Which road is the right road?

Thursday – October 28, 2010

Which road is the right road?

This week I have been writing about a road. I haven’t really defined the definition of what a road is, but I have used it as a theme. I have used it because I believe we are at a crossroad in this country! We are at the end of one road and standing in front of another. We either go to the left or to the right. I don’t want to confuse the term left or right with political direction. It goes far beyond that.

The direction we take will mean one of two things. We can choose to remain free, with limited rights, if we take that left turn or, if we choose to go right, we can insist that our government and the politicians that serve that government don’t limit our rights. This is what this election is all about.


Thomas Jefferson defined the road in this way, when he wrote, "Declaration of The Rights of Man and The Citizen" as, "Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law."

As a result of this, our forefathers asked what the proper role of Government should be. To answer this they realized that our rights are not given by a government or a king. The power of a government or king must be justly derived from the consent of the governed. Our rights have never been given to the people by the government. The government should be given limited rights from the people. America, as a result of this, became a land of freedom and opportunity, with minimal government intrusion, a limited central government that would simply protect the people and maintain a safe environment for them to pursue happiness in anyway they saw fit.

The proper role of government, as they defined it, began a radical shift in political thought from the people. America would be a land of freedom and opportunity, with minimal government intrusion, a limited central government that would simply protect the people and maintain a safe environment for them to pursue their happiness through ownership of property and by creating their own wealth. The Founding Fathers, at the inception of the country, wanted pure American Liberty. With all of its problems, it was still better than the alternative. The Founding Fathers knew that when people are free they are happy. They will be creative, they will be productive and they will thrive, because government will not hinder them. They wanted a properly limited government and they designed one.
Back during the founding, some might say it was a simpler time. This might be true, but hardships did occur. It was through the freedom that American citizens had that moved this country farther and faster than any other in world history. It was freedom that created most of the inventions that give us the comforts that we have today. It was not government. It was industrious Americans that created industry to produce and create the world’s greatest economy.
It is government that is now destroying our industry at every turn. Just yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden said, “Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.” In this single sentence, the vice president has summed up what is wrong with some of us in America, his party and progressive liberalism. This is the exact opposite of what our Forefathers believed, researched and wrote. This is not only preposterous, but it is a lie, a distortion and a danger to young people who don’t know history, because they are not being taught history. This is why these people should not take the helm of our government.
In new polling, 76% of Americans know someone who is either out of a job or who is looking for a new job. This is a result of men like Biden and the policies they create. This is a result of the Vice President’s total number of years enacting laws and the liberal agenda.
The President said, at the beginning of the week, as he was on the road campaigning, “The Republicans can take the back seat.” He said this in response to a question about the Republicans winning back Congress.
The Republicans have become labeled as the party of “No” by this President. The Party of “No” is now asking the same questions that our Forefathers asked. The Party of “No” is now coming to the same conclusions about government that our Forefathers came to. Many Liberals and Independents have come to the same conclusions, because they know the comments of the President and the Vice President are not comments that the Forefathers would have said, let alone believed. They realize that these comments are so far away from the “Spirit of ‘76”, that I wrote about yesterday.
The road that we will choose to take will become the road to freedom that our Founding Fathers discovered 235 years ago, when they adjourned Congress for the first time. The road they set for the next session would be to declare liberty. The next session of Congress, sworn in next January, will be the Congress that reflects the road that we want to take, not the other way around.
On this day, in 1793, Eli Whitney applied for a patent on the Cotton Gin. This was not a government sponsored idea, despite what the Vice President says. This patent created an industry and made men wealthy. This is something that our Government just does not get! I wonder, what road would Eli Whitney take today?
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: In five days, we pick a new road to freedom. In five days, we can dismiss the words of Biden and start the process of evicting The President!