Five years ago no one suggested you would become famous. Even now, looking back, there was no suggestion, no personal connection, not the slightest indication, that many of the most important people in America would seek you out as a confidant. It’s a bit of a rush, to be honest, to have people like Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pompeo, Ted Cruz, Don Jr., Marjorie Greene, Rand Paul, Newt Gingrich, Marco Rubio, Larry Arnn and dozens of other high-placed celebs invite you to join their inner circles. With a simple “yes,” you can be an exclusive member of Advisory Boards, Strategic Committees and Councils and Task Forces belonging to some of the most powerful people on earth. These people actually address you by your first name even though most of them never met you. They invite you to celebrate their birthdays and attend some exclusive occasions. How cool is that? Makes you wonder, though. You’re a nobody at home. Celebs from your own state — some whom you met and some you gave money — have no clue who you are or care what you think. You meet them at fundraisers. They always smile and politely show an interest in what you have to say. Amazingly, they say all the things you want to hear. The Constitution is everything. Education is everything. Limited government is everything. Integrity of the immigration system is everything. Free speech and individual sovereignty are everything. WOKE, BLM, Cancel Culture and Media tyranny are nothing — nothing but enemies to our way of life. Yep, with these leaders in Washington, your country is in damn good hands, or will be — someday. Someday. Makes you wonder, though. Because you heard that before. Because, with all due respect, some of these same people sound a bit like coaches of losing teams — as in, wait till next year. Also makes you wonder about elected state officials. These people are the leaders. Unlike a nobody (like you), these people occupy a platform. What they say counts. And should count. But you haven’t seen legislators mount the platform to hold a press conference in your town square — or author a position paper — to specifically denounce BLM, Cancel Culture, Election Fraud, WOK-ISM or a Healthcare System that mandates vaccines for children. Come to think of it, you haven’t seen the private sector leaders of your own County publicly bash the Marxist attack on America or comment on political corruption. Their voices and opinions would carry tons of weight and open a lot of eyes in state capitols and in local governments. They are in fact community leaders whose influence can’t be overestimated. But corporate CEOs won’t touch WOKE. Too risky. Better to aid and abet, to suck up and shut up. University presidents, even those who run private institutions, won’t touch WOKE, BLM or CRT. They raise millions of private dollars to build impressive infrastructures. They raise millions to build country club surroundings for rich kids. They create jobs and spur economic development. They bask in the limelight of accomplishment — deservedly so — but won’t dare publicly address the attack on America and America’s core values. If they did, they might disturb donors or faculty or offend students or lose prized recruits. Celebrity university coaches win national championships while the team’s T-shirts proudly praise BLM thuggery, and they use their microphones to advance the lie of systemic racism and “social injustice.” Such is the enormous power of the black athlete and the lust for advertising revenue — a sort of unspoken extortion. From the Christian pulpit, you won’t hear a word that could possibly offend any individual or group, no matter how they threaten the country whose central principle is founded on the life of Christ Jesus. The separation of Church and State provides clerics safe haven and justification to avoid confronting the money changers on the steps of the Lord’s House. And you can’t end this tongue-lashing without mentioning county commissioners who will bow and scrape to curry favor with glamorous WOKE corporations searching for a new manufacturing home. Makes you wonder why some elected officials blame America’s precipitous decline on grass roots apathy. The average citizen scratches out a living, pays taxes and gives precious money to elect leaders do a job. To quote actor Wilford Brimley who played The Postmaster on a Seinfeld episode: “In addition to being a Postmaster, Mr. Kramer, I’m a General. And as a General, it’s my job to , by God, get things done.” That, Matilda, is exactly what citizens expect of their leaders. Leaders in Washington. In State Houses. At City Hall. In the public and private sectors. It’s not a lot to ask. And in case leaders get sidetracked, they have a guide to help them — it’s called The Constitution.

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