The PEOPLES
CONSTITUTION COALITION OF OHIO
(PCCOH)
June 6, 2010
RE: Acknowledge, Identify, Decide, Commit, Succeed
Greetings,
This message is somewhat lengthy,
but I feel it is important to help people decide and commit to this important
cause.
Some of you may be familiar with
ads on TV for exercise and fitness. I am going to steal Tony Horton’s
(P90X Program) slogan for our purposes, because many of us have difficulty
getting started. His slogan is “Decide. Commit. Succeed”.
This is very fitting for our purposes. Of course, there are two elements
missing – the first two elements, “Acknowledge. Identify”.
Let’s apply these to the OHIO SOVEREIGNTY AMENDMENT cause.
ACKNOWLEDGE – At
this stage, a person notices a problem and acknowledges that something must be
done about it. In Tony’s program, it is already presumed that you
have acknowledged that you are out of shape and identified his program as the
solution. However, this is not the case for most Americans who are still
trying to come to grips with the reality of our problems with government.
Actually, the problems aren’t with government, but with those in government
who are running government into the dirt.
So, let’s first acknowledge
that there is a problem. How do we know there is a problem? Well,
we observe the symptoms, like: 1) high taxation; 2) high unemployment; 3) large
presence of foreigners; 4) continuous wars; 5) over-bearing and violent police
interaction; 6) you can’t pay your bills; 7) you have to have government
permission to do things that were taken for granted when you were a kid; 8)
increase in criminal convictions; 9) more and more abortions; 10) corruption
and abuse in schools; 11) you can’t pray when and where you want; 12) expressing
your thoughts becomes a crime; 13) churches must be careful what they preach;
14) government control over health care, medicine, and natural supplements; 15)
catastrophes that receive delayed attention from government; 16) states who are
in bankruptcy; 17) government making more and more deals with foreign nations
that take away our rights; 18) kids graduating from school barely able to read
and write and who have absolutely no comprehension how our government works;
19) general lack of respect, discipline, and motivation in young people; 20) politicians
who blatantly refuse to listen to their constituents; and much more.
By recognizing that certain things
just don’t add up, we start to acknowledge that something is not normal
or right, and we start to notice some problems at home or with people we
know. In conversations, people are complaining more. People seem
generally upset and frustrated. These are all symptoms that there is a
problem.
IDENTIFY – Once
we realize that a problem exists, we then must identify the cause, if we are
going to fix it. Unfortunately, most people look at various “issues”
and believe those issues are the problem, such as abortion, corruption in
government, health care, social security, immigration, taxes, and so
forth. These are NOT the problem, rather they are “symptoms”
of the problem. If all we ever do is focus on issues (symptoms), then the
problem never gets solved and new issues will arise. Let’s use the
current gulf spill as an example. You go out into the gulf and see oil
floating in the water, and you say to yourself, “This is a problem”.
Then you say, “Why isn’t someone cleaning this up?”
Cleaning up the problem is an “issue”. To solve the problem
and prevent additional oil from emerging requires that we shut off the cause of
the problem by plugging the hole from where the oil is leaking. Of
course, yet the bigger solution would be preventing it from ever happening
again.
With today’s political
environment, many people are recognizing problems. And their first
reaction is to start in on the various issues. Because of their lack of
understanding, they fail to recognize the fundamental cause for the
problems. Here it is – I’m going to tell you what the
fundamental cause of all our governmental problems is. It is “lack
of control”. Of course this needs a bit more definition for people
to understand.
Our American system of government
was designed to maintain strict control over government and its
activities. However, without someone holding those in government
accountable to their limited duties, government has run astray, and those in
government have abused and misused their governmental powers and authorities.
The result is the destruction of our system of government, stealing of the
American peoples’ wealth, creation of a perpetual enslavement to debt,
expansion of government authority around the world by military force, and
destruction of the peoples’ individual Rights and Liberties and inability
for us to provide for our futures. The perpetrators are nothing less than
criminals who have, through the manipulation of law, stolen our American and
Christian heritages and are replacing them with complete tyrannical
domination. People who do not acknowledge this are either absolutely
blind, so self-indulgent that they are oblivious to the corruption, or they are
part of the problem.
The “solution” is to
regain control over government. Fighting individual issues will not solve
the fundamental cause of our problems. At most, it will only offer
temporary relief for some, but bigger issues will emerge. To regain
control over government, the people of America must unite in purpose and
take appropriate action to restrain government. There are only two ways
to do it: 1) by force of law; and 2) by force of arms. It is our duty to
exhaust all our peaceful solutions before using arms. Our system is one
of law, and the highest law is the Constitutions. We have two –
state and federal. The state Constitution takes precedence over all
domestic matters, and the federal Constitution takes precedence over all
interstate and international matters. The powers and authorities granted
by the people through these Constitutions are limited and specific. To
regain control, we MUST get government back into proper alignment with the
Constitutions, AND we must create provisions within the Constitutions that
provide the people an effective and efficient means for holding government
accountable to them. NOTHING SHORT OF THIS SOLUTION WILL SUFFICE!
DECIDE – Restoring
constitutional government is, of course, a bigger battle than opting out of
government health care. However, the process is exactly the same. One
of the biggest challenges for success is convincing the people that IT CAN
BE DONE! Most of us have lived all our lives in fear of government,
being convinced that “you cannot fight city hall”. This is
absolutely FALSE! Public officials work for the people. The people
tell government what it can and cannot do. Government serves the people,
not the other way around.
PCCOH has devised a plan for taking
back America
that WILL WORK! But, we cannot do it alone. We MUST have the
support of the people to get the job done. Once the people understand
that it CAN BE DONE, then all that is left is for them to DECIDE TO
DO IT! Some fall short from fear of what freedom will cost them, so
let me clear this matter up for everyone. Here are the trade-offs.
Preserving and protecting your freedom will cost your “LIVES, FORTUNES,
and SACRED HONOR”. However, the price of refusing to fight for your
freedoms will cost you the same things, your “LIVES, FORTUNES, and SACRED
HONOR”.
The difference between fighting and
not fighting for our freedoms is the end result. Fighting results in
FREEDOM and the ability to PROSPER, while refusing to fight results in
ENSLAVEMENT and having NO PROPERTY OR WEALTH. Fighting requires you to
spend your time collecting signatures, going to meetings, helping others,
spreading the cause, and be a person of honor and integrity. Not fighting
means you can be quiet, sit on your butt, watch TV, go bowling, remain
ignorant, and be a person who is self-centered and dependent on government
hand-outs.
I cannot decide for you, but I will
not fight for you, either. I fight for those of like mind and purpose –
those who have the courage to defend what is right simply because it is the
right thing to do. Those who believe that to live in freedom is more
important than making a paycheck, watching football, or lying on the beach.
So, decide! And once you
decide, then either get on with it and get it done, or get out of the way of
those who will. No excuses. If you get stuck, then team up with
others who are headed in the right direction. Work together to achieve
more.
COMMIT –
Deciding to defend freedom is much like deciding to start a fitness
program. You know it needs done, and it is going to be inconvenient and
painful. Every man and woman must decide in their own mind their purpose
for joining the battle. Your purpose MUST be bigger than you. What
I mean is that the purpose must be something so important and powerful that you
would be willing to do almost anything to achieve it. Whether your
purpose is to benefit your family, community or country, only you can
decide. But, once you do decide, then you must COMMIT! To commit
means that you find your inner-strength to do things you have never done
before, to face your fears, and to do it even when no one else is around.
It becomes your personal battle. Your commit is such that you will
achieve it alone, if necessary. You understand that maybe you cannot do
everything, but you know there are things you can do to perpetuate and support
the cause. You do not hesitate or shirk your responsibility. You do
what you can when you can, and when you can’t, you find others to take
your place or help.
Commitment is the most important
element for success. It requires perseverance and action.
Commitment is the one attribute that defines who you are as a person, for it is
directly linked with your character. For those who truly commit, then
failure is not an option.
SUCCEED –
When you have acknowledged a problem, properly identified the cause, decided to
resolve the problem through proper planning and action, and committed to
resolving it at all costs, then nothing but success can result. But, know
what success looks like by establishing your objective and recognizing it when
you arrive. An undefined objective leads to confusion and
meandering. Always keep in mind the reward for success. And, when
success comes, know that you did your best and are among the elite who deserve
the rewards of your efforts.
Here’s the bottom line in
regard to this message: Government is operating well outside its
constitutional authorities, and PCCOH has devised a solution for restoring
constitutional government. We need your help. The results of this
effort would be the ability of the people to hold government accountable to our
state and federal Constitutions, by law. Failure cannot be an
option. We are the only organization in the entire country who is
offering a solution such as this. Please make your decision whether this
cause is something you can support. And when you decide, then make your
commitment, accordingly.
We look forward to standing with
you in freedom.
Thanks,
Michael – Committee Member, PCCOH
[EMAIL DELETED]
www.pccoh.com
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