it can no longer be a small minority of politicians who dictate to WE THE PEOPLE what we can or cannot do, but a nation in which WE THE PEOPLE tell our representatives what they will or will not do.

Will you join me in this collection of voices? If you will, then I ask that you comment below and to also send this page to everyone you know, every family member you have, and every friend you have heard complain about not being able to do anything about the government as we have it today. It is my hope that on July4th, 2009, that we are a major voice and one that Congress will listen to and listen with an ear that threatens their ability to dictate the agenda. This is the "American Party" Agenda and not one that should be taken lightly.

It took men putting their lives on the line on July 4th, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed. July 4, 2009 does not have to be a day in which your life should ever be endangered, but a day in which we are AMERICANS who are more than willing to do so if asked so that our children and grand children can understand that Liberty and Freedom were cherished, God given rights.

I ask with great anticipation that you will join me and I believe that there are just enough of "us" that we can and will make not just a small difference, but return this nation back to the greatest nation God ever created. Our numbers can grow exponentially and when we have the voices, we can petition Congress for the very Constitutional RIGHT to a redress of our grievences.

This choice is yours and yours alone. It took brave men in 1776 to make a difference. It takes brave Americans to make a difference today.

Our founders knew one thing for certain- tyranny and despotism were alive and well in 1776. Their goal was to be independent from taxation beyond peoples means, individual rights to prosper at will, and a nation who's government was meant to protect these freedoms and not restrict them in any manner.

Let's give this nation a little test. Based on the goals above, how are we doing as a nation?

I imagine that if our founders saw what was happening in America today, they would not only give us a failing grade, but wonder if the British won the Revolutionary War after all. Every single thing they placed their lives on the line to obtain, we as a nation have freely turned back over to our government to regulate, control, and tax beyond this nations means and ability to pay. It has resulted in massive debt, even more massive debt, and interest added to the debt we have already accumulated.

Yet, many Liberals act as if this level of spending from our government is quite ok and is needed to "get the economy put back on solid ground". Quite the contrary is true. Our nation needs to educate the people that to continue this path of destruction is going to result in the greatest uprising of American citizens this nation has ever experienced. Once again, it will be Patriots facing the specter of Socialism and the complete and utter raping of wealth by our government.

Liberals have this misguided notion that somehow, those who own businesses must have an unlimited pot of gold waiting for exploitation by our government. From that pot, they are going to tax and tax and tax until that pot runs dry. The Liberals believe that this form of wealth redistribution is capable of sustaining every single project of social re-engineering they have ever imagined. However, when faced with the stark reality of the capacity to earn by our businesses, as government takes more and more, there are fewer and fewer businesses pots of gold to pillage. Factories close, main street America becomes devoid of shops and stores, Malls set empty and under a once bustling expanse of covered acreage sits a decaying and decrepit center of what was once the creator of many fortunes, all now gone.

Liberalism promises much to the everyday person. It brings about ideas like "universal health care", "social security retirement", "free college education", "a cleaner environment", "no more global warming", and other misunderstood promises of cruelty. Cruelty you say? Yes, absolute cruelty to every single person who buys into the hype of Liberalism as it is forced upon our EMOTIONAL needs rather than our COMMON SENSE REASONING. "We are doing this for our children", "we are expanding our educational system", "we are helping the aged and retired", "we are saving the planet". Each of these plays on EMOTION rather than taking a look from where it has lead us to this juncture in American history and where it will definitely lead unless this course is reversed.

Once you hear the promise of "higher wages", "better jobs", "health care", and the endless array of promises from Washington, reality needs to set in. Under President Obama's budget proposal and also under the massive bailouts of mortgages going bad, we are faced with one single question- "whom is going to pay for all of this?". That answer too, is within the confines of his budget and it is with massive tax increases to those providing the very jobs President Obama is promising will magically appear. What alternative reality is our President living in?

Business, when faced with higher taxes vs. hiring more employees are going to do all they can to survive first and hope they can make headway to expansion. Facing higher taxation reduces enormously the capital (money) needed to expand and grow. Many are going to finally throw up their hands in disgust, take what ever they have left, and simply close their doors. Many already have and more are doing likewise today. All one has to do is look at the unemployment claims numbers to understand that this economic situation is forcing layoffs, closures, and fewer and fewer even considering venturing out into the entrepreneurial world.

Simply put, unless there are adequate profits within a business, there isn't going to be a business. There aren't even going to be enough "rich" left to continue to feed the coffers of this nation. All one needs to do is look around at the numbers of unemployed to understand that competition for fewer and fewer jobs is placing stresses on this nations creators of those very jobs that this Administration is wanting to create. More and more college graduates are discovering that they too, are facing the prospect that they can no longer pursue their field of study. Many high school graduates are discovering that only menial jobs are available and even those are in short supply. Where once stood shops and stores on main street sits the empty shells of peoples dreams and livelihood. Where once stood massive malls where many fortunes were created and earned and mere empty shells of covered acreage of decrepit and deteriorating where the greatest creation of wealth ever occurred.

Liberalism offers a real cruelty that is suffered most by those to whom the greatest promises are made. Socialism destroys the very desire for one to create and venture into the entrepreneurial spirit that creates wealth in this nation. Instead, it destroys wealth and fails to sustain itself as there is less and less wealth needed to finance the promises of government. What we end up with is nothing but an entire nation of equals and all are equally impoverished.

There is a certain amount of selfishness in freedom and liberty. That idea of our founders had been recognized as such in as much as a government was created not to provide for the individuals needs, but rather to protect those freedoms that every man, woman, and child have a right to experience. One needs only look at which party is attempting to take away the rights of the people such as free speech (the Fairness Doctrine), the right to keep and bear arms (multiple gun regulations), and the liberal courts creating legislation from the bench to correct what they perceive as "social injustices". Our very foundations of this nation are very quickly being taken or freely given away by the people.

Socialism destroys those rights as it must in order to have "equality of the masses" and our rights are either regulated as such that those with more are either excoriated or imprisoned as "political prisoners" who failed to support the general ideals of equity (NOT equality!) for all. To further understand the cruelty of socialism you only need to look at the plight of those nations where revolt, riots, uprisings and protests are occurring daily to understand that governments are unable to sustain the promises made and can no longer provide to the populace the things they have become so dependent on from their government. As long as these people continue to rely on government for their every need and want, the continuation of the cruelty is inevitable. Only freedom and liberty can sustain the masses of the nations, not the promises made by government.

History provides great insight into the future when one realizes that through the ages, nations always have repeated the same outcomes and results when the great experiment into socialism has occurred. At no point in history can one find successes of socialism but rather quite the opposite. The inability to financially sustain the role of government in the great socialist experiment has been achilles heal of the program. Yet, "WE THE PEOPLE" can determine the outcome of our own history by once again embracing the selfishness of Liberty and Freedom to recapture the wealth and support the creativity of this nation. Our experiment into Socialism has created a segment of our population who are slovenly, wanton, and angry little children pretending to be adults.

That is the REAL cruelty of Socialism.