You Don't Know What You've Got Till Its Gone

The more I read about Ronald Reagan, the more I realize that this was a man that understood how precious and singularly unique the United States of America is, or should be. He understood very well what we have and and the responsibility we as Americans share to keep liberties fought and died for, for our our children and their children.

With the events of the past week, I have to ask; are Americans today made of the "what have you done for me lately crowd", or are we smart enough not to let Paradise Be Paved Over for a parking lot? One has to wonder.

I had the opportunity to live in Boston for a few years back in the roaring 90's and found the history there utterly amazing. Everywhere you looked the history of our country was right in front of your eyes. If you have never spent a 4th of July in Boston, you have not experienced a true July 4th celebration.

In Boston, you can tour Old Iron Side, retrace the march from Lexington to Concord where the "Shot Heard Around The World" was fired, stand in the very spot where the Boston Tea Party, or Boston Massacre unfolded. Boston is truly the cradle of our country. Every American should take the time to visit Boston.

Like most places though, people that live there seem to take all the history around them for granted. I bet you would be amazed at how many people born and raised in Boston have never walked the red line tour and seen where Paul Revere lived, or toured Old Iron Side, or retraced the march from Lexington to Concord. Why, because they grew up with it and take it for granted. Just like you and I take for granted the very liberty our forefathers that fought and died for in Boston during the birth of our country.

The brave men and women of our countries founding fought against tyranny, for a liberty they knew was endowed by our creator. They gave their lives to create a country where the government answers to the people. Our founders framed a Constitution to put limits on government to protect the people from the inevitable abuse of power that stems from those in control of government. Obama Care is a direct assault to those principles.

Now is the time to stand up, look around, take inventory of all those precious liberties you may have taken for granted for your entire life. Not in an effort to mourn them when they are gone, but to protect them for yourself and those that you love. Obama Care should not serve as the end of our liberty , but rather, it should serve as the resurrection of those traits that make each one of us uniquely American. Some may call it pride, some may call it selfishness. I call it a sense of liberty and individualism that is bred into each and every one of us. It is what makes us uniquely American. I don't know about you but I am mad as hell and I am not going to take this lying down. I can only hope that each of you feel the same way.

We can protest, we can march, we can write letters, we can call into talk radio shows, or we can whine about what progressive liberals bestowed upon us this past weekend. All of that is fine. What we really must do is vote every single Democrat out of office in November and repeal the Obama Health Care Bill. The power is in our hands. We just have to use it. I don't know about you, but I kind of like the America I grew up in and I want it back!