{"id":753,"date":"2011-04-22T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2011-04-22T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T19:32:02","slug":"lexington-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"LEXINGTON, WISCONSIN"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 19, 1775, the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought.\u00a0 There had been a lot of frustration with the British government long before these battles.\u00a0 One key event was the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773.\u00a0 The Tea Party was proof of widespread discontent, but Lexington & Concord demonstrated a willingness to fight to achieve that change.\u00a0 Everything changed with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.\u00a0 For the first time, citizens stood up to the British Red Coats, the most powerful military force on earth, and fired back.\u00a0 It was not a huge battle, and there was no great victory, but the Minutemen stood their ground and it was the British<\/em> army that retreated.\u00a0 The Revolutionary War was on.<\/p>\n

The modern Tea Party movement was named, appropriately so, after the original Boston Tea Party, because, once again, we are dealing with a government determined to continue raising taxes so it can spend more money on things people don\u2019t want and don\u2019t need.\u00a0 \u00a0Real change always faces strong resistance from the people currently in power.\u00a0 In 1775, it was the British Government and King George.\u00a0 Today, it is the federal government and the massive bureaucracy developed over the last 235 years.\u00a0 This bureaucracy is strongly supported by those who depend on its largess.\u00a0 This is not just about Barack Obama, or even the Democratic Party; it includes the Republican leadership, labor unions, the main stream media, lobbyists, special interest groups and big business.\u00a0\u00a0 All of these have invested a lot of time, money and energy in maintaining the status quo.\u00a0 All of them are strongly resistant to real change.<\/p>\n

Now, we are engaged in another \u201ccivil war,\u201d and we are about to find out whether or not we can regain the special type of government purchased with the very blood, sweat and tears of our Founding Fathers. \u00a0\u00a0I seriously doubt that our Founding Fathers would be impressed with the hideous transformation of a limited government, offering freedom of opportunity, to the socialist monstrosity that is destroying our country.\u00a0 This is a different kind of war, hopefully fought with votes rather than bullets.\u00a0 But, it is a war, nonetheless.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the first major battles in this war is being fought in Wisconsin.\u00a0 The people in Wisconsin voted for a Republican Assembly, a Republican Senate and a Republican Governor.\u00a0 To the shock and dismay of the establishment, these newly elected patriots intend to keep their promise to take on the power monopoly represented by the trifecta of the Democratic Party, the Main Stream Media and the Public Sector Unions.\u00a0 It took an incredible amount of courage to stand up to these powerful forces and, as expected, they fought viciously back.\u00a0\u00a0 People used to power seldom give up that power willingly.\u00a0 Wisconsin is an important reminder of the willingness of the establishment to fight back against fundamental change.<\/p>\n

The battle in Wisconsin rages on.\u00a0 At first the establishment fought back with massive demonstrations, vocal media support and imported protestors.\u00a0 There have also been reports of threats of violence against the Governor and key Republicans in the Assembly and the Senate.\u00a0 This has included death threats.\u00a0 (Contrary to main stream media reporting, there is far more violence from the far left than from the far right.\u00a0 Those of us who monitor blogs from either extreme quickly realize that while conservative blogs quickly block those who spew hate speech or threaten violence, such rhetoric is common on the liberal blogs.<\/strong> )\u00a0 When this attempt at intimidation did not work, they poured in about $4 million in a last-minute campaign to defeat a sitting Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice.\u00a0 They ran vicious attack ads full of outright lies and distortions.\u00a0 Fortunately, this didn\u2019t work because the good people of Wisconsin went to the polls and voted in record numbers to restore sanity to a state gone wild. \u00a0(As we write this the Democratic Party is still trying to win this election through the \u201crecount\u201d process.\u00a0 They are talking about \u201cunder-counted\u201d votes in places like Milwaukee & Madison.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be surprised if someone \u201cfinds\u201d the additional votes necessary to put this in the Democratic column.)<\/strong> The next battle will be a well-funded attempt to recall any Republican who dared stand up to the well-entrenched establishment.<\/p>\n

This war started in Wisconsin, but it will not end there.\u00a0 Contrary to the myths promulgated by the main stream media, the Tea Party movement is the result of pre-existing systemic disgust with the long slide toward socialism, not an illusion invented by a slick political machine.\u00a0\u00a0 The anger is all too real and no amount of media spin is going to change that.\u00a0 A lot of people are sick and tired of watching a long stream of politicians, from both parties, who promise change but only deliver more and more of the same.\u00a0 Only a handful of extremely brave individuals have the moral courage to stand up to the establishment in both parties, to the main stream media, to the unions, to the special interest groups and to big business and demand systemic change.\u00a0 They have been mocked, shunned and, in some cases, assaulted by those who are determined to stay in power.\u00a0 The unprecedented personal attacks on Sarah Palin are proof positive that these people show no restraint in their never ceasing lust for power.\u00a0 Never before has the main stream media stood silently by while the innocent children of a political candidate were publicly savaged by those incapable anything other than the vilest personal hatred.\u00a0 Ironically, those who preach the need for tolerance demonstrate almost none themselves.<\/p>\n

The war is on.\u00a0 The worst fighting is yet to come.\u00a0 There will be casualties on both sides.\u00a0 During a time of war, the people look for a very different kind of leader.\u00a0 Winston Churchill was considered to be the laughingstock of the cultured elite in England, until they desperately needed his leadership during World War II.\u00a0 The man they mockingly despised is now their most honored hero.\u00a0 \u00a0At this time, only a couple of people, like Sarah Palin, Rand Paul, Michelle Bachmann and Donald Trump seem to understand what is going on.\u00a0 The remainder seems to be determined to run as moderates, adored by everyone, desperate for approval by the main stream media.\u00a0 My hunch is that anyone who wants to be the Republican nominee for President had better figure this out\u2014and fast.\u00a0 When you\u2019re involved in a war, the most important characteristic of a leader is someone who knows how to win and is willing to pay the price for victory.\u00a0 When you think about it, nothing else matters, because if we lose, we will have nothing at all.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I really think Wisconsin is the new Lexington, hence the title:\u00a0 Lexington Wisconsin.\u00a0 Now, let\u2019s find a leader who understands what it takes to win this war.<\/p>\n

\u00a0TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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