Justice Prevails

I ts absolutely no secret where I fall on the political spectrum.  I believe in limited government, personal freedom and accountability, De-Regulation and America First.

Early on in the pandemic I mused that freedoms were being taken away from the citizenry and that the government was suddenly deciding who the economic winners and losers were going to be as a result of the pandemic. Small businesses destroyed with a mass transfer of wealth to Big business. Mom n Pops can't survive months on end without money coming in the door. Gone were the days of personal freedoms in exchange for the safety that only the government can provide.

One of my favorite quotes is "people willing to trade their freedom for the illusion of Security are deserving of neither."

Stay socially distanced. Wear a mask. No gatherings of more than 5 people unless you're from the same household. My Mask is for your safety, not mine. Really.

Ive often said that every job is essential because it's how we are able to provide food, shelter, clothes, etc for ourselves + for our families.

Michigan Supreme Court Backs Barber

There was a Michigan barber forced to close and 

 protested; deciding to open and as a result was again ordered by "the government" to close and had his license revoked.  Our barber friend was defiant and opened on May 4.

The barber sued the government and lost. Took it one step further to the Michigan Supreme Court and prevailed.

The court issued a statement stating, “It is incumbent on the courts to ensure decisions are made according to the rule of law, not hysteria.  One hopes that this great principle — essential to any free society, including ours — will not itself become yet another casualty of COVID-19.”

Can I hear a good Amen? What's sad about this is it took appealing to the Supreme Court to have the rule of law applied and not ignored to suit an agenda.

I posted a picture with a caption that said we are being conditioned to view Exercising our freedoms as being selfish instead of exercising the rights afforded to every American by the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Free from government intervention.  What’s disturbing is how willingly Americans fell in line to having their freedoms trampled without even questioning the motivating..

The government should try to protect freedom as opposed to take it away. There is an inherent problem and conflict when the government finds themselves in a position to be taking away our rights instead of protecting them. 

Hence the purpose of the second amendment.

I guess this conversation isn't complete without discussion of the protesting for equality and against a system of institutionalized and system racism. That is a much more complicated topic as the president has floated the use of our military to stifle protests. At the same time, we can't have the fringe left-antifa- causing social chaos while advocating for anarchy and the defunding of law enforcement. We must be a society of law and order order- We must be able to protect our rights, our families, our property, our neighborhoods and our communities from lawlessness.

We must also be able to protect our risks from being imposed upon. Or, in the case of Floyd and many other black people, they say they haven’t had rights the same rights as we have been afforded.  I hope the prolonged peaceful protests will drive change without the loss of life or mayhem.