The Patrick Henry Caucus

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

On March 23, 1775, with hostilities between Americans and British troops breaking out in New England, Patrick Henry stood in a packed St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, and made a fiery argument to the Second Virginia Convention that the time had come for the colonies to gather their strength and commit themselves to action. His ringing words will remind us that freedom must be defended:

Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of Hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?...The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged, their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable -- and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! (1)

While our country is not at war in the way Patrick Henry and his friends were at the time he rallied his countrymen with this speech, our country and our freedoms are in jeopardy as they were then. The words ring true --- Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of Hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

Are we among the vigilant, the active, the brave?

To this end, five state Congressmen from Utah, Keith Grover, Chris Herrod, Stephen Sandstrom, Ken Sumsion, and Carl Wimmer, have formed the Patrick Henry Caucus as a means of challenging our federal government in its current massive drive to subjugate the states and enslave "we the people". Hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens the country over have held massive "Tea Party" demonstrations in protest over the past few months. Many have been writing their legislators regularly, but still feel impotent to fight the good fight -- to do something more, not from lack of desire, but from lack of knowing the means by which this threat to our Constitution and our very way of life can be successfully engaged. The Patrick Henry Caucus will use the tenth amendment to the Constitution as a means of reclaiming our state's sovereignty and limiting the power the federal government is attempting to exert over us. These modern day Patriots have issued a Call to Action.

Please visit their website, and get involved to the extent you are able. If you do not live in Utah, please bring this information to the attention of your state representative. Texas, Montana, and a few other states have already begun similar legislative action. The more states who do, the better our chances of success.

Click on this link for The Patrick Henry Caucus.

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(1) Bennett, William J. and John T.E. Cribb, The American Patriot's Almanac (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2008), p.92.


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Little American

When Carter was here a few days ago, he found an American flag that I had bought a few weeks ago to use at the Tea Parties I attended.

He asked, "What's the name of this flag, Grandma?"

I was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"What's its name?" he asked again.

I still didn't understand what he wanted to know "Well, it's an American flag."

"But what's its name?"

"United States? Is that what you mean?"

Haltingly he began in a hushed tone, "...of America ... Republic.. which it stands...." He was shyly looking down at the floor, flag in hand.

"What did you say?" I couldn't have heard that right. It sounded like...

"...Nation... under God...." he said quietly.

Almost apologetically, with a hint of a smile on his face, he finished, "...inavisible...liberty...justice for all."

My four year old grandson had just said the Pledge of Allegiance in the most reverent spirit I have ever heard it recited.

Cloward-Piven

If you have not read of the Cloward-Piven strategy, or if it has not occurred to you that as citizens we are being manipulated from the highest offices in our country, then this article is a "must read" for you. Read and decide for yourselves.

American Thinker
May 5, 2009
Cloward-Piven Crisis Care
by Jeannie DeAngelis

The fear of a swine flu pandemic may be a crisis too good for President Obama to waste in his quest to take over national health care. Chaos is becoming a commodity for an ideologically driven Obama Administration, which appears to depend on crisis to promote policy initiatives.

Barack Obama has shown himself proficient at utilizing negative circumstances as tactical policy initiators and seems to benefit politically by"...discovering opportunity in the midst of great crisis."

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Cloward-Piven instructed activists that if a crisis did not exist, promote or manufacture one by exaggerating a benign or unthreatening predicament. In doing so, contrived commotion would serve as a tool to convince the masses of their urgent need for rescue. In order to achieve the ultimate goal, students were encouraged to stress the social system to the breaking point, which would quash capitalism and institute socialism through a massive infusion of government intervention.

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In the same way it sought to undermine economic and social issues, the Cloward-Piven strategy functionally applies to the worldwide flu crisis to benefit health care reform. Obama has the power to compel the present system to provide every American with precautionary care. For instance, in anticipation of a global pandemic, "...a seed stock of a vaccine against the swine flu, which could be pushed into production should the number of cases jump significantly." Long lines of American citizens, lined up for hours, waiting to be vaccinated and eager to do whatever is necessary to assure the safety of their children is custom made for an Obama-type policy initiation.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

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There's so much more to glean from this informative and eye-opening article. The Cloward-Piven strategy has been applied to almost everything that the current administration has dealt with in its first hundred plus days. This article shows how the administration is using it to push it's socialized medicine agenda into being.

There is something you can do -- you can contact your senators and your representative in congress and let them know how you feel about socialized or nationalized health. Do it now. This is going to be run through the legislative process as fast and furious as everything else has been since the current president took office. If he gives us time to consider what he's doing, he knows it won't pass the smell test with you or with me. Don't wait. Send those emails now and send them often. See the button on the side bar of this website for an easy way to do it.