Just One More Voice

Over the Christmas holiday I had the opportunity to visit with my brother for a while and as usual our conversation turned to politics. Like me, my brother is wary of where our country is, where it is headed, and what that direction portends not only for his future, but that of his children. However; unlike me, my brother feels that his voice will not make a difference.

Well Brother, just over a year and a half ago a single voice was heard telling Americans that they should unite to provide opposition to our out of control government. In that instant the Tea Party Movement was born and with it a fire rekindled under a single belief that made our country great; a belief at the very center of this countries fight for Independence; FREEDOM. Freedom from an overbearing government that believes its citizenry is intended to serve the government rather than government serving its citizens.

This single voice that is now the Tea Party is actually a collection of hundreds of thousands of individual independent voices speaking as one. Voices that have our Constitution as a foundation, voices that have translated into action, voices that have indeed made a difference.

Just like the "Shot Heard Round The World" in Lexington MA. so many years ago. The election of November 2, 2010, is only the beginning. We must each remember the words of John Paul Jones when he said: "I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight". His words should be our battle cry because the fight we face begins and ends with the voice of each individual American working together with others. USE IT.