Animal Farm

August 25, 2013

For those who can’t remember, or never heard of Animal Farm, George Orwell crafts an allegory in which pigs become supreme rulers of a farm, create a system of their own, teach that all creatures (non-human) are equal, and life goes swimmingly. Interestingly, the comparative effects with Hitler and his communist allies become freakishly clear as soon as greed and jealousy become the true guiding principles of this colony. The principle of equality is changed to all creatures are equal, some are just more equal than others; thus, building in marvelous benefits for the “ruling class”.

I was asked this week why I didn’t just kick back and enjoy retirement to which I replied that when we stop dreaming, stop thinking, stop trying to make things just a little better for our family, and our country, we die. I didn’t say it, but first we die mentally and spiritually, then our bodies just crawl in behind our dead minds and we are gone from this mortal sphere. My job as I see it Michael is to tell everyone I know about this great country. To let everyone know that we live in a time and place unlike any other. We have freedoms to believe in God, to not believe in God, enjoy expressing our love of country, to show our complete and total distain of our country. We honor and respect the rights of those who believe differently to express their points of view.

This freedom comes with a price tag. We must hold our leaders responsible for and to the same things. In recent months some of the Animal Farm mentality has come to light with special gifts for some classes of people, with spying, phone tapping, obfuscation, lying, deception, malfeasance of office, and other insidious manipulations. Religious beliefs have been called into question, high officials and elected officials of all parties have supported, or tacitly held a blind eye to all things beneficial to them. This must stop.

I watch in horror as my generation, my children, and my grandchildren lose their history, their understanding of right, and their desire to honor those who have gone before; who have lived and died protecting these God given rights. I am no longer interested in political party affiliation. I am interested in doing my part in using my freedom to help our leaders understand that they work for us. We will not become a police state. We will not have another “force” bigger and better than the military” become our big brother; we will not help to create a sea of blood in our country which pits citizen against citizen.

I say God bless America. God bless all of His Children. Help us to love each other, love, god, and love ourselves enough to stand for what this great American experiment is all about.

God bless each of us as we lovingly, without fear of retribution, help in whatever way we can to return our country to the principles which have made it great.

Duane Jacobs, father, grandfather, cousin, brother, uncle, United States Citizen, and friend