Sunday, April 19, 2009
SAN ANTONIO — The Boston tea party was not simply symbolic. It was a physical manifestation of a real, honest-to-God human condition.
It was the fire of independence burning in men and women’s souls, determined to escape the shackles of slavery and tyranny, daring to take on an unknown world for their driving instincts to practice the religion of their choice, freely speak their minds, keep and bear arms and pursue their own happiness.
The original tea party participants made it clear that the British goons who followed them to the Brave New World would not be allowed to impose on them what these early Americans came to get away from.
Those same basic primal instincts are alive and well in free men across America. They will not let the fires of liberty die. With Fedzilla accelerating its gluttonous orgy of unaccountability and ramping up its wanton blowtorching of our paychecks with blatant impunity, we the people are once again de-sheeping and stepping forward.
Making their voices heard
When I arrived at the Alamo early on April 15, a glowing, handsome throng approaching 5,000 had already gathered at the west wall of the Shrine of Texas.
Smiling people of every description, ethnicity, color, creed, size, shape and spirit were assembled to make their voices heard.
I needed to warm up my American guitar to unleash the properly orchestrated emotional soundtrack for such an event on such hallowed grounds.
After a brief, uppity exchange with the crowd, I rendezvoused with a group of federal, state and local law enforcement friends and some wounded heroes of the U.S. military — Saluteheroes.org — for a fine San Antonio Mexican lunch, where I loaded up on a gargantuan wave of inspiration from all these amazing warriors.
Back at the event, speakers were firing up the crowd with shared logic, self-evident truth and a “we-the-people” reminder: Runaway governmental corruption can be reversed if we’re truly serious about making it happen.
By now the crowd was approaching 10,000-plus, and the overall positive spirit intensified.
This activism was taking place all over America, city after city, town after town. Decent, hard-working families gathered, unified with a message to demand accountability from our elected employees. Such extremism.
Fresh from declaring 10th Amendment sovereignty for the Great Republic of Texas, the good Gov. Rick Perry had just fired up 7,000 exuberant Texans in Fort Worth with a battle cry of unambiguous resolve to put an end to Fedzilla intrusion in the land of Crocket, Travis, Bowie and Houston.
Something very special was in the air. Those media talking heads who dare to claim otherwise are committing journalistic suicide. So be it. Only the guilty need feel guilty, and I’m sure they do.
I spent the midday hours with Glenn Beck on his Fox News show, toured the Alamo with my son, then gave my own heartfelt speech to the masses and unfurled a passion-fire rendition of the National Anthem that was touched by the hand of God. Know it.
Now it is my prayer that this renewed activism, our duty-bound participation in this glorious experiment in self government, will throttle forward.
I pray that more and more people will demand representation from our elected officials, demand that our government live by the same rules we the people must live by and force accountability.
It would be wise that the Obama administration look to Texas for the upgrade that America needs, instead of following the same suicidal path of Detroit. The choice is clear. So is the future.
Ted Nugent is a Waco-based musician and television show host. Contact him directly at tednugent.com.
