I spent two and one-half hours alternately crying and trying to justify my continued involvement in the grass roots tea party movement. Why continue to devote every waking hour to trying to restore the country I love when there seemed to be no way of stopping her destruction? How do I look my grandchildren in the eye and explain exactly what just happened to them? Do I tell them Grandma tried but failed and now I'm tired and dispirited and can fight no longer?
Foramir: "I do not believe the darkness will endure"
The Hobbits of the Shire are a proud, strong, freedom loving people and after hours sharing our shock, despair and disbelief, we remembered just why we fight. Wondering why I should continue to fight became "How can I not?" I will look my grandchildren in the eye and explain the freedom they lost, but that Grandma will never stop fighting to gain it back for them.
Legolas: "The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving. He is HERE"
Daily the spin continues to paint the opinion of Chief Justice Roberts upholding the individual mandate as Constitutional based on the taxing power of Congress as brilliant, sly and a gift to Republicans. We citizens of the Shire see it as the ultimate betrayal of his oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United State . It was not brilliant, sly or a gift. IT WAS JUDICIAL BETRAYAL BY A JUSTICE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE IMAGE OF THE COURT AS SEEN BY THE RADICAL LEFT THAN THE OATH HE TOOK. You are entitled to your opinion, Justice Roberts, but ultimately that was all it was, an opinion.
Aragon: "my friends, you bow to no one"
The people of the Shire, indeed, bow to no one and we will not bow to this unjust law. The death of the Tea Party Hobbits has been repeatedly proclaimed by the Dark Lord and his band of Orcs. Au contraire, creatures of darkness, the fire has only been rekindled and reinforced. WE PROUD TEA PARTY HOBBITS WILL STAND TALL IN NOVEMBER!
Aragorn: "Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"
The sunlight must shine upon the Shire once more. We can only accomplish this by uniting to overthrow the Dark Lord. It's no mystery that we Hobbits don't exactly view Mitt Romney as our Aragon leading us to battle, but the time has come to put aside our differences and rally behind the goal of ousting the Dark Lord and his insidious health care law. The daily refrain from some is, "I'll sit out the election", I'll write in Ron Paul", I'll switch to Gary Johnson", etc. To you I say, "Any one of those options is a vote for the Dark Lord Obama". You claim to be standing on principle, and that is admirable, but what do you gain by that stance when your country is gone and you labor under the rule of the Dark Lord? It is you that will have to look your children and grandchildren in the eye and tell them how you helped propel them into the land of darkness.
The darkness enveloping the Shire has been a slow, creeping malignancy and we won't completely end it come November, but our votes can be the impetus to at least slow it down and begin anew our efforts to return the Country we love to her founding principles. If we don't defeat the Dark Lord Obama in November, it may very well be too late!
Sam: "Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries? "
