Trail Of Tears

As most of you who are reading this know, there has been quite a concerted effort ,by the donkeys, to push for Marxism and socialism, believing , rather foolishly I might add, that somehow a bigger more intrusive government, controlling all aspects of our lives, is somehow a thing to desire. Even as they are pushing this notion of “soft socialism” Cubans are rebelling against their communist overlords and gangs are taking over, with the approval of the communist regime, the streets of Venezuela. But for the moment let us ignore all of those pesky facts, let us forget of the oppression going on of minorities in Mao land or the millions of deaths caused by every socialist dictator since the soviet revolution, let us instead focus closer to home.

As most of you know by now my wife and I have moved to Missouri. Saturday was a very warm sunny day and we decided to take a hike along part of the “Trail Of Tears” which passes through the town we live in. I took pictures of the river, and the trees, and it was all so peaceful, the path was clear and the various markers, explaining what went on and memorializing it, I thought was quite well done. However it also got me to thinking; here is what happens when you let the government take complete control of your life or they force the issue at gunpoint.

In 1830, under President Andrew Jackson, congress approved ( with the lone exception of David Crockett) “The Indian Act” forcing all the native peoples from their lands in Florida and Georgia and the Carolina's, among other places, onto reservations in what is now known as Oklahoma. Over the course of about 15 years estimates are somewhere between 45 thousand to 75 thousand were forcibly removed and led by the army, and local militias, on a long march that brought them onto “Federal Land” otherwise known as reservations. It is written that thousands died along the way and more died of disease and illness shortly after their arrival all because a few powerful people wanted them removed and they had the power and the control.

This is a part of American history, this is fact. Give the government the control and they will destroy you and your world.

It used to be that the left was against the very idea of bigger government. Peace, love, and rock in roll was the mantra of the day. To be left alone by “the man” was the ultimate goal. Somehow this has become switched into thinking that “the man” is the only thing that can help you. The left used to point out these kinds of historical events to prove the point that big government is bad. Now they ignore the history because ,for them, it has become about total control.

I don't understand. Why would you willingly give up your freedoms and liberties for total control by the government. Ask your self this simple question; If socialism is so great why do so many people, in the countries controlled by the socialist/communist, risk life and limb to come to the US? What makes anyone think that because we try it it's going to come out better then it has for the past one hundred years or so? And what makes many of you ,who are intellectuals, educated, or famous, believe that you won't be immune to the inevitable purge of those that the powers that be believe to be dangerous to their control? It has happened every time it's been tried, maybe not immediately, but it does and will happen eventually to you. This is what you want?

If you don't believe it can and will happen ask a Cuban or Chinese refugee or better yet go local and ask the descendants of the Natives that survived the “Trail Of Tears” just how well that worked out for them.