To Represent or Not To Represent...

What ever happened to representative government in America..?!  Did it ever really exist...?!  I’ve asked numerous people what “representative government” means or implies to them and I’ve gotten only slightly varying responses.  For the most part, most people believe that it means we elect people at every level of government that we think share most of our values to represent our collective voice and make lawful decisions on our behalf.  We interview them and find out as much as we can, listen to their speeches, and then base our decision on that process.  Praying doesn’t hurt either…!

Sadly, we too often find that a candidate we thought would truly vote as a seated constituent, winds up joining “the club,” going along with the flow, and forgetting about his or her fellow constituents.

Furthermore, too many of them either forget the oath they take to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” or like most of the bills they pass, they simply never bother reading it; because too many of them attempt to alter it more to their own liking and the whims of prevailing popular opinion. 

Case in point, sitting in the seat of the US Congressional District that I reside in is a man, Brian Mast, a war hero whose service and sacrifice I have tremendous respect for, who tickled the ears of the conservative voters during the entire campaign process and he sounded just like one of us.  Then he got to DC and very quickly started sounding more and more like one of “them,” and has become sort of a John McCain lite. 

Early last summer on these pages, I expressed my unfiltered angst over a bill he “mistakenly” voted the wrong way on and he had the official record notated that it was a mistake.  However, his vote still remains in the “no” column to this day, so the notation was and is worth about as much as one of his campaign promises. 

Which brings me to today; his record has gone from simply “mistaken,” to downright misguided and abysmal. 

Among the items he failed to vote as “one of us” on are HR 60 Enlistment which allows for conditional, legal, permanent residence for illegal aliens who serve in the military.  Besides the obvious questionable allegiance of such individuals, those huggable cutthroats of the Muslim Brotherhood planned this method of infiltration into our military as early as 1992; look it up…!  Keeping in line with this favorable treatment of aliens, both legal and illegal, he also voted against us on HR 1544 which increases visas from terror linked nations.

But wait, there’s more; according to the Miami Herald, (9/13/17) he was pushing for an 18 month extension for Temporary Status Haitians, and was working aggressively to fast track that group for citizenship.  Also, let’s not forget that this same man who on numerous occasions railed against sanctuary cities and for mandatory E-verify, stood by and watched as West Palm Beach became a sanctuary city.  Yeah, I know he doesn’t sit on the Commission, but he sure as hell could and should have been screaming loudly and publicly about it and exerting his influence. 

He continued to shelve his oath, as he co-sponsored the very anti-First Amendment HR 257 which on the surface might sound good to some as it condemns what they call hate speech and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, etc.  Just so you know, that bill was written by people associated with Islamic Terror-linked groups; to prove that out, members of EMGAGE, a CAIR group, thanked those who supported it because it increases the stifling of the truth being told about Islam.  Unless one is a raging liberal maniac, the truth is not hate speech or anything like it.

And then, the icing on the cake; to add insult to all of that injury; instead of rightfully pointing the finger at the gross failure of law enforcement where it belonged after Parkland, he chose to knuckle to pressure with a kneejerk call for a ban on so called “assault rifles.” That ludicrous diatribe was a direct smack at the 2nd Amendment about AR-15’s being “military grade” rifles that do not belong in the hands of civilians. 

First of all, while they may look scary to the misinformed, they are not even close to “military grade,” which the founders had no problem with anyway.  Indeed, the 2A was put there specifically so that We the People could have the means to defend ourselves against a tyrannical government such as they were forced to rebel against.  As insignificant as we may think a musket is today, they were in fact the cutting edge in "military grade" weaponry at the time. 

Furthermore, the founders were well aware of emerging weapons technologies and worded the 2A in such a manner as to include whatever advances might occur; because a tyrannical government would certainly have them.  Not only was the ending phrase, “…shall not be infringed,” inserted there for just that reason, this member of congress and the others know fully well the real stats concerning firearm death rates.  If you do not understand all of that, you might consider reading "The Federalist," which amounted to the founder’s method of “emailing” each other while preparing the US Constitution.  You might also want to grab a copy of “More Guns, Less Crime” by John Lott.

I don’t know if a challenger will emerge to “one and done” this incumbent, but as far as this writer is concerned, we certainly would have been no worse off had Mr. Perkins won in 2016.  At least we knew where he really stood.

I could go on and on, but for right now I want to ask a few questions to my readers who are mostly conservative thinkers like me; those in the Tea Party, or what used to be the Tea Party, and the rest of the silent majority; a lot of whom still support this man.

Is this what you rallied for during the last eight years..?!  Is this why you gathered in DC, stood on street corners in all kinds of weather, spent time away from home, wrote letters, made calls, held political feet to the fire, screamed for change, and so many other things…?! 

Did we do all that stuff just to settle for the same old lies and political maneuvering…?!

I can only answer these questions for myself.  NO I DID NOT...!

I’m not just talking about this one congressman in one district either; this is happening all across America.  What happened to the fire in our bellies..?!  Did we give up..?!  Are you going to be comfortable looking your children and grandchildren in the face knowing that our entire Constitution is being shredded right in front of us…?!

The left isn’t quitting; they are laughing at us.  I loathe the left and their nonsense, but I will give them this, they are relentless and don’t seem to get tired.  However, our side also has things in the works; there are gatherings being planned, new groups are being formed. 

If you haven’t given up and you’re ready to get back in the fight, two great places to start are Ultimate Success America, an organization founded and run by my friend Brig Hart; who has graciously allowed me and Wild Bill for America to team up with him, and March for Our Rights, which got started a little over a month ago by my friend Sybele Capezzutti along with some other really great patriots around the country.  Check them both out and get to work.

The left has been emboldened recently and this isn’t the time for complacency or settling for anything or anyone.  They’ve landed a few rabbit punches and it’s high time we throw the knock-out punch with enough power to carry us into 2020 and a second term of President Donald John Trump.

We can do this…!