No fairy tale

There once was a kingdom, established when the people of that nation abdicated their responsibility to a ruler to whom the people entrusted complete control of the government. It was no sudden decision but came about after a period in history called the Transformation.

For decades previous, the people sent representatives to Central City to legislate for their nation, even though many they sent were doing it out of self-interest, hoping that some day they could set up sub-kingdoms under the king. As time went by, more and more of those sent to Central City began entrusting their decision-making to those they had hired to write the legislation. No concern as to what the writers submitted, as long as it permitted their sub-kingdoms to continue and drew power away from the people. As the people were promised Openness and Transparency, the opposite happened. A shroud of Secrecy fell over Central City. At the same time, the people gave up their privacy, willingly sending all knowledge about themselves to the Data Mine, in the hopes they would ward off the great threat called Terror.

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As it turned out, that did little to diminish the threat, since the proponents of Terror were all eliminated from the search process and were left to continue their efforts at creating new ways to commit violence against the people. Then came the Invitation. It was not like previous invitations, even though for years many of those invited had been getting away with extending their stay far beyond the terms of their Visa. Little was done to change this situation, even though a tragedy called Nine Eleven was perpetrated by those who had stayed beyond what their Visa allowed. So the Invitation was decreed by the king, and all those who were disciples of Terror were allowed to join in among those with honorable intent who had been invited to come. The kingdom was on its way to a tragic end, but more and more of the people were no longer satisfied with a king. They began to realize that, once again, Taxation without Representation stood in the way of Freedom. They saw there was a way, and city by city, state by state, the Republic could be restored. The Founders, though much maligned, had wisdom far beyond that of the self-serving elite who had worked their way into the power structure. As the Founders had, the people turned to God for help, for wisdom and direction, and the tragic ending was averted. ...if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 On September 11, 2013, there will be a national day of prayer and repentance. Rolf Yungclas is editor of the Haskell County Monitor-Chief, a weekly newspaper giving a voice to the citizens of the Haskell County area in southwest Kansas. (globalrolf@mac.com)