As a child growing up in America I was taught from a young age that our nation was a nation ruled by the PEOPLE. I was told we elect representatives to serve us in political office and they are to do the will of the PEOPLE. I'm still told this today. Our nation is a nation of the PEOPLE by the PEOPLE and for the PEOPLE. I'm a bit confused by this. Why, you ask? Simply put, I don't see this as a reality.

The PEOPLE want illegals out and for the nation to enforce border security, but Washington DC wants to give them amnesty and continue to keep the borders open. The PEOPLE want the death penalty enforced, but it's not done. The PEOPLE are against sodomy, yet those who practice it, do so openly AND they want special rights given to them. The PEOPLE want swift justice, but would settle for simple justice period, yet there seems to be less and less each year. The PEOPLE want accountability in government, we get self-serving, over indulgent bureaucracy.

How then is America governed by “WE THE PEOPLE...?" Simply put, we're not! WE THE PEOPLE has been replaced by we the COROPATIONS, we the LOBBYIST, we the MINORITY, we the RICH and most recently, not to mention, most ridiculously: we the ILLEGALS. This is not the government American founding fathers created. This not the government they risked their lives, their families or their fortunes to create. This is not the America our forefathers went to war to protect. This is not America, not the real one.

I believe the true American is still here, hidden, robbed, and beaten down. I saw glimpses of it when our recent Senate, Congress and President ALL, amazing as it is, finally agreed on something: the recent Immigration legislation. The TRUE America STOPPED this bill, the TRUE America is still alive, although weak and spread out. The TRUE America has proved, if we STAND TOGETHER, we can prevail against the greatest threat to national security: Both Houses of Representatives.

The Indians once controlled this great land, but had it taken from them because they DID NOT stand up TOGETHER. Early settleters picked them off one tribe at a time while they fought internally against themselves. We who are TRUE Americans MUST learn from how they suffered and UNITE or soon America will be a memory, pages in a history book that teachers teach uninterested students about.

The greatest fear is that if we STAND, we will lose our lives, our families and our wealth. The TRUTH is, if we do not stand, we lose these things anyway. When I was a teenager I fell in love for the first time. She was my neighbor and lived just a few houses away. I was crazy about her. We were BEST friends. I was so worried I'd lose her as a friend, I never told her how much I loved her. Even after I learned that she was interested in me, fear controlled me and I still did not act. I had a choice to make; I had to tell her I loved her and RISK losing our friendship if things didn't work out or KEEP her as a friend. I lost her forever because I did not act. I was to immature to understand that as we grow up, our friendships change and because I kept her as a friend, we drifted apart. My point is this, I had two options 1) tell her and maybe lose her or maybe marry her and maybe still be married to her OR 2) stay her friend and let time take her away. One way, I lose for sure and one way I might lose or I might not. I've learned over the years as I gained maturity, when faced with certain loss or a possibility of loss, the best choice is to go with the possibility.

I LOVE my country as does any TRUE American. It is time to ACT. If we stay as we are, America will be lost in the pages of history. If we ACT, America may still become a mere memory, but it may flourish once again. We must return to what made America great and not depart. We must remove those in Washington DC that oppose America and we must be willing to take the risk both our founding fathers and forefathers took. We must defend America from both the terrorist and even more from the politicians!

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Dan Galpin for President!

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