Freedom is one of those words that is thrown around by everyone - even those who spend most of their lives trying to restrict yours. In fact, with the election looming, I'm sure you can hear all of the candidates promising more freedom - which is of course, a bold faced lie.
Freedom means different things to different people. To Obama, it means taking away our 2nd amendment. To Romney, it means just taking away your battle rifle. To Jefferson, it meant refreshing the tree of liberty with the blood or tyrants and patriots.
But what is it really? Is it even obtainable... or just an ideal that sounds good? When we were very young, we would refer to "old" people. But as we got older, "old" was really a moving target, and we'd hear phrases like, "you're only as old as you feel." Is freedom like that? Is it a moving target that we never catch up to?
When we think about our most basic
needs - Air, water, food, shelter - it is obvious that to deprive someone of any one of those would be a serious crime. Yet, the government wants to control EVERY ONE of our most basic needs.
Air
Air is life. We can't live without it. The government has written many laws that punish us for air pollution, burning restrictions, and where we can erect signage. This seemed reasonable. After all, if someone pollutes the air with poison that I will breathe, I can't do anything about it and it could kill me. If someone started a bonfire in their back yard and started burning rubber tires and green trees... it might really upset their neighbors. If they threw Styrofoam coolers on it, they might even endanger their health. But, what seemed like a good idea - to allow government to make laws regarding our air, might not have been such a good idea after all. As usual with the government, if you give them an inch, they will take a mile. Now, rather than just protecting us from poison gasses, and black smoke from next door... they have passed absurd emission laws for vehicles that have deprived us of efficient transportation and the most efficient long-term power generators. They have passed laws saying that you can't smoke cigarettes or cigars on the beach, in bars, cars, or even in your own home! They have made it against the law to burn wood in your own fireplace. And yet, this same government exempts itself and it's largest donors from pollution regulations. Cities, power companies, hospitals, and industrial plants are the largest polluters, yet they are exempt from most pollution laws. What's even worse, is that the government uses our tax money to deliberately spray a cocktail of poisons and heavy metals into our skies, in the form of chemtrails.
Between, city busses, power plants, sewage treatment, landfills, chemtrails, police cars idling 20 hours a day, and sirens going off all hours of the day - I would say that the government has a hell of a nerve telling us that we can't smoke or burn logs in our own homes because it is bad for the environment. This is not freedom.
Water
In Utah, the power company has declared a pre-existing right to all ground water. Of course, this is absurd. Some lands have been passed down for generations, and those land owners have always believed that the water above and below their property should be available to them for their water needs, be it to water their plants, their livestock, create a pond, or use it for their own drinking water. This OBVIOUS right to the water is what gives the land its value. This is logical, and is understandable to anyone with a third grade education. But power companies making $Millions or $Billions in profits, can afford to hire an army of lawyers to steal from us because we are unable to legally defend against such a powerful assault. Most property owners are so busy doing everything that they can just to pay their mortgage, and taxes so that they can keep their land. They can't afford the time or the attorneys' fees required to fight a multi-year court battle with an army of lawyers who represent some of the most lawless criminals ever imagined. Even if they
could afford to present winning arguments, there is no guarantee that the power companies couldn't bribe the jury or the judge. So the land owner has no choice but to beg for permission to use the water, or to buy water from a municipal water provider. This water is usually
laced with toxic waste and other poisons, pumped through lead, copper, and plastic pipes. In addition to the cost of water, the municipalities almost always charge "sewage" charges for removing the waste water and reprocessing it. In most cases, the sewer charges are higher than the water charges, and they won't provide you any evidence of how much waste water that they actually took away from your property. The water you drink, feed to the dog, water your lawn and garden with, etc, is not processed by them - but with no proof and no recourse, they just send you a bill and you pay it. Not only are you now FORCED to buy inferior water, but you are also force medicated - unless you can afford to filter the water yourself to remove the
fluoride, heavy metals, chlorine, and other toxins that the government hides in your water to drug and poison you with. This is not freedom.
Food
Seeing as food, like air and water, is essential to life, it would seem obvious that the government would not interfere with your right to grow your own food and medicine. Think again. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the most corrupt organizations in the world. It was started by John D. Rockefeller, who placed far more stock in profits than he put in human life. His only concern with human life is that he control it, and that he have a monopoly on that control.
Under the guise of "protecting us", the FDA has allowed
Frankinfoods to be used in nearly all processed foods, allowed dangerous drugs to be administered to children and adults, permits known deadly toxins to be used as a sweetener in almost all processed foods. And yet, some folks who dare to grow their own food, run the risk of being beaten, raided, and robbed by and army of armed government thugs. Once they have fined you, destroyed or stolen your property, food, and natural medicine, you then have to defend yourself in court multiple times, at your own expense. It doesn't matter that there is a conflict of interest, that the city who has charged you with the "crime" is also paying the judge who will determine if the law is just. Your persecutor and only hope of justice are on the same team and have the same boss. This is NOT freedom.
Shelter
When I was growing up, we were taught to save our money... Invest... Settle down. At the risk of going off on a tangent, I will point out that the fiat money system now makes "saving" your money one of the WORST financial things you can do because every new dollar that is printed out of thin air, makes your dollars value decrease. So many people began to invest in homes and other real estate.
Back then, a man's home was his castle. Today, as we have seen above, the government doesn't care if you own the land or not. It still feels that it is entitled to tell YOU, the land owner, what you can do with the land. Government decides if you can build, what you can build, if you can use the water on the land, if and what you can grow on your land, and where you can grow it - if they see fit to grant you permission to use your own land to feed yourself. That is absolutely outrageous! But wait... there's more! Not only do you need to ask permission to use your land, develop your land, drink or irrigate from your land, to grow plants, to burn wood, or to smoke.... but you also have to pay the government an arbitrary and ever increasing tax - every year - for the privilege of having your property within their city/town/state boundries. So think about that. After YEARS of saving to get together a down payment, groveling to a bank for a loan - where the borrower gives the bank actual cash and instant equity in the property, and the bank gives you a 40 year mortgage - a piece of paper saying that you owe them payments, totaling 3x what the price of the property is worth. All this, so that you can live on some land and ask permission for EVERYTHING that any human being should consider a basic human right. And once that bank note has been paid off, and it is finally time to relax and enjoy life. Except then, you have the constant threat of the out of control government taking everything away from you if you don't pay them a tax (which is by then higher than your original mortgage payment), or if you plant the wrong plant, sell the neighbor a tomato, or burn your tree in your fireplace. This is NOT freedom.
Freedom
The men who started this country were willing to risk their lives over an unfair tax of 2%. Yes... TWO PERCENT. Maybe they realized that 2% was just the proverbial camel's nose under the tent. But the founders demanded liberty, and were willing to fight to preserve their right to be free... to be left alone... not to be forced to pay for something that they didn't want or weren't getting.
So when I think about about freedom, and I think about the outright LIE that we keep being told... that "
we live in the freest nation on earth", I become angry, and sick to my stomach.
We do NOT live in the freest nation on earth. We live in what USED TO BE the country with the greatest opportunities on earth. The fact that some worthless creature from another country, masquerades as a lawful citizen and a legal president of this country and that the media and the rest of government do NOTHING bothers me, but doesn't keep me up at night. The fact that this puppet of the International Banking Cartel wants to sign a piece of paper and send his minions out to enforce illegal laws (that are in direct violation to the constitution - the highest law of the land) and confiscate my property, deny my natural right to defend myself and my family... I don't worry too much about that. Knowing that the government plans to further erode my freedom with internal checkpoints and armed thugs determining if we can travel, or if they should treat themselves to fondling our genitals or groping my wife or my teenage girls isn't what bothers me most. I don't worry too much about a billion dollar "listening" facility that monitors every electronic conversation, message, fax, purchase, blog, or file transfer. I don't lose sleep over the prospect of the government stealing more of my business, and forcing me to buy stock in a corrupt medical system that I wouldn't use if my life depended on it... especially if my life depended on it.
I don't worry too much about those things because the die has been cast. I can't influence or change them. I know where my 'line in the sand' is, and I will do what I feel is right if and when the time comes.
But what
really bothers me more than anything else, is that our arrogant government believes that it is entitled to deny me my most basic rights. It bothers me that while the freedom lovers argued about stopping the new world order... that it was implemented right under their noses, in plane sight. The politicians, the bankers, the lawyers, the ruling elite, are laughing at how easy it was. They mock us, and are now so filled with hubris that they believe that there is nothing that they can't do. They know that we are so dumbed down, so weak - morally and physically, so hypnotized by American Idol, Sports, and dancing with the stars, so afraid of losing our power, water, garbage collection, free babysitting at the government indoctrination camps, our wi-fi networks, our welfare checks, our farm subsidies, our football teams, our free concerts in the park ... so afraid of being tasered, that we will just roll over and pee down our leg if they raise their voice. Next they will just march us into their new housing projects - slightly larger than a jail cell - and tell us it is for the good of everyone. Then they will have all of us slaves on the plantation, disarmed, dumbed-down, scared, and dependent. They will continue to kill us until they get us down to a manageable 20% of the population. Then, maybe they will rest... when everyone capable of resisting is gone. That is not freedom. I prefer to think of another option...
What freedom means to me, is self-sufficiency, self-governance. The freedom to exercise all of my basic human rights, without interference.
I dream of converting depleted soil back into black, healthy, productive, mineral rich top soil... of raising my own livestock to provide me with eggs, meat, manure, and seed-ready soil... Of a root cellar full of potatoes, onions, garlic, corn, apples, squash, canned vegetables, cured ham, and pumpkins. A pond and a creek teaming with fish, frogs, and birds. A fence with a sign warning unwanted guests that once they cross that line, they will be treated as a threat just like any other trespasser with criminal intent. Trees with fruit, nuts, shade, and stored energy. A power system that is completely independent of the grid. A view of nature where I can watch the sun rise, the wildlife in their natural habitat, and a sky free of chemtrails, power lines, or buildings. My self-governance would make me supreme ruler of all of my land. I would NOT ask permission for anything that I believed were my basic natural rights. I would decide how much to smoke, drink, eat, burn, and irrigate - based on what I believed would best serve the continuation of a healthy body and property. I would decide if, when and how an animal should be slaughtered, butchered, and preserved. I would decide if some of the water from the creek should be put into a cistern or used to generate electricity. I would determine if my children should be able to drive a car or a motorized vehicle. I would decide who could enter my property. I would decide if and how much I should pay some government parasite in taxes. I would decide if people I invite onto the property should have guns, and if they should be allowed to carry them. It would not be a government free zone... I would govern it - and
ONLY me. I would be free in my mind, and in my actions. I would be free from stress, because I wouldn't have to worry about if my food was designed to be a slow kill weapon, if my water was treated to cause weak bones, dementia, and slow learning. I wouldn't be worried about some goo
n with a gun groping my wife or kids, or asking them to walk into an x-ray chamber with no protection. I wouldn't be worried that forced vaccinations are just another name for chemical warfare, I wouldn't be concerned about grocery stores with a three day supply of food running out because of a power outage, an act of war, a riot, or a collapse of the financial system. I wouldn't be concerned about my neighbors killing my family for their next meal - or an agent of the law killing me because I refuse to give up my gun and go peacefully into their controlled housing. My freedom would be from the inside out.
As a teenager, freedom came when I left the supervision of my parents and took responsibility for feeding myself, educating myself, protecting myself, and housing myself. Over time, the government has tried to enslave me against my will. They have violated my privacy, contaminated my air and water, destroyed the value of my savings and investments, and turned my food into poison. They have orchestrated a plan to sterilize the population, and created a tax and school system designed to break apart the family unit. They believe that they have won, that they have us right where they want us. But I believe that some will simply wake up, and walk out. Just as we walked out of our parents homes as teens, we need to once again decide to do for ourselves.
In my vision of Freedom, we build our own energy efficient home - don't live in the bank's house. Repair the soil and grow our own food - don't poison the earth with Monsanto chemicals and GMO seeds. Create a natural balance, where the cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs naturally work the ground, maintain the plants, and control disease. Develop our own mini power plants with wind, water, and solar. Plan our power consumption with the idea that the more efficiently we use it, the less they will need to produce or store. Enjoy reading, writing, and conversation. Practice horseshoes, cross-country skiing, and walking instead of watching TV or going to the gym. Plant flowers, clover, and hang a bird feeder to add beauty and attract nature. Put up bat houses to control mosquitoes. Make fishing poles and raise worms, to improve soil, feed your birds, and enjoy fresh fish. Grow barley and hops so we can brew our own beer. Grow grapes, plums, and berries, to provide our own wine. Grow tobacco and comfrey to have something to smoke and trade. Grow an orchard of apples for fruit, juice, cider, and vinegar. To me, this is as free as one can hope to get. Some people might believe that such a life would be too hard. But to me, nothing could be as hard as watching this country spiral toward socialism and total destruction of all that was once good. To me, that is more than I can bear. Freedom isn't free, and it isn't easy, but none of the best things in life are. Freedom is worth fighting for.
