Thoughts From a Right-Wing-Extremist…

This is a pre-release of the headline article I have written for the Northern Colorado Rod and Gun Club News Letter. Trying to get the word out is a big job, and I'll use any avenue I can to do it!

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It looks like many Americans have gone from being every-day people to learning that they are in fact now labeled as “right-wing-extremists.” Our new leaders are on a world tour apologizing for us on our behalf, and changing the face of terrorism from being called “terrorism” to being labeled as merely “overseas contingencies.” This year has been interesting because also, in light of all this “change,” Americans are finally waking up and getting active about all the spending, apologizing, confusing statements, and are just fed up with politics in general.

So what does this all have to do with guns and gun clubs, you ask? Everything! If our basic human rights as citizens get trampled on and our beloved U.S. Constitution gets thrown under the bus, then you can believe that our rights as gun owners will soon be nothing more than a memory. I am writing to you this month, not as a News Letter Editor, but as a citizen: to tell you about some of the things that Americans are doing to show their opposition to debt and their support for the principles on which our Founding Fathers built this country. There is a huge amount of emotion being churned up and people are finally saying that enough is enough.

One such effort that is growing in popularity here in Northern Colorado is something known as the “9.12 Project.” For those of you who follow the Glenn Beck Program on Fox News, you know that the 9.12 Project came out of a desire for our leadership to follow principles and values rather than politics, promises, and empty rhetoric. There are nine principles and twelve values that we have embraced as being important to our solution to problems.

But oddly enough – that is not what the “9” and the “12” are about. What this is about is remembering who we were on 9/12/2001. On 9/10/2001, we were care-free and oblivious to imminent danger. We had our heads in the sand. On 9/11/2001 we were in shock and wondering how an attack could happen on our soil. On 9/12/2001, we woke up and became determined Americans who resolved not to let these attacks happen again. The goal of the 9.12 Project is to turn us all into “9.12ers” again. Resolved and determined that we would not let our great country slip silently into the night or become a distant memory. This is not about becoming anti-government or finding ways to disrespect our President. This is not about political parties. This is about liberty, freedom, and taking responsibility for our own lives, lest the government step in and decide they can do a better job.

Let me repeat: This isn’t about political parties – honest! Too many people have become tired of all the corruption, politics as usual, and empty rhetoric—from BOTH of the major parties. People have gotten tired of their country being called arrogant and being apologized for. 9.12 Project web sites, blogs, and online discussion boards are springing up all over the place to show that regular citizens care and that what this country needs are values and principles, not power-grabs, control of every aspect of our lives, debt, and out of control spending.
Personally, I think that people are getting concerned about the thought that by ignoring principles and values, so much of what we have as Americans could possibly be turned over for others to decide for us. What I mean by that is the notion that our Constitution and founding documents have been deemed to be out-dated, dynamic, and in need of “change.”

America started as the greatest miracle on earth, and has been the last true hope for the entire world. If we let our country fade away into a sea of debt, complacency, apologies, and letting the rest of the world decide what rights our citizens should have, then that hope will be gone. There will be no great, last refuge for the oppressed people of the world to seek. If America becomes one of the oppressed, then there is nothing left.

For information about the 9.12 Project here in Northern Colorado, visit the following web site:

http://www.wewillnotfall.com