Restoration not Revolution

I may have this all wrong, who knows. If so, I apologize in advance, but here goes.

I like Glenn Beck. I've been listening to Beck for several years, whenever I am in an area where his program is carried on the radio. I did not watch him during the time he was on CNN out of principle (I stopped watching the Communist News Network to deny them one more Neilsen rating) but I "tivo" his show on Fox News. Since the beginning of the year, Beck has been...well...preaching nonviolence, and a reliance on faith, hope, and charity. I do not speak for Glenn Beck, but I get where he is coming from. As a Christian, I too strive to demonstrate daily those qualities that my Lord commands, though I often fall far short. From the way he speaks about General George Washington, and the whole history of the Founding, I conclude that Beck is not a pacifist. When he talks about the bottom he hit as an alcoholic, I think other than losing his family, he has no fear. But he does have a point that America has had its revolution. What we want is not another revolution, but a restoration. It's the other side who wants a revolution. It's the other side who tries constantly to create chaos, and use their media buddies to help do that.

I also like Mike Vanderboegh and regularly check into the Sipsey Street Irregulars. Mr. V. is always spot on when it comes to the threat we face from Leftists because he has been there. Mr. V knows that "by any means necessary" is not just a slogan, but a way of operating for the Left. Nothing is out of bounds, or too low for these people, if it advances the "cause." If he sees more clearly than others, it is partially because he has been involved in some of those same acts, so he is primed to see them in action. But Mike Vanderboegh has also said "No Fort Sumters." By that, he means we won't start it, but we will definitely finish it.

So, it was somewhat painful, several weeks ago to see this at The Sipsey Street Irregulars.

Christians are admonished to turn the other cheek. By this it is meant that rather than returning insult with insult, tit for tat, we should hold our tongues, and if possible, return only kindness. Christ did not say, but I surmise two reasons for the admonition: one practical, one spiritual. On the practical side, nonviolent resistance shows up the other side as having no convincing arguments, but only force and coercion. Spiritually, one can not go before God with hate in ones heart. We should also realize that these people are enemies not of us, but of God. If we are forced to use protective violence, we must never rejoice in the act. Christ did not mean that the Christian should allow himself to be beaten to death, or worse, with no defense. To do so is to spit on the very gift of life that God gives each of us, and that no one has a right to take from us. Similarly, King was speaking of resisting, nonviolently, attempts to coerce Blacks to conform to unjust laws, highlighting the unjustness of the law. But, he did not mean that when Klan members were trying to hang a black man, that the man should just submit. I think you will find that King was very much in favor of guns to prevent such things from occurring.

In the end, I think each man's visions of our future are very close indeed. Glenn often says that we must be prepared for the worst, but pray for the best. He is, however, short on details of just how one might go about preparing for the worst. Food insurance apparently, and buying some gold. Anyway, of late, he has begun to speak out about our government as a crime syndicate, Crime Inc. he calls it. He points to how many laws are being passed or proposed that have the effect of impoverishing the middle classes, and enriching movers and shakers of the Left, while making permanent the poverty of the poor. At the same time, they are covering their tracks and preparing to blame all this on various "villains" such as big banks, big oil, and of course, you and me. It reminds me the Reichstag Fire, where the Nazi's torched the Reichstag, then succeeded in blaming the Jews, in order to have an excuse to begin rounding them up. Mike Vanderboegh tells us how to prepare, both physically, with his "Praxis" articles, and psychologically. Mike concentrates more on the SPLC, to whom the media turn for lies about how you and I are terrorists plotting to overthrow the government. But whether it is SPLC, or ACORN, or Organizing for America, the Apollo group, or SEIU, or...there are seemingly an endless supply of such groups and organizations...they all want the same thing. They all want to REALLY overthrow the government and replace the Constitutional Republic with a totalitarian government. If possible, they want to pin it on YOU, and me, and the other patriots. We really can not afford to be squabbling amongst ourselves right now.