So, What Now?

Most of America seems to be mindlessly galumphing towards the edge of the proverbial cliff, entranced by the dulcet tones of King Barack the Good.  Most of the galumphers no doubt believe that a hard-Left socialist like Obama can’t really do that much damage in four to eight years.  For the rest of us–those of us who take lessons from history–the 2008 presidential election resembles not so much a slightly risky Spring Break vacation, but more of a diagnosis of Stage IV pancreatic cancer.  Not much Hope to cling to, and all the wrong kinds of Change.

But as the sister of someone who just reached the 5-year cancer-free mark after a diagnosis of Stage III pancreatic cancer, here is the one paper-thin silver lining I can offer: that the American People are still the American People, and will eventually reject, and fight to reverse, the unforeseen consequences of electing Barack Obama.

If that healthy reaction to Obama fails to materialize, I recommend doing the following.  These are the only ways I can think of to stand up and fight back.

1)  Stock up on guns and refuse to let them be taken from you, whether by creeping regulation or by brute force.  How did the old rallying cry go?  Give me liberty or give me death!  It sounds extreme only to a coddled populace that has never had to fight for what they treasure.  As for myself, I decided long ago that I would rather die than surrender to a government that will not allow me to defend my own life.  If they want this girl’s guns, they’ll have to kill her.  Period. 

2)  Study the issues.  It’s amazing how informed you will be if you commit yourself to spending just an hour a day reading news stories, opinion pieces, and blog entries all over the Internet.  The sites on my Blogroll will get you linked up to the kind of informational variety necessary to becoming truly informed.  The people running those sites have devoted themselves to doing what the mainstream media refuses to do: providing a broad cross-section of coverage on any and every pertinent issue affecting our world.

3)  Make your voice heard.  Like #2, this requires some effort.  But people, the days when we could leave our grunt work to the hapless Republican Party are long over.  It’s time for conservatives to jump in and show that we are truly committed to preserving the country our Founding Fathers and forebears left us.  If we don’t, we were never the patriots we claim to be.  So write your Congressmen relentlessly.  Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers.  Send reports of interesting/significant happenings in your community or state to conservative media sources like National Review.  And hey, blog.  Learn to be an articulate and informed advocate for your beliefs.

4)  Formulate a “Plan B,” aka the John Galt Lite.  Should Obama and his Congressional posse do what they’ve promised–i.e., send taxes through the roof and otherwise punish private enterprise and success–ask yourself if you’re really willing to be the government’s field mule, driven up and down the Back Forty for the rest of your life in service to deadbeats and government bureaucrats.  Those who envy your talents and success, and who have no intention of making the sacrifices you’ve made to get where you are, well, those people have figured out how to turn democracy into their own personal organized theft operation.  Are you going to play that game?  I know I won’t.  My “Plan B” is to get the one job I know I can’t get fired from: public school teacher.  Hey, if I’m going to make peanuts anyway, I might as well be in a job that requires little intellectual effort and gives me summers off (plus a smorgasbord of national holidays!).  As a bonus, being a teacher would also give me a golden opportunity to be subversive and teach American values in enemy territory.  Get a Plan B of your own: don’t be the government’s bitch.

5)  Formulate a “Plan C” (or, as I call it, the Doomsday Scenario).  In the event that the lights truly do go out and we descend into Third World-style chaos and dissipation, you might want to think about where your Alamo will be.  Plan C could also be called “the Full John Galt.”

The ability to think ahead and plan for contingencies is what separates us from less intelligent animals and liberals.  So act accordingly. 

P.S.  If you don’t know who John Galt is, well, look it up.  Learn it.  Live it.