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The Death of The Tea Party
The Tea Party movement may not be dead yet, but it may – in fact – be on life support. This is not due to a lack of individual effort, resolve, or commitment to the cause. Despite what the media may portray, it is not due to infighting within the group but rather because the group may be fighting to hold up a collapsing house of cards.
Face it; America has already raced over the “fiscal cliff.” Nearly half the states are upside down and a majority of the nearly 127 million voters preferred a governing platform that favors a saturated welfare system, higher taxes, forced health insurance, and an abundance of government-dependent workers. While there is a place for activism and justified reactions to current policies, the movement’s death is inevitable if it continues working to warn and prevent the nation from going over the precipice instead of focusing on determining the best way and place to land.
The reality is that the Tea Party is not a growing, silent majority but is instead a shrinking minority. It has been met with resistance from power brokers on both sides of the aisle and forced to realize it is not just losing to Obama and other liberals. The Tea Party is losing to Republicans and people like Mitch McConnell, Karl Rove, and the “right-wing establishment,” as well.
A larger problem the Tea Party faces, though, is not found in its members but in the philosophical shift that it is seeking to prevent. Its goal has long been to stop the encroachment of socialism and drive the restoration of liberty, yet America continues to see the degradation of society and personal freedoms. It is difficult to argue for any remaining hope to convert a majority opinion with so many now reliant on – or in the shackles of – the government. It is not enough to say the nation has a generation “on the dole” – many of whom are looking for a way to bleed society to get their "fair share.” It goes beyond the welfare class to a new majority that is dependent on the system and the status quo. History has shown over and over that the moment when a people become completely dependent is the moment when they are easily bonded into slaves.
Thus, the gravest issue for the Tea Party is not the apathy or dependence of the unchanged majority but that America has passed this threshold and become a society already in bondage. With over sixteen trillion dollars of national debt (or an inheritance of fifty-two thousand dollars of debt per person), its citizens have already sold their children into debt bondage. Everyone must already bow to the master of government to register their guns, get licenses to run their businesses, drive their cars, even to fish, hunt, or get married. With overreaching policies like the PATRIOT Act and NDAA, America is not safer as a nation, only less free.
The road to serfdom is paved with people taking as much as someone else will give them. The casualty of this is personal responsibility and liberty. As the Tea Party fights to change policies and institutions to preserve liberty, one fears – and facts are beginning to support – that the cycle has progressed too far forward and is beyond repair.
This makes today a pivotal time – both for the Tea Party and for the nation. The first thing that must be done is to admit there is a problem. The next step is beginning to shift the focus from restoring institutions to rebuilding them from the ashes that will remain in the years to come. It is time to transition from preservation and prevention to self-reliance and rebirth. It is no longer a matter of if American society is going into bondage but how long it will be here.
For the individuals that fully grasp the realities facing the nation, this means shifting their paradigms from short-term pragmatism to principled realism. The new focus does not ignore what is currently happening but prioritizes preparation for the future state. This means unplugging from the status quo and becoming an independent by breaking free from political labels and party loyalty. It means becoming more self-reliant and severing the ties of dependency and bondage. It requires one to ground themselves and their families at the intersection of faith, reason, and personal responsibility. Lastly, it means strengthening local communities by working self-sacrificially alongside neighbors and creating a network that stands on its own and is prepared to help take care of its own.
For the Tea Party (and all of us), it is not that the war has been lost. The spirit of liberty dwells in every member, and – somewhat ironically – the natural consequences of bondage will be the resurgence in spiritual faith, the renaissance of enlightenment, and the renewed cry for freedom. Until then, for the Tea Party movement to succeed and prepare for coming days, it will need to disconnect itself from the system it is attempting to save and instead focus its members on strengthening their minds, their reason, and their constitutions to survive and revive independence. [Author: Eric Wilson | Source: http://brushfireforum.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-death-of-the-tea-... ]
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Comment by ATUM RA on February 28, 2013 at 5:54am -
Mark Twain, I'm not sure yet if we agree or disagree about the allegiance issue. The following is what I believe about it; let me know what you think.
The “People” today have very few and heavily infringed upon rights, mostly privileges. When the “People” were treated as the Sovereigns in America [who are the MAKERS and their POSTERITY to the laws of the land (state Constitutions) and the supreme law of the land (federal Constitution)] they had no allegiance to anyone. The government, your only [public] servant, had an allegiance to you. As a citizen today, you are only entitled to whatever your ‘newly self appointed’ sovereign grants to you. You have almost no rights which have not been infringed upon or completely destroyed by legislative ‘positive’ laws which are constitutionally impermissible as well as not being able to challenge their constitutionality in court see [Clapper v. Amnesty International, Warrantless Wiretapping Challenge, Struck Down by Supreme Court; for example]. If you wish to do something that would be otherwise illegal, you must apply for a license giving you special permission. If there is no license available, and if there is no specific permission granted in the statutes, then you must apply for special permission or a waiver in order to do it. Your only allegiance is to your ‘newly self appointed’ sovereign (the government), and that allegiance is mandated by your sovereign's law.
rocky venti, very well said. I agree with you.
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Comment by Mark Twain on February 27, 2013 at 8:40pm -
@Atum Ra
pledging any allegiances to any Sovereign Entities, wrong i pledge allegiances to my country and to my God. Adam k. who was in the videos i posted was referring to blind patriotism used to push the wars, and how there are many forms of resistance to the power of the state,
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Comment by rocky venti on February 27, 2013 at 6:41pm -
I feel compelled to respond to this post. I have been with the movement from the beginning and am disheartened as to how the local, and national, tea party has fallen apart. This is the result of NOT forming a real tea party in the beginning. If we had a leader in each state, supported by all those tea partiers in that state, we may have been able to field a viable candidate for the presidential run. I know of four or five problems we have to overcome and I am not sure how to do that.. We need committed, conservative, American loving individuals who will give of themselves to attain these objectives. Next, we need people who will run for school boards, city councils, county supervisorial boards, state and national offices. We need to get the right people in congress that will give us term limits for congress members and no exclusions from all programs. We need them to install a fair tax and abolish the IRS. We need public financing only, with limits for each office. We need to prevent any private, union, or personal funds from being used. We need to bring the tea parties together under one leadership. Until these things are accomplished I tend to agree with the poster; the Tea Party is dead! I am too old to run but if I were younger I would join a group like N.Cal.Militia that could be our last line of defense against a tyrannical government. I hope the country has not slipped over the edge but I fear we may have after that last election...God help us.
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Comment by ATUM RA on February 27, 2013 at 1:41pm
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Good video Mark. I absolutely agree that patriotism is for, as he put it, 'b******' who support collectivism. We should not be pledging any allegiances to any Sovereign Entities. We should be the Sovereign Entity that our 'Public Servants' take an oath to serve us and protect our inalienable rights.
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Comment by Mark Twain on February 27, 2013 at 2:58am
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http://youtu.be/QQWtnBP_vMk my system wont give me the time code to post it but this video goes into this subject and so much other stuff, the point i am trying to point out is about perceptions ,,
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Comment by Mark Twain on February 27, 2013 at 12:00am
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while i wont argue with you cant fix stupid. quoting a progressive i was arguing with sometime ago,
sheep like most herd animals are easily lead,
Quoting Alex Jones, (paraphrasing ) once the Sheep sense the Danger no matter how dumb they are they run,
they are the majority, the problem is they just dont know it , (meaning many of the people who will side with the people once the system collapses, and goes full blown tyranny are just not awake yet)
take this clip for example., i don't fear this man turning on the people, hes just not awake to the real conversation, as the system deteriorates more and more people will and are waking up, http://youtu.be/DBWzjaZEs8U
here is the problem, hope you listen to this one,
and i do agree with the article about disconnecting from the system, I'm doing everything i can to make myself self sufficient as all you who are awake so be trying to do ,
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Comment by ATUM RA on February 26, 2013 at 1:04pm
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Mark, Truth is you can't fix stupid. If the majority are in the stupid slice of the pie and are stuck there, than how does the minority slice of the pie fix the stupid slice? The minority must become the majority, but that's not what is taking place now, quite the opposite really. That's why I think this article hits the nail on the head.
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Comment by Mark Twain on February 26, 2013 at 12:46pm
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rubbish the Tea party People are still out their and the numbers are growing, movements change
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