A Revolution is Coming

"A revolution is coming-a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough-but a revolution is coming whether we will it or not.  We can affect it's character; we cannot alter it's inevitability."  Robert Kennedy from a speech in the US Senate, May 9th, 1966.

True words were spoken by Robert Kennedy that day and I feel they apply even more today.  Two years after he spoke those words, Robert Kennedy was killed at the Ambassador Hotel in LA while campaigning for President.

The USA is at a crossroads in time and events.  The question is which road will we take?  The upcoming 2012 elections could be the most important in our 234 year history.  They will make us or break us.  There is no more time to maintain the "status quo."  We need ACTION not more smoke and mirrors politicians promising "change" and delivering policies that are worse than the previous administrations.

Recently I bought a Kindle and rediscovered a book series called "Out of the Ashes" by William W. Johnstone.  The series covers what the world would look like after WW3.  The main character is a former special ops soldier turned novel writer.  In the series he leads a group of like minded people and forms his own country within the ruins of the USA.  They adopt their own constitution (very similar to ours) and start to prosper.  In one of the books the author shares his personal feelings and beliefs in the forward.  I found myself agreeing with most of what he said about our govt. and where we were/are headed.  Keep in mind that this book was written in 1998 but it addresses the very issues we face today!  I will copy his note here so you can make up your own mind.

"This book is about an alternate form of government that has become known as the tri-states way.  The concept came from a novel of mine published back in 1983 called "Out of the Ashes".  That novel gave birth to one of the longest-running and most controversial political/action series in publishing history:  The Ashes Series.  The Ashes series grows in popularity with each book as readers begin to see that this form of government is a workable system, a system based on common sense as on written law.  Many believe, as do I, that America has become so diverse, so splintered in it's thinking, that the country will break apart and become 3 or 4 separate nations within a nation, working together in areas of trade while each maintains its Independence and its own system of government and laws.  One of those nations will adopt the tri-states form of rule.

Thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, would welcome the chance to try it now, for they are as disgusted with this nation's drift away from the original meaning of the constitution as I am.  This book will explain how the tri-states, or the SUSA, the Southern United States of America, as it is now called in the Ashes books, came to be and the bending and shaping and refining it has undergone over the years. 

Whatever reaction FROM THE ASHES: AMERICA REBORN will evoke (and it will evoke many emotions within the reader), it will persuade that reader to give serious thought to how this nation has turned its back and walked away from the desires and wishes of decent, law abiding American citizens. "William W Johnstone"

To really understand how it works, you should read the book listed above.  But the bottom line is this;  its all based on common sense.  For example if someone breaks into your house and you shoot them the criminal goes to jail, not the homeowner.  Taxes are a flat 20% no matter what you make.  No deductions or loopholes, just 20%.  The tax form is one page, not 50 plus like we see today.  Littering gets you a 500.00 fine, a second offense is 500.00 plus 1000 hours community service.  The laws are written in plain English.  You don't need a lawyer to understand them.  Plus all new laws are voted on by the people, not rammed down our throats by career politicians.  In order for a law to take affect, the majority needs to be 75%, not 51-49.

Sounds good to me.  Are you in?