How far are you willing to go?

Friday – September 17, 2010

How far are you willing to go?

I have a short retraction. Yesterday, I mistakenly said it was Constitution Day. I should have written tomorrow instead of toady. Today is Constitution Day. Originally, it was called Citizenship Day. (http://www.constitutionday.com/)

I don’t have to remind you to read your Constitution and make sure others do the same. I don’t have to remind you that the Constitution makes law out of the fundamental principles of our freedom. I don’t have to remind you that we are responsible for the upkeep and the understanding of what the document means.

My only question is just how far are you willing to go to ensure our leaders understand what the Constitution is? Just because some politicians pull a copy of the document out of their breast pocket does not mean they understand it. It does not mean they know the history of how it was written and why it was written.

There is one thing for sure. I have identified what Party and what politicians view the Constitution as a hindrance rather than a guide. George Washington said: “The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”

This fall will mark the 2nd year of the Obama administration. This fall will be the most important midterm in the history of the country. This fall we have an opportunity to oust those politicians who view the Constitution as a hindrance, rather than a guide. This fall we need to prepare ourselves to get out the vote in our neighborhoods. Make sure that you contact the candidate that you feel is conservative and that you feel is ready to bring change. Ask the question: How far are you willing to go? It’s a simple question with a simple answer.

This fall, the Democrats will run on a platform of social justice and social progress. The only thing is that a platform of this type ruined the Housing Industry, killed jobs and made us weak as a nation and stripped our inherent ability to better ourselves. As the Democrats are speaking today about tax cuts, ask one question. When did a democrat ever give a tax break? New statistics show that 1 in 7 Americans are now at the poverty limit. This number has never been so high. Social justice will rob every citizen of their prosperity. Social Justice Initiatives, such as redistributive economics, kill economic growth and extinguish the spirit of entrepreneur ship and free market principles. Just today The City of Las Vegas said it cost them 111 million jobs to retain 54 jobs. This is not social justice it is social injustice.

The Democrats cannot run on economic issues and they cannot run on passing healthcare. With the majority of Americans asking for the repeal of the health care bill your candidate should be telling you how he or she will support any effort to do that.
Remember that pesky document that we are celebrating today there are now twenty states suing the federal government over parts of the legislation that would require you to purchase government run healthcare.

James Madison the father of the Constitution said: ”With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.”

Most Progressive politicians avoid discussing traditional values. Traditional values are what made this country great. Europe has drifted away from traditional values and is now realizing the errors of their way. In a FOX News dynamic opinion poll 87% of people polled are concerned about the secularization of our society. The Constitution does not prohibit religion, but guarantees that you a have the right to worship and that the government cannot establish what religion to enforce. This is something to celebrate today, but we should not celebrate secularization.

Are traditional American values based on poverty? Are traditional American values based on secularization? Are traditional American values based on Americans being employed by stimulus money? This is not the America that we know and this is what needs to be changed in America today. Madison wrote: “All power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people; which consists in the enjoyment of life and liberty and the right of acquiring property, and generally of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. That the people have an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform or change their government whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purpose of its institution.”

The reason I am bringing up these diverse topics today, on Constitution Day, is that we have guarantees and we have limits. This fall these limits and our guarantees will be at issue. Just how far are you willing to go to educate yourself on the topics and communicate what you have learned? Just how far are you willing to go to bring a new interest in the Constitution, not only with friends and relatives, but with the candidates themselves.

I end today with this:”The happy Union of these states is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.” James Madison

Madison knew just how far he was willing to go!

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: Just 46 days separate us from renew or more of the same. Just how far are you willing to go to renew the American Spirit that your Constitution guarantees.