Exciting World History!

21 Oct 08

History goes forward! This from an Instructor:

"Thomas Jefferson nearly quoted Socrates when he wrote, 'Wehold these truths to be self-evident, ...' Back then, American children were educated in the history and the historical/philosophical development of individual rights, culminating in the creation of the United States and of American Citizenship. They believed that each man was inherently worthy and, uninterfered with, capable of great achievements.

With the ink barely dry on Jefferson's document, withering attacks rained down from European aristocratic elite. They claimed our perceptions were not valid, that man is not capable of taking care of himself and thus must be enslaved for his own good! This is, of course, the ineluctable cornerstone of what would eventually morph into Marxism, Stalinism, Socialism, Collectivism, Communism, and our domestic Leftists. They're just different titles used to describe various stages in the malignant growth of the same malevolent System, whose only goal is the domination/enslavement of all men, by a few men. We currently see all of Europe either there already, or merry on their way!

In our age, we have seen these naive old-World civilizations foolishly choose Collectivism, a choice that has predictably lead to millions of innocent people murdered, all in the name of some ethereal, but ever ill-defined, Collectivist 'good.'

On this side of the Ocean, it is only through our ability to think as rational individuals, continually struggling to keep a firm grip on reality, and our willingness and ability to fight, that has kept our System in place that allows us to enjoy personal liberty. We surely have no excuse in knowingly condoning the conspicuously Collectivist System that is currently hanging over our heads, only a single election away!

As with ancient Greeks, Samuri, and other great cultures, our Founders considered righteous, personal character essential to the continued advancement of our Civilization. This character not only requires the instilling of cultural values via education, but, as importantly, it authorizes, indeed mandates, the right and duty to fight for those values, to fight literally against evil!

Today, the iniquitous and naive among us, neo-Stalinists, are attempting to redefine personal character, replacing truth, righteousness, and goodness with unquestioned personal political loyalty to them and their Party, on penalty of punishment! When allowed to go to fruition, this Collectivist System will, as it always does, suffocate personal initiative, indeed all creativity, as Collectivists' paranoid reaction to even the hint of political dissent is invariably the crush of an iron fist.

It is the sacred duty of each generation of Americans to educate and enlighten the next. This is 'challenge by choice.' Our reward will be the preservation of our Civilization. We must show, by example, righteous character means: (1) to fearlessly seek what is true and right, (2) to boldly act on one's own reason and conclusions, accepting, without complaint, all consequences,and (3) to audaciously confront threats to our inalienable right to our own individual being.

At our Urban Rifle Courses (where all ranges are run 'hot,'as is your habit) there is a point where we take a break with loaded, military rifles, slung over our shoulders. It is a powerful moment, a potent epiphany for many. Imagine it! Here we are, Citizens, fearlessly bearing arms, not soldiers at war nor police officers on a tactical mission, but Sovereign Citizens- Americans! It is a moment like no other! And, at this instant, many of our students, usually for the first time in their lives, realize what an unparalleled joy and privilege it is to be an American Citizen!

Of the millions of innocents Stalin casually starved to death, millions Hitler rounded up and systematically exterminated, and Pol Pot, and uncounted victims of lesser Collectivist tyrants- none had the freedom and opportunity that we Americans nonchalantly take for granted, in fact that many of the naive among us dismiss as 'irrelevant.'"

Comment: "An American who is to amount to anything must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory when he can, and accept defeat when he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.

TR

"We must build on neither hope nor fear, but only on the continued faithful discharge of our duty as citizen/soldiers, wherein alone will be found safety and peace of mind."

Churchill

"There can be no proper relationship between one who is armed and one who is not; nor is it reasonable to expect that one who is armed will voluntarily obey one who is not, nor that any official of government will ever feel secure among armed citizens."

Machiavelli

God save us from the sons of unwed mothers!

/John