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There is no need in this article to list again the inalienable rights from God that our founding fathers pledged everything to found America on. Even those who are liberation theory proponents or progressives know the list well. If you are using the Internet or in a secondary school in most places of the world you know this famous short list.

Perhaps there is not even a need to point out that these rights are under attack like never before in the history of the United States of America. They have been quietly under attack for 100 years. They have been a bit more aggressively, but somewhat quietly, under attack since the 1960s. Under the Obama presidency they are both aggressively and visibly under attack. They are so visibly under attack that the debate has divided our country to a greater degree than since the Civil War.

The media likes to point to the economy as the catalyst for the unprecedented citizen interest in government and the angry debate on Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The person on the street will give a different story. This amazing level of interest, and the amazing conservative voter turnout in the primary elections, has much more to do with fear of losing the rights that our ancestors have fought for than it has to do with the economy. The insulting and degrading way in which Pennsylvania Avenue refers to the Main Street citizen is simply an ineffective way of demeaning people who are catching on to the truth. The deliberate destruction of the economy by progressives is the progressive’s way to deflect attention from the deliberate destruction of the United States as it was founded.

That truth is that bloated, ineffective government is claiming that it, not God, is the provider and definer of basic human rights. The truth is that the United States government, as it becomes larger and seeks more control, is the destroyer of the economy. Perhaps in the past this destruction of the economy may have been more through incompetence than through the design laid out by Cloward and Piven. Recently it is the Cloward and Piven design, strongly promoted by President Obama and his staff, that is the chief force in the destruction of our economy. The truth is that this deliberate bloating of government coupled with the orchestrated destruction of our economy through the Cloward and Piven design are the twin excuses that Progressive government will use to usurp God-given inalienable rights and replace them with “rights” benignly bestowed by a government whose purpose is to drive our country, and perhaps the world, to Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction”.

This writer, and an increasing number of people I encounter, do not believe that our horrible and erratic economy is the primary problem we have in America or in the world. In the U.S. the primary problem is a never ending series of multiple personality disorder administrations that have created massive year to year uncertainty while acting like control freaks on a spending binge. The horrible and erratic economy is the result of our government’s “mental illness”.

It is this “mental illness” that is bent on taking away our God given inalienable rights and replacing than with government-approved rights. It is this “mental illness” that makes government believe that it can, at will, levy extremely high taxes on everyone and make the decision for us on how to redistribute our income to others in our country and around the world. It is this “mental illness” that makes government believe it can escalate these oppressive activities to unprecedented levels and then accuse citizens of being “Homer Simpsons” who just don’t understand. If our federal government were an individual under care of a psychiatrist I wonder if the psychiatrist would suggest that such a mentally delusional person be locked up for the protection of society.

Of course, all of this is from the perspective of a conservative who believes that the founding fathers were right and that the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are just as relevant today as they were 200 years ago. On the other hand, the true believers among the progressives, of whom President Obama seems to be one, believe in government control, rights bestowed by government instead of God and redistribution of hard-earned wealth by the government to every corner of the planet. The last time the writers at Peacock Watch checked, ours is the only country on the planet that states in its founding document that our rights flow from God; not kings, dictators or faceless governments.

This writer had the unexpected pleasure of spending a week next to an extremely small town buried in a national forest in the mid-west. When driving into town I first saw banners from several churches on the telephone poles. In the middle of town there is a store with a large plate glass window facing the main street. In that window are proudly displayed the American flag and next to it the Ten Commandments. Across the street is a restaurant that replaces one that burned down, along with the family home of the owners, many years ago. The family owners couldn’t afford insurance but the town pitched in to help them restart their restaurant in another building and move into another home. Pride and self-respect required that the family repay their friends, and they finally did. No one asked for government help. Inside this restaurant are walking sticks and stone animals made by the owner’s very elderly father. On the walls there are pictures of friends going back to high school days. In particular, there are newspaper articles about childhood friends who joined the military and thus became heroes in the eyes of those who stayed behind. These are people who know fear of the Lord. These are people who will do whatever it takes to make sure they don’t have to fear our government.

Progressives and conservatives are thus locked in a titanic struggle that has gone on for at least one hundred years, has now reached a massively visible do or die decision point, and which, on some scale, will frankly never end.

Within the framework of United States society and constitution this is a war. It is a war to be fought at each voting precinct and is as serious as any fighting war our country has been involved in. Every voter in this country has an obligation to themselves, to our founding fathers, to our ancestors, to our descendents, and to all the military and civilian people who have fought for, and continue to fight for, our country.

This writer believes that our voting box war will in 2010 and 2012 decide the future of our country for a long time to come. It is not what has become the traditional choice between a democrat or republican. It is a choice between voting for those who want large, expensive, powerful government that defines our rights and limitations and those who believe, as our founding fathers did, in extremely limited government , God-given rights, balanced budget, minimal taxation and control and distribution of wealth by those who earn it.

It is a war as real and as important as any fighting war and it must be fought at the local, state and federal level.

Any conservative who doesn’t vote has betrayed all those in the past and present who have fought, and are now, fighting for our freedom to vote and decide the future of our country. Those non-voters are also betraying the children and grandchildren we know, and all of our descendents who we will never have the privilege of meeting. This obligation to engage in the voting booth war is so clear that even the Homer Simpsons in office in Washington should understand it.

We must meet this obligation starting now and do it in numbers that clog our streets with unprecedented numbers of people standing in line to vote to preserve our country as it was established by our founding fathers.

A recent poll shows that 84% of Europeans have a favorable view of President Obama.  This relatively high favorability rating is not surprising, as Europe needs President Obama in order to survive.

The European Union is composed of socialistic states, characterized by very high tax rates, high social costs, and low or non-existent defense budgets.  Capital flows away from socialistic states and into capitalistic countries.  Indeed, Lenin himself conceded to the fact that socialism would not work unless implemented on a worldwide basis.

For many years, the flow of capital has all been toward the United States, one of the few countries unscathed after WWII and considered one of the most economically free countries in the world.  This capital fertilized a culture of innovation and risk taking, and, the rest, as they say, is history. Economically we became that “shining city on the hill”, with a standard of living unlike anywhere in the world.  Not only did capital want to flow here, but the best and brightest people from almost all other countries wanted to flow also.  Because of our great wealth, we also became a military superpower, and took on the yoke of world cop.

The fly in the ointment can be traced to Lenin’s observation.  Socialistic countries find it difficult to compete with free, capitalistic economies.  So, if you cannot raise the bridge, lower the river.

This has been President Obama’s historic mission, and he is applauded by European and American elite alike. Bring down the United States to the same level as the Euro economies by implementing their same recipe for socialism, we can all sing “com by yea”, and Europe will be saved.

However, unlike the past historic episodes when we bailed out Europe with our blood and treasure, this time they are asking us for something much more dear to us: our vary way of life and our standard of living.

There is one other little sticking point in this one world approach.  Even before the economic meltdown, the countries of the EU were barley able to meet their social costs.  The only way they could pull this off is that they existed under the defense umbrella of the United States.  So, if America will become like Europe, who will fill the historic defense role of America?

There certainly is no shortage of candidates who would like to apply.  Russia would like to play again on the world stage. China certainly is rising economically and militarily, and just today, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told us that he feels this to be Iran’s historic role.  Actually, any country with an atomic bomb could claim this role in the absence of a benign superpower.

So, as the United Nations begins to have its dreams of a post-American World, it might contemplate the resumes of the states that would take its place.

It seems that all of the news has been bad for the Obama Administration these days.  His approval rate has plummeted to an all-time low, the summer of recovery went in the wrong direction despite a trillion dollars of stimulus, un-employment rates refuse to budge, and, in a recent report of the competitive economies of the world, the U.S. has fallen from No. 2 to No. 4.  The U.S. had been No. 1 in this ranking as recently as 2008.

The report by the World Economic Forum stated that “There has been a weakening of the United States’ public and private institutions, as well as lingering concerns about the state of its financial markets”, and the report cited huge deficits, rising government debt and declining public faith in politicians and corporate ethics as the root causes of the problem.

This is bad news for the Obama Administration?  Peacock Watch thinks otherwise, and is waiting for President Obama to go to the floor of the U.N. and give his “mission accomplished” speech.

To briefly summarize a host of previous PeacockWatch articles:  Obama is the first “post American” president given to us by a cabal of American and European Elite, headed and funded by George Soros (“Our economy is broke.  We just do not recognize it yet.  Now is the time to replace it with something else.”)  With the fall of the Soviet Union, this group did not feel comfortable with the world leadership of one superpower, and their focus has been to knock the U.S. down several pegs and level the economic playing field.  Obama is just the talking head tip of this cabal, and his whole presidency was designed to be one term, enabling him to wreak as much damage on this country as possible in four years.

Let us hope that the American people in November will make a beginning at taking back the country, and prevent President Obama from ever giving his Mission Accomplished speech.

Peacock has long believed that people will meet your expectations.

Ronald Reagan’s expectations of Americans were high. Through him we finally shook ourselves loose from the lingering malaise of the Vietnam War and began to believe again in our greatness. American morale improved quickly and our great American machine started humming again. He believed enough in each of us that he wanted dramatically less government and more reliance on the individual.

Obama’s expectations of Americans are clearly very low. Time after time he has talked about how we have created problems around the world and how injustice is common within our country. His comments work to lower our morale and our faith in ourselves. He believes so little in each of us that he is aggressively creating a larger government that is restricting our freedoms more and more.

Peacock and Spouse took the long over road trip to the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally on August 28th, 2010. We agreed that it was one of the best experiences in our lives.

It was an experience successfully designed to help us believe even more strongly in ourselves and our fellow Americans. This increased belief didn’t just come from the powerful words of those on the stage. It also came from those who were there. At least 500,000 people gathered enthusiastically, cordially, and respectfully to hear and share in the positive message presented. Peacock emphasizes that is was a positive message without negative references.

This massive crowd was the friendliest I have ever experienced. At one point there was a concern that a small child had been lost in the crowd. A woman near us commented that this was the safest and most loving large crowd possible for a small lost child. I have no doubt that she was right. It was almost the cleanest and neatest crowd. The grounds were clean and the trash cans full after the event was over.

People came from all over. We met attendees from California, Arizona (they all love Jan Brewer), Texas, Colorado, South Dakota, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Florida, North and South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and other states. We saw old people in wheelchairs, on crutches, using canes, and using each other to stand upright and keep going. Everyone offered help.

The message to people who believe in the principals put down on paper by our founding fathers did not disappoint any of us.

We heard about restoring the America as it was founded. Restoring faith in our free enterprise system, in self-reliance, in community. This was briefly contrasted at one point with rejecting transformation of America to something that is clearly just the opposite. We heard about our inalienable rights originating from God. That government has no right to take those away and cannot grant new inalienable rights. They can only originate from God.

We heard a lot about unity rather than division. The most significant reference to race during the day was that we all belong to one race – the human race.

We heard the granddaughter of Rev. Martin Luther King, Alveda King, say “God Bless America”.

We heard about the greatness and relevance of our founding fathers in our daily lives. We heard about acting with honor in all things. We heard about faith, hope and charity and never heard one word about anger, division or hate.

However, in watching most of the news media after the event, particularly MSNBC, we were hearing nothing positive about any of these things. Even Fox news reported as if they didn’t even have anyone there. One has to wonder what the motivation of the news media is in not reporting the positive nature of this event and instead going on a personal attack against Glenn Beck and others on the stage. Some of the attacks by MSNBC were simply outrageous and in stark contrast with the positive, uplifting nature of the event. They bore no resemblance to what we saw and experienced first hand.

The contrast is striking. Glenn Beck has high expectations of Americans and America. He knows that we will meet those expectations. He believes our inalienable rights come from God and that they were excellently defined by our founding fathers. He believes that wealth is not redistributed through government but through charitable organizations and churches. He believes that we should be asking God to bless America, not damn America.

The message from our president, supported strongly by the mainstream media, is depressing. He wants to make government larger and have it take more control over our lives. He wants us to pass on massive debt to our children and grandchildren. He says the message of our founding fathers is no longer relevant, that we must transform America and put more trust in a government that moves itself farther from God each year. He wants America to have only a participatory role in the world rather than a leading role. In short, his expectations of us are low.

For Peacock and Spouse the Restore Honor Rally was a transformational event. We will meet Glenn Beck’s expectations and will spread the word to others through our words and actions.

God Bless America. And God Bless Glenn Beck.