Desire:

Wednesday – June 30, 2010

Desire:

Did you hear about the word desire? What is your desire? Why are we not using this word today? Why do we follow the desires of others?

These are the questions that we must start to ask ourselves and our neighbors. I know, there is rule of law and there must remain respect for our leaders. However, when circumstances merit that these questions be asked, then the citizen is not only obliged, but it becomes the duty of the citizen to make sure that government is reigned in and that the peoples desires come first.

As we approach our Independence Day celebration, we must remember that the word desire was the primary consideration for the fight for freedom. If our forefathers did not desire to be free then we would not enjoy the liberty they gave us.

In 1761, a mere fifteen years before the Declaration of Independence was written and then presented to the world, the American Colonists were loyal British subjects. They even celebrated the coronation of their new king, George III. The colonies stretched from Maine to Georgia and it was distinctly English in its character. The early colonies were made up of Scots, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, Swedes, Finns, Africans, French, Germans and Swiss, as well as English.

We were heirs to the Magna Carta, written in the 13th century. This document established the principles of law. No one man, not even the king, could take away certain rights. In 1763, the king started to assert his authority over the colonies to make them share the cost of the seven years war that England had just fought and won. The English colonists protested this by involving their rights as free men, but loyal subjects. It was only after a decade of repeated efforts on the part of the colonists to defend their rights that they resorted to armed conflict and eventually do the unthinkable; separate from the motherland.

Our early colonists and forefathers had a desire to separate from King George’s England, because of their desire to be free from the burdens that were now being placed upon them. The early colonists and forefathers had a desire to own property and to retain their wealth. The desire of the colonists was broadcast to the world, through the declaration.

The word desire is defined: 1: conscious impulse toward an object or experience that promises enjoyment of satisfaction in its attainment 2: a longing , craving b: a formal request or petition for some action.

The Declaration of Independence was our formal document that was to become a petition for some action. That action was later fought out on the battle field in revolution. This action later guaranteed the rights of a people who founded a new nation with laws and a desire to live among each other sharing the liberty and freedom they fought for.
Today, we find ourselves as a people subject to a government. It is like King George III is taking away our liberties and freedoms through a growing bureaucracy.

Do you desire a government who will sue a state over an immigration law that was enacted, because the government is not doing their job? Do you desire a government who will tax and who will spend our posterity’s wealth? Do you desire a government who cannot govern fairly, because of the desires of its king or president? Do you desire a government that will take away the wealth from some and award it to others so that they have the wealth? Do you desire a government or a court that will walk away from the Constitution for political purposes to move an agenda?

Or, are your desires directed towards the constitutional purpose of law and rules that even a President is sworn to protect and defend? Are your desires directed towards leaders that will put political agenda aside and lead for purposes of strengthening our country based upon its principles of freedom and liberty?

Do you desire a country that will protect its young and defend it against those that would destroy it for ideology? This was the desire of the founding fathers. Their wisdom to create liberty and freedom form tyranny and oppression still stands true today. It is a matter of recognizing it and then taking action in the desired way. It is called a revolt at the ballot box. This was the desire of the founders and this was their wish or their desires to keep the Union of States prosperous and free.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: There are 125 days for our desires to be known. Our Declaration of Independence was the start of it all.