If the people in this country are sick and tired of being sick and tired, which I believe they are and rightly so, then it is time for Americans to stand up and defend what has rightly been entrusted unto each and every one of us.

It has been documented that former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman said, “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew that they were slaves.” What a powerful statement. Yet, how true it is.

What depths are required to maintain the foundation upon which such an extensive agenda is built? How much pain and suffering will be administered in such a full scale attempt to end pain and suffering? How much cynicism and caution must be swallowed to achieve majority consensus on faked news, faux imperatives, fixed agendas, and free stuff. Is acceptance even necessary or will we be forced to go swiftly along?

While at the conference, I had the privilege of teaching the Biblical view of law and government, presenting the fact that the Holy Scriptures were without a doubt the foundation of our Constitutional Republic. In one session, I pointed out the critical importance of the sacred oath taken by every office holder. One parent asked if it is possible to see our country restored by means of reformation of civil government alone?

Black politicians want us to believe that the economic laws that work for whites don’t apply to blacks. They want us to believe that politics and government will make black lives better instead. Some $22 trillion dollars have been spent on anti-poverty programs without making a dent in the black poverty rate, and with gaps between black and white median household income and wealth continuing to increase.

Psychologist Dan Kiley has identified what he calls the Peter Pan syndrome: a serious social-psychological phenomenon is besetting American males: hundreds of thousands of boys are refusing to become men. Though they have reached adult age, the are unable to face adult feelings and responsibilities.

The Freedom Caucus members are today’s abolitionists. They see, rightly, how far America has drifted from its blueprint of freedom, and the grave consequences of this fiscally, morally and existentially.

The Founders wrote at length against pure democracy, which as one wag noted, “is two wolves and a sheep deciding on what’s for dinner.” That may be fine for the wolves today, but when three hunters enter the equation tomorrow, not so much. And when five PETA members enter the fray the day after…? And ten cattle ranchers the day after that…?

Does the CIA have truly noble motives? To whom are they accountable? Do they operate not only under the radar but blatantly and arbitrarily above the law? Is that not a recipe for disaster? Whose interests are ultimately served?

My very dim view of the TSA has been shaped by all the reports of corruption, misconduct, molestation and sexual assault, theft, abuse of power and ineptitude by the TSA. My return from the Gunsight Academy via Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport only darkened that view.