March on Washington July 4!
Joseph Farah
I'm not an organizer.
I'm not big on protest rallies.
I'm not even persuaded that real, meaningful, long-lasting national policy change can come from influencing our elected leaders in Washington.
However, I think it's time for a march on Washington to galvanize forces who don't want to see America destroyed by socialism.
That time is July 4, 2009.
Judging from the anger and frustration I am sensing in this country right now, I have no doubts such a march could bring 1 million people to the nation's capital.
People are mad. They are fuming. There is widespread righteous indignation across this country, and someone or something needs to channel it constructively and positively in a major show of force.
The tea parties are spreading from coast to coast. That's encouraging. But most of them are getting little or no media attention. Most Americans are not even aware of them – before or after they take place.
They should continue and build.
But it's time to make some real noise. It's time for some major fireworks. And what better venue than Barack Obama's playground?
Too many courageous Americans have given their all – their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor – to bestow upon this nation a heritage of liberty unknown anywhere else in the world.
Are we really ready to see it be taken from us – and from our children and grandchildren?
Are we willing to stand by while the biggest power grab in the history of the world takes place before our very eyes?
Are we all just too busy to make the smallest sacrifice of our time and energy and passion for that which God blessed has blessed this nation?
I don't think so.
I think the American people are ready to stand up and be counted.
The time has never been more right.
It's time to take America back.
It's time for a show of force.
It's time for Washington to understand we're not going to take it any more – not lying down anyway.
Is there not some organization or group willing to take the lead?
Is there any doubt that all the freedom-loving talk-show hosts in America will get behind such a call to action?
Will we be defeated without even putting up a fight or a visible protest?
Is that a legacy with which you are willing to live the rest of your life?
Or will you join me in getting up off our rear ends and filling the streets of Washington July 4?
Our forefathers fought for independence. That is the gift we supposedly celebrate and commemorate every July 4. It's time for a new declaration of independence. We don't need a new document. The old one is just fine. But we need to raise our voices and demonstrate that some of us – many of us – still support self-government, our founding documents and want no part of command-and-control, top-down tyranny.
We don't want it from foreign shores – and we sure don't want it from Washington.
I can't do it alone.
But if you support this idea, start spreading the word.
See how your friends react. Network with organizations to which you belong or support with your membership fees. Let's start building a coalition of groups and individuals who have something to lose if we don't stop the theft, the handouts, the giveaways and, most of all, the take-aways that always come with government power grabs.
Think about this.
Pray about this.
See if this call to action agrees with your spirit.
I think it's right. But I don't know if the rightness of our cause will be strong enough if we don't act soon. I think it's time. And I don't think we have much more time to lose.
I look forward to your thoughts.
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