How to Reclaim Liberty Once LostRunaway Slave Can we reclaim liberty? Is it even possible, sofar down the road? John Adams said, Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. We must act as thoughhe werewrong. What can we do? Clearly voting does not matter. Even with Congress abysmal approval rating, the same derelicts are re-elected time after time. While we were sleeping,they changed therules to favor themselves. We cant stop them atthe voting booth unless we all rise as one and they know it. Why would they stop on their own? They have all the power and access to all the money. They either stole individualliberty by introducing bills that undermined the Constitution, or they allowed it to be stolen by not reading the bills andnot objecting ifthey did. Today, legislatorsallow libertyto stay stolen by not righting the ship! There area few liberty Congressmen(KY beingresponsible for two of them). Sen. Rand Paul (although some say he has a toe over the liberty line), Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Justin Amash and Sen. Mike Lee all stand withliberty. Who else? Who, if any, of the other 531 areliberty legislators? Sen. Ted Cruz leans constitutional for the most part. Cruzstance on the IRS is delicious. Hes justa little moreGOP-TEA thanLiber-TEA well, nobodys perfect. Dear Congress, we didnt elect you to lead. We elected you to represent within the confines of the Constitution. If what a constituent wants is unconstitutional, we expect you to side with the Constitution. Period. Liberty in Kentucky As far as the Kentucky General Assembly goes, we are on an identicalsinking ship.Other than a fewbrave souls, we mostly have legislators who are ignorant of the facts, havent read the bills (and never will), vote only along party lines to ensure re-election, are ignorant of the Constitution (both of them) and/orthink that their opinion (often based on their religious beliefs) matters. Dear State Legislators: your opinion matters not at all. Zero. Heres what matters: your willingness to buck the status quo, to demand adherence to the Kentucky Constitution, to stop ignoring the debt, to cut government spending, to turn down your immoral pension, to be disliked by your fellows until they see the light. These would be a good start. Once in office, politicians are infected with the arrogance of power. With few exceptions, even well-meaning, well-intentioned legislators succumb. They like me, they think. And, darn it, Im going to take care of them. That translates to keeping us safe, particularlyfrom ourselves, whichis where the real trouble begins. They keep us safe by passinglaws: seat belt laws, smoking bans, upholding and introducing permit laws, business licensing laws, regulations, emission laws. They keep us safe by allowing agencies control over our bodies, families and property. Like allowing the EPA to jail property ownersand close down mines. Like allowing the FDA to forbidalternative treatments for disease and spread lies about raw milk. Dont worry, they say. We dont like it either, but its all for your own good. If you lost your job, you can go on welfare and get SNAP and well feed your children nutrition-free food at school. Its going to be fine. Hey, look an immigrant! There are states that have it worse than Kentucky, no question. Those thingscould happenhere. In fact, we can count on it. We can count on it because the powerful do not relinquish power. They want more. The fact that all those tyrannies happened successfully in other states simply means precedent to politicians and unelected bureaucrats in our state. This is why liberty activistsneed to step up NOW. Can we reclaim liberty peacefully? Frederick Douglass warned that, Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Liberty is suppressedat gunpoint. Drive without wearing aseat belt and an armed enforcer pulls you over. Take a picture of the inside of a courtroom and an armed enforcer takes your camera.Set up a lemonade stand without a permit. Sell a home-made pie to a neighbor. Smoke a harmless medicinal herb in the privacy of your living room. Dont pay your taxes. Liberty can certainly be reclaimed at gunpoint. Thats how the framers did it. If we cant reclaim itpeacefully, the fight will likely turn violent. How to Right the Ship sans Violence It can be done IF we start right now.Heres how: Do as many of these as you can. If you are already doing some of these, then choose a couple more and do those. Keep adding till the Beast relinquishes. Share this article with your friends, family and neighbors. If even one of them joins in the fun, that is a huge victory. If anyonewhines, remind them of FrederickDouglass entire quote: If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. 