TRUE LIBERTY: THE THREAT FROM INSIDE

TRUE LIBERTY: THE THREAT FROM INSIDE:

Monday,, July Fourth, 2011.

On July Fourth, 1776, a group of Farmers, Ranchers, Statesmen and Intellectuals got together to read and sign a Document declaring what we now know as The United States of America to be and that by right ought to be independent and free of The British Crown. The Revolutionary War, of course, had already begun, sometime in 1775, with “The Shot Heard Round The World”, which to this day no one knows which side fired, British Troops or Colonists, since both sides had orders not to fire unless fired upon. Freedom was born o those two days, in the modern era, although of course Human hearts have always longed for freedom
After eight long years and countless lives lost on both sides, of course, The United States of America was free of The British Crown, although it took almost another century for the practice of Race Based Slavery to end, thus bringing us closer to the true promise of a truly free land and society.
Now, however, we face another threat to freedom, and I am not referring to The Islamic Extremists that use and distort their Religion to launch an ideology of hate and violence, although I do acknowledge that that is a threat, mostly born outside our country although some embers smolder within it.
But I refer to a threat to our freedom and identity as a Nation of Liberty for all born and grown to flourish entirely within our boarders, a movement that ironically has taken the name of the very event that began the modern march to freedom. The Boston Tea Party was an event that occurred when the boiling point had been reached with taxes by The British Crown that filled The Coffers of that crown and did nothing to better the lives of people on this side of the pond. None of King George ii i's taxes built any schools or roads here, they funded wars with France and other European Countries.
The current, completely misnamed “Tea Party Movement” believes any taxes collected by Washington D.C. are of the same ilk as those collected by George III and themselves to be fighting for Liberty just as those long ago colonists were. Would they like none of our public highways and roadways to be maintained? Would they prefer to return to a time when only the children of the wealthy enjoyed the right to an education? And how is ending the education of non wealthy children serving the cause of liberty? Is not an uneducated population in fact easier to subdue and enslave? So is not unfunding public schools in fact fighting against liberty?
Now, I know some will say that no one is talking about ending public education (although I'm sure it has crossed some minds) or essential services like Fire and Police Departments (wouldn't that be scary). It's nonessential services like food stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, Schip, Environmental Regulations and of course the hated new health care law, which FORCES everyone to buy a product. They say these programs make people dependent on government and saddle them with unnecessary rules and regulations, or make them lazy and unwilling to work. Now, I have never personally been on food stamps, so I can only speak to them second hand, but from what I've heard it's far from living high and large, it's the basic necessities to keep something in people's stomachs so that they can function enough to seek employment and ways to better their prospects, or find some other way out of a situation, but far from what anyone would CHOOSE as a permanent lifestyle. I have never been on Medicaid and was not on Schip as a child, but again from what I understand if people had ANY other options to retain medical care and services, they would, and will typically seek market options as soon as they are financially able. So, food stamps, Medicaid and Schip are not unnecessary programs that deprive people of liberty. Instead, they are programs that are quite necessary for people who have fallen on financially hard times and need a temporary helping hand to get back on their feet, and if we are a Christian Nation as many Conservatives like to claim, are not we as followers of Christ called to care for “The Least of These” (MATTHEEW, CHAPTER 25, verses 31-46) and give people the liberty to eat and have their medical needs taken care of. Medicare, of course, benefits Seniors who have worked hard when they were able and earned being taken care of in their later years, and in no way infringes on their liberty, but undoing it and forcing them to compete on the private market would infringe on their liberty.
Now, I can speak with some first hand knowledge and personal experience on the private Heath Insurance Market. As a child, I suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of being the pedestrian in an auto-pedestrian accident. As long as I was young enough to be covered through my parents' health insurance, I was fine, but since becoming too old to be covered through my parents, I have been unable to retain private Health Insurance because of my “preexisting” health condition, this despite the fact that my overall health history since 1984,, while not spotless, is far from one that suggests that I would likely be a costly client. I do have coverage through my state's Risk Pool, but Texas Law requires that it always be twice as expensive as comparable, private coverage, and of course that does eat into my finances, diminishing my liberty to spend my money elsewhere. More than the money, though, this designation feels to me like I and everyone else with a preexisting health condition who does not have guaranteed health care because a family member is government employed, are having our lives labeled as worth less than those who do not have a preexisting health condition or maybe worth absolutely nothing. This is a great infringement on our liberty, since it designates us second class Human Beings, in principle slaves of a business model off health care which values money above human life. The new Health Care Law bans this kind of discrimination, so it is ironic that the Political Party Founded to end Race Based Slavery wants to keep those of us with preexisting Health Conditions slaves to a business model of Health Care. But, you say, it requires us to buy a product. To drive a car you must have car insurance. All will need health care services some day, so since it is a product that provides a service which everyone will at some point use, it is not infringing on anyone's liberty to say you must be prepared for that day, in fact not buying health insurance was already infringing on one's own liberty, since if one does need medical care and does not have insurance, it will be quite expensive. Also, I would ask, how many of the people complaining about this requirement have made the conscious choice not to purchase heath insurance? My guess is few, if any. Those of us unable to purchase private health insurance under the old system because of preexisting health conditions and other restrictions, however, do have our liberty infringed on by a system that counts our lives as worth less tan money, and by all who seek to return our country's health insurance system to one that can discriminate against people like us. So not only is the new Health Care Law NOT an infringement on anyone's Liberty, but opposing the new law at all is infringing on the liberty of those of us for whom the old,, profits before people driven health care system did not work.
And of course, it is not just people who should have the liberty to live their lives, but all of creation, all living things. Humans have made a mess of much of the natural world. So, if all of creation should have liberty, opposing environmental regulations is also opposing liberty, nature's liberty to create and heal as she sees fit. Saying that we should not act to ensure that she has the space to do so by saying that there should not be any environmental regulations is infringing on nature's liberty. Plus, only continuing to focus on nonrenewable energy sources infringes on the liberty of future generations of humans since when those resources are gone our descendants will then have nothing to fall back on. So environmental regulation is also not infringing on liberty, while opposing it is infringing on both the planet's and future generations liberty.
So the greatest threat to our liberty, on the night of this July Fourth, 2011, is not external but internal. The Tea Party and The Right Wing of The Republican Party, as I have proved beyond doubt above.
Not limited to the so called Tea Party, there is one other infringement on personal liberty that The Republican Party as a whole is guilty of. That is the prejudice, discrimination and hatred of those of us of non Heterosexual Sexual Orientation. As someone as has understood myself to be a Homosexual since I was twenty-two, I have felt their denial of my liberty to be who I truly am and love whom it is natural for me to love for thirteen years. For thirteen years, I have worn a straight mask with all but the few I knew that I could trust and was sure would accept me no matter what,, and that has robbed me of my liberty to be who I truly am, and I know man other Homosexuals and many Bisexuals experience the same lack of liberty every day. Well, no more. I'm taking off the mask by publishing this on my blog, and what will come, will come.
So, in summary, for denying aid to those in need, food, money, medical or otherwise, for refusing to even acknowledge that those of us with preexisting health conditions even exist, for refusing to do anything about the wanton destruction of our planet, and for refusing Bisexuals and we Homosexuals completely equal rights in all ways with Heterosexuals and even presuming to put themselves on GOD'S Throne and morally judge us, I declare Conservatism and The Modern Republican Party, Tea Party and otherwise, the Internal Enemies of Liberty and vow to do all I can through postings on this blog and conversations with those I know who suffer from this infection, to cure America of this disease, and to that end I dedicate my life, m work, my treasure, and my Sacred Honor.

Matthew Lucas Beckett-Messenger.
A Voice In The Wilderness- The Voice of The Voiceless, So Long Trampled and Trodden On,, BUT NO MORE.