It seems fitting that this Congressional setting is the 111th.  For on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, did the guns fall silent on the Western Front as Allies and Germany agreed to observed the end of the War to End all Wars.  For now history has pushed America itself into a position where a Nation is becoming truly divided along political and governing lines.  History again is repeating itself where a People have become either complacent or ignored by their governing political body, a political body that is far more interested in their own self interest and personal power and greed. 
  So history must repeat itself in order for the greater good to be able to go forward, survive, and thrive, less those in power continue unabated in their rape and pillage of the very People they govern. 

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

  These words were written over 235 years ago, and they are as relevant, fresh, and applicable today, December 23rd, 2009.  The following words are taken from the same document and are agreeable to the most common People that call themselves, American.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness....

   Rights, all human beings, all living things, have rights to be observed if one believes in a greater Being, their Creator.  On a National level, rights are to be tempered by common sense, not feelings.  When these Rights that are given, are taken away and replaced by 'laws', then the initial rights of every human being are now in jeopardy and under assault.  The Founding Fathers understood this, and they knew what must be done in order for a People to again secure their Rights:

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

   To say that this current Government is not destructive to the very People they are to be serving, is a lie.  The lies are there for all to see, read, and hear on the internet and/or print.  The current Government, and to extend into the past Administration and Congress, has put the lives of our Military in jeopardy with 'rules of engagement', and these rules have been tightened with every passing  year, causing loss of life to many of our best and bravest. 
   By not securing our borders, by not enforcing the very laws that were in place to secure our safety and happiness, our economy, our culture, our very lives are dying a slow death.  In some cases, the death is fast and hideous upon the innocent as the very members of our Governing political bodies go about life in their gated and guarded communities unaffected, without care nor concern. 

   Again, read these following words, words from our Declaration of Independence, and they do apply this day as a political body that calls themselves Democrats, push, push, push, our economy onto the precipice of certain death. 

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

    While there exist political bodies that counter to the existing abusive power structure, they too are either complicit, complacent, or too few in number to extol the voice of the People.  Which is why is again, falls upon The People themselves to do what they know in their hearts and minds is right, just, and correct.  Less they don't and allow evil to grow in power to the point that only God Himself will be able to dislodge them from their unjust positions.

    And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

   Our Fore Fathers found the courage to take this bold step forward, shall we find this same courage in ourselves or shall we remain silent and allow the history of others before us be our fate as we do nothing in a true time of trial.  There is no such thing as status quo no more, what existed before as checks and balances is gone.  In the past, political power, power of the individual were able to offset each other as the governing politic and private industry were once able to agree to disagree and work out what is best for the greater good.  This day though, the political body has usurped the private body to the point of subservience to the politicians where no more does an strong private opposition exist.....other than The People themselves. 
    This final assault we witness on the private individual as the Government seeks to control every aspect of the individual life...from birth to burial.  We the People acknowledge from our last existing choices, we are unable to relay upon the Media as our stalwarts to our right to free speech as most of the media are too themselves, corrupted and in compliance with the Governing politic.  These last vestiges of freedom are under assault, not by rights...but 'law' put down not by The People, but solely by the Governing political bodies. 
    Taxation without representation was one of the final straws that broke the back of the People who founded this very Nation, and again, we The People, are being taxed to the point that our very initial rights of the pursuit of life, liberty, and  happiness are being denied.
    So dear reader,  we are at the threshold of the life of liberty itself.  You have a choice to make.........what you do with your choice will matter in the end.   Do you lead, do you follow and whom shall you follow, do you do nothing and wait and 'hope' for the best.  Do something....even if it's just writing an email....but do something!!!