Lake County chapter of the Freedom Coalition
As early as the Mayflower Compact in
1620, the pursuit of freedom and self-government by the people was the goal,
not tyranny by a governing elite—an elite who have worked tirelessly over the
years to game the system for their benefit and to the detriment of the public
at large.
It is time for freedom loving people
to unite on the non-partisan issues that hold us back, in order to build back a
healthy community, a healthy nation and true self-government by We the People.
The Freedom Coalition is a grass
roots group of people who support our Constitutional Republic, and want
self-government by We the People to become a
reality—both nationally and locally.
The goal is to promote public awareness on the problems and solutions.
For only when such knowledge is broadly understood can we overcome those who
are gaming the system.
Currently, much of our government
systems are overgrown, wasteful, restrictive of our freedoms, and
counterproductive to its intended purpose.
On top of that, powerful forces are entrenched throughout government and
non-government businesses and institutions to resist positive change.
The advocates of ever-increasing
government push a one-size-fits-all bucket of solutions that suit no one,
except those with vested interests. Our
nation was founded to have a national government with specific and limited
powers—with the various states, municipalities, and people able to accommodate
the diversity and opportunities as they desire.
The average person is overwhelmed,
often simply confused, and feels helpless to do anything to help fix this
situation—and thus many simply tune out.
As
Edmund Burke famously said: "All that is necessary for the triumph of
evil is that good men do nothing." We can’t do that.
Our
war for independence from England was never supported by a majority of the
colonists. But as one of our nation’s
founders, Samuel Adams stated: "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an
irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." As a
minority, we can make a difference.
The
average person in this nation is clueless, both in what they can do and what
needs to be done to fix this nation—or how to restore true self-government to
We the People. Our goal is to work to
change that. As Nelson Mandela asserted:
“Education is the most
powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Education/enlightenment of
the public is the key to change.
“We
the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America.”
If
adhered to, our Constitution provides a workable framework to make the goals
outlined in the Preamble a reality, at least a growing reality. But, the federal government has exceeded and
abused its authority as specifically
enumerated in the Constitution and that must be addressed and dealt with by
an informed public that demands the needed reform.
In our
view, there are four basic
concepts (representation, upholding the Constitution, reining in big
business, and enforcing election integrity) that are at the root of our
national government’s ills—and which can be explained to a person in just a few
minutes. We see these four issues as
both non-partisan and something that any fair minded person would agree with
and support. Additionally, these issues
in regard to our federal government should help unify fair minded people.
We
feel that if the general population was aware of these basic issues—it would
open the door to real change. With a
wealth of potential subject matter, it would be great if Hollywood (or others) would
produce meaningful and entertaining dramatic films, that
brought these concepts into the limelight.
Serious discussion of these topics must be on the national stage for
progress to occur.
If
these basic concepts (or root issues) are introduced into the public
consciousness and dialogue, it will not immediately overcome the forces that
want to oppose them, but it will create the start that hopefully will end up
making it happen.
The
discussion above was focused on the national level of government, which
unfortunately trespasses all too much upon prerogatives of the States, local
municipalities and We the People. The
current interconnectivity must be understood if we are to confront local
issues. As we want to focus on how our
local city and county government operates, and what we can do to wrestle
control back to the will and common sense of the people.
How
can we make this happen?
We are currently in the startup phase
and seeking a meeting place to accommodate group meetings of at least a dozen
people—preferably in the City of Clearlake area as a start. The goal would be to have one or two meeting
a month, in the early evening for a period of 1.5 to 2 hours in duration. The purpose of a meeting is both to
brainstorm how we can be effective, and to gather specifics on how our local
government operates in order to make that information available to others.
Though not a religious organization,
we support the founder’s belief that our nation is the result of Divine
providence, and thus would like meetings to start with a short prayer to invite
that guidance.
In general, small groups of a dozen
or less, provide an environment most conducive to free and open
discussion. Hopefully, multiple groups
will develop in the Lake County area, capable of interactive sharing of talents
and knowledge.
Education is what it is all about for
a healthy society. If this is of
interest to you, please email us.
Many are caught up with any number of
issues, school curriculum, immigration, the economy, public health, public
safety, you name it. While all of these
are serious issues, we will never be able to truly develop and adopt solutions
that work unless we can address the four
root issues that keep We the People on the
sidelines.
For further thoughts and ideas on how
to fix our federal government, check out the content at www.PolicyUSA.com.