I like old...
I like old sayings. I'm not sure who penned the saying 'the pen is mightier than the sword' but that has been around forever and I really like that saying. However, pen and ink are worthless as teets on a bull if you don't have any paper to go with those.
Paper is where all the power resides. Stop and think about it if you haven't already done so.
The founding fathers...
The founding fathers of the United States knew the importance of putting things on paper; just like an archtitect who would be drawing plans for a building the founders laid out the reasons and the plan for freedom from the Crown of England. Declaration of Independence. Pen, ink and paper.
Even the pirates of the high seas knew the importance of paper. The pirates would plunder other ships and steal the gold, silver and jewels from those other ships and bury them on land and to make sure they knew where to go back and retrieve the bounty they drawed "treasure maps". Pen, ink and paper.
I can't stress...
I can't stress this enough that paper is where all the power resides and I guess you can say that paper is where all the wealth resides too.
In previous Daily Doses and Dashes I've discussed slavery. Slavery isn't a topic that most people like to discuss but discuss it we must.
Another old saying...
Another old saying that comes to mind is ' they can't see the forest for the trees' and that is where we are today when it comes to slavery. Our history tells us that slavery was ended in the United States by President Lincoln with his emancipation proclamation. Lincoln's intentions may have been good but he did't end slavery in the United States he just allowed the transfer of ownership of slaves from plantation owners to the government.
Our history books don't make mention of the fact that former slaves were arrest for vagrancy and put in jail and then the sheriffs leased the prisoners out to the plantation owners to work off the prisoners fines for vagrancy. Vagrancy laws were written with pen, ink and paper.
Whether or not...
Whether or not you want to believe or admit it; the United States is not a country of 'freedom' . Every man, woman, or child in the United States is a slave. I suggest you step back from the big oak tree that is blocking your view of the forest if you think otherwise.
The chains of slavery have been replaced with pen, ink and paper in the form of written laws or "bills". Keep in mind that the courts have determined that ignorance of the law is no excuse from prosecution and we have had 240+ years of politcians writing "laws" for us to abide by.
There are so...
There are so many laws at different levels of government that there is no exact count of how many laws are on the "books" yet as a citizen you are expected to know each one that applies to you and your situtation.
Are you beginning to see the forest yet?
You don't have...
You don't have to go back very far in your memory to recall just how we've been treated as slaves just think about the so called global pandemic of COVID 19 and how you were restricted from going places or doing things. How many of you lost employment over mask mandates or vaxxes?
One of the hardest things in life is to acknowledge one's own mistakes or downfalls. Ego and pride are two things that get in the way of people reaching their full potential. I can safely say that I've overcome those two things when I started down my first rabbit hole back in 2001. Are you ready to shake off your mistakes of the past and get to work on shaping the future of this great experiment known as the United States?
We are only...
We are only free on paper right now and we are buried up to our eyeballs with laws on paper that are written in ways that the common man can hardly comprehend. This needs to change and change pretty damn quickly. The founders of the United States not only gave us the blue print on how the country was to run they also gave us the maintenace book on how to keep it running properly. The maintenance section was in the Declaration of Independence as well but most people have never read past the first paragraph.
Have you ever...
Have you ever had a paper cut? Those are some painful little bastards. Visualize in your mind that each letter you write to an elected official results in that person getting a paper cut. Who coined the phrase 'death by a thousand cuts'?
It is well past the time that we start doing some maintenance on our government and government officials. Read the laws on how the government is supposed to work and start putting your pen, ink and paper in action calling them out when they aren't doing what they are suppose to be doing.
One last thought...
One last thought for you to ponder. The federal government was created to do two things only. The first thing was to protect the country from invasion. The second was to protect the property of the people.
I think we can agree that the federal government has failed on both counts. The southern border is wide open for starters and the government is stealing from the people left and right in the form of taxes, permits and penalties.
Pen + Ink + Paper = Power
Until next time,
Sult
