Vigilance is the price of Freedom.

America is changing right before our eyes, and it is changing quickly. Many of us, unfortunately, have been caught by surprise with all these changes. Obama promised change, and he is doing his best to change our country into something that I hope many of those who voted for him realize they do not want.
I heard a former PLO terrorist who converted to Christianity on the radio tonight. He said, "Vigilance is the price of Freedom." He is absolutely right. Where would we be if not for the brave men who fought British tyranny in the Revolution? Where would we be without the brave men who fought the Nazis?
Freedom requires vigilance. While those in power want to strip us of our freedoms in the name of equality and fairness, we must vigilantly uphold our freedoms. We may have seen the beginnings of a renewed focus on vigilance with the Tea Parties held around the country this past week. Citizens are realizing their freedoms and liberties are being usurped by power hungry demagogues, whose only "Change" is a fundamental change from a land of liberty to a bureaucratic dictatorship. Did you see all the news coverage of the Tea Parties on the networks? How about the cable news channels? Of course you didn't! They paid scant attention to our voices. What happened to our freedom of speech, and our freedom to peaceably protest? Only Fox News remembered our rights. What attention was given by the rest of these supposed "news" pushers in the mainstream liberal media was rife with sexually derogatory mockery from so-called "serious journalists". I hope we continue to see our populace fight back, not with weapons, but with our words and our voices. Our voices can drown out theirs.
Yesterday was the 234th anniversary of the original "Shot Heard Round the World", the catalyst for our American Revolution. If not for these brave men who loved and valued Liberty above even their own lives, where would we be?

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."

- Samuel Adams