The Voice of Reason: Liberals should have started by reading the Constitution

Most of my friends would say that I am a very laidback person. It really takes a lot to irritate me. As a matter of fact, a few of my friends have done some pretty outlandish things just to see if they could make me mad. Usually, they fail. I have a very high tolerance for irritation, and I blame it on being a conservative at a secular university. After all, being called ignorant (or worse) on an almost daily basis will either raise your tolerance level or make you lash out in anger. However, despite my normal tendency toward being calm, cool, and collected, I have reached my limit. After seeing the state of the union, I am ready for change I can believe in.

I don't consider myself a revolutionary or a radical, but the current state of our country has certainly moved me in that direction. I hate turning on the news (even Fox news) because I see no hope for the future of my country if we continue down our current path. Perhaps I risk sounding melodramatic, but honestly, if the news doesn't depress you, crawl out from under your rock. However, I'm not one to sit idly by and watch something I love be destroyed, so I have decided to become a radical-a revolutionary, if you will.

I am fed up with what I perceive to be liberal polices that run counter to the wishes of our founding fathers. If you read their writings, it is clear that they never meant for our country to lean socialist or for our government to metastasize to the size it is now. Thomas Jefferson would have a stroke if he were alive today! I know our founders didn't always agree with each other, but they did agree that our government should exist only to protect life, liberty, and property. They never argued that education, housing, and healthcare were rights guaranteed by the government. Today, however, most people quickly agree that education, housing, and healthcare are rights that should be guaranteed to all citizens. I don't want to deny those things to anyone, but I think that "we the people" can secure those rights better and more efficiently than the government can…if barriers are removed.

I've written enough on the economy in my columns, that I'm sure the readers have a sense of my feelings on the subject. However, at the risk of being redundant, let me say that our founders never wanted capitalism to die. At this point in our country, capitalism is on life support. "We the people" can revive it, but only if we are willing to abandon socialism. I still believe that capitalism is the best economic system for all people. It is the only system that allows one to move up in the world. It promotes advancement. Other systems, in the interest of equality, try to equalize wealth. Those systems don't make the poor richer; rather, they make the rich poorer. Boy, that's fair.

I guess you could say that I've exceeded my quota on liberal ideology that has swept the country. No longer can I sit idly by and watch my country be transformed into something our forefathers would not recognize. Let the revolution begin with me.

The revolution I want is a return to the Constitution. The revolution I want is a return to our founders' dream. The revolution I want is for us as a nation to reclaim our government. The revolution I want is for "we the people" to say NO to socialism. If we don't have a revolution in governing ideology, we may not have a country worth having a revolution for. After all, it's scary that a country like Zimbabwe is telling the U.S. that we are spending and printing too much money. We need to rise up and tell our representatives that we will no longer stand for the same old Washington politics. We must tell them that if they don't change, then they won't be re-elected. We need to tell our government officials that the long reign of liberal ideology is over. It's time for a change. This time, I'm ready for change I can believe in.