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Monday, August 10, 2009

We, The People

To every member of Congress and to The President Of The United States,

This is a warning that we are coming. We are coming from red states and blue states. We are coming from large cities and small towns. We are coming from every corner of this land and you will be made to answer for your crime. The single greatest crime any elected official can commit.

Theft.

You stole from us and we are angry. We are outraged at your lack of honesty and your lack of courage. What you stole is the most precious gift we have ever been given and you took it from us in the dark of night while we slept. Peaceful and comfortable in our beds, you crept in and took it without a sound. How you stole is not as important as what you stole.

You stole our democracy from us.

It was given to us 233 years ago by men who cared more for us then, than you do now. They warned us in their speeches, in their letters and in their debates that you would come when we weren't looking. That you would hypnotize us with promises of safety and of security. They warned us over and over to be vigilant and we were not. We let them down.

No longer.

You will be made to answer every time one of us votes. You will be made to answer in a million phone calls to your office and a million emails as well. You will answer...or you will be removed. When we have removed you, we will see to it that whoever takes your place remembers who is REALLY in charge.

We, The People, are in charge in this country, and you will no longer forget that.

For too long we slept peacefully as the years flew by. We watched America being built, torn down and being built again yet still, we slept. We've slept through wars, through depressions and worse. We slept when man landed on the moon. We slept through watching the office of The President, once held by George Washington, a great and honorable man, turned into a farce by men with no honor at all.

We woke briefly on September 11th, 2001 and raged at the injustice but you lulled us back to sleep with promises of victory over our enemies. We grew tired waiting for that victory and fell asleep again.

Not this time.

This time you have awakened a sleeping giant who will not be lulled back to sleep until you return what you have stolen. That which is most dear to us must be returned or you will be made to answer for your transgression by those who elected you.

We are most certainly coming and when we do, you will not be able to withstand us. We will wash over you in a tide, millions strong, and sweep you from office. You will cower at our might, at our resolve and our firm belief that this country belongs to us...


We, The People.

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