Opus 2024-358: Liberty Ridge

I noticed recently on the Weather app that I was theoretically able to see 29 miles.  It called that perfectly clear air and I would have to agree.  I don’t think I could see that far because the ridges of hill country intruded on the sweep of the vista.  I could see for miles though.  And what I saw, and what I heard was the sound and sight of liberty.

I see people living with the unrestrained freedom to pursue their lives as they want.  I watch the people across the street is they rise early in the morning, in the dark before the sun even begins to suggest its presence, and they one by one get in their cars and drive to work, or school, or whatever else their day plans for them.  It’s not the government mandating where they work.  It is the freedom of choice that comes in our country.

I can’t see all the cars that go by on the roads nearby but I can often hear them.  They come in all sizes, makes and shapes.  They make all kinds of different noises.  They are trucks, huge 18 wheelers, and small pickups.  It’s a matter of choice.  It’s a matter of exercising your liberty, your resources, and your willingness to work.  The whole world should look like this.

And I think much of the world could live like this if they would choose the right priorities and the right values.  If they valued free enterprise.  If they would get rid of the government regulation stifling their lives.  If they had the values that are found in the Bible about honesty, fidelity, and basic morals.  If they could learn to trust because they knew that cheating displeased Almighty God.  It would make a difference in what they had for breakfast, how comfortable their homes were, the level they were able to support their families and so many other areas of life that we take for granted.

Be grateful for the founding fathers of this country, and the insight they had in the human nature and political wisdom.  Do what you can to stop the current crop of liberty destroyers.  Every time an unelected bureaucrat makes a new regulation with the force of law he’s whittling away your choices and your flexibility.  He’s trying to force you into a box of his design.  Rather, a box that he has forced you to build and climb into.

Elections matter. Prey hard.  Stand up and speak and make sure you vote.

homo unius libri