The birth of a nation is often much like the birth of a child. It’s usually severe, violent, and bloody.

America was born under pretty normal circumstances. Just as was, Rome, the USSR, and, well, pretty much all of them. They come into being on the backs of passionate men & at the cost of the lives of other passionate men. Early life in an infant Country can be violent as well. Those passionate men don’t fight and die for nothing. They fight for change, and once independence is accomplished the battle will then rage for what that independence will look like. Our history is full of that as was Rome, and even Iraq today.

However, the similarities to modern newborn nations ends there. Modern warfare of late has resulted in other people waging the battle for the birthing nation. More like a c-section than actual childbirth, the Country is left with leaders who lack the passion necessary to defend. Many of them are just products of the prior leadership and even the ones who aren’t may have sacrificed too little to be able to contribute more than status quo to those they lead (serve). Many will just see this change as their chance to line their pockets the way the previous thieves had done.

The early residents of the United States sacrificed much in its conception & birth. The Civil War was a terrible but necessary injection of yet more passion at a crucial moment. That terrible time in history produced some incredibly honest men. Men who rejected any form of corruption & in many cases rejected compensation altogether. Those days are waning.

In her old age the USA is full of residents and leaders whose one passion is their pocketbook. A mature nation becomes somewhat immune to civil war & infighting as the national army simply becomes too strong to contend with. Meanwhile the people quite fat-dumb-and-happy enjoying the fruits of the others’ sacrifice. So long as their leisure is not interrupted the majority who rule in a democratic society are happy to ignore the world around them & about half of them will show up to the poll and vote for whichever name sounds nicest to them or has the ‘R’ or ‘D’ next to it. The other half won’t even be bothered to do that.

Today some of our politicians get a million dollar kick back just to show their face somewhere. Hilary Clinton could afford to invest $30,000,000 of “her own” money into her “own” presidential campaign. Nothing is off limits, even pardoning friends convicted of crimes is common practice. Congress voted a freeze on Social Security reimbursements but voted themselves a 5% raise in a RECESSION YEAR! Heck, even the Obamacare bill does not apply to Congress. Just everyone else. The Federal Army is MUCH too big to be threatened “by the people” and violence is downright out of style.

The United States founding fathers made one very big mistake in building the basis for our Country. A mistake that even in hindsight I see no solution to. What they did is failed to recognize the dwindling of passion that would occur. They assumed that everyone would recognize the power of a vote was the modern equivalent to a musket. That an election was better than the carnage of war… They assumed we the people would be logical.

Unfortunately, I’m talking to the air. Those passionate enough to read about politics already know these things, and those who aren’t won’t be reading. The mainstream media owns everyone else, swaying their ideas like waves in the sea. One of their claims is that the tea party is violent. The tea party represents a civil war of sorts, and if it is violent to use our ballot muskets and take our one shot on election day then yes it IS VIOLENT.

There is no natural limit to the life of a Country. Unlike a human being a Country can go on for millennia. However, not when it is managed the way ours has been. The USA is on its death bed and if you don’t take your musket and your one shot out to the battle ground (polling stations) on election day, then you are no patriot. Whatever you believe, vote you ungrateful parasite! Fire your shot in the civil war of 2010. Study the issues and practice your marksmanship carefully. If you think a wasteful money spending, pocket lining, gigantic government is what you want then aim your musket right at my forehead. But vote dangit! Let’s get this bloody war over with.

At the end of its life a nation makes some desperate last gasps. Often by the now tyrannical leadership, but sometimes the people try to revive themselves. Huge riots, and even bloodshed accompany the death of a nation very similar to its birth. By then it’s too little too late. So vote money into your own pocket. Aim your musket at the tea-party so that you can get a big pension. That’s your choice, and if you do that you are no better than the tyrants that are running the show. Just be sure, on the Country’s death bed you or your offspring will suffer for real for your self-indulgence. One way or another, truth comes to be known.

So dear children, my hope is that you will never have to see violence, but my hope is that you will be passionate about everything. In the words of Wes King:

“Love life with all your might.
Love peace but be willing to fight.
Love beauty and train your sight.
And nurture your appetite for beauty, goodness and truth.
Be strong and be brave.
Believe and be saved, for there is a God.”

- Wes King from: “There is a God”