An "Open Letter" to Our U.S. Congress

To: All members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives

Subject: “Violations of the Public Trust”

While the numbers from an array of surveys often vary, the bottom-line indicates a growing public distrust and disapproval of both our U.S. Congress and the news media in general.

“Even more alarming”:

(1.) Both the congress and news media continue to demonstrate a lack of willingness, competency, and wisdom to correct their shameful violations of the public trust;

(2.) A truly worrisome number of survey respondents reportedly hold the view that both the congress and news media are doing OK;

(3.) It is of course votes (not the tooth fairy) that fill the seats of congress—and enable the incompetent to remain there again and again. And, it is not the tooth fairy who continues to purchase the newspapers and select the TV and other media broadcasts, regardless of distrustful content.

The criticisms included and referenced herein, are of course not aimed at the members of congress and the news media who unrelentingly strive to do what is right for our country. Much to the contrary, such are directed at those who in any manner constitute, support, and enable our country’s foreign and domestic enemies. Those with aims to destroy the very “foundation blocks” of our Constitutional Republic—(i.e., our U.S. Constitution; borders, common-language English; and common-culture founded on Judeo-Christian values).

A long and ongoing destruction through, for example: an unsustainable national debt; unsecured borders; lack of an enforced merit-based immigration system; accommodation of immigrants who refuse to assimilate our country’s common-language and common-culture; attempts to disarm law-abiding citizens; infiltration of our education institutions with those who refuse to teach unbiased, fact-based World and American History—as such institutions and others strive to silence the free speech of their students and other Americans; etc.

Of course, posting of this “open-letter” is not done with any delusions that any of those to whom it is aimed will ever see, read, or demonstrate any constructive response to the citizen-concerns it raises.

Concerns that have time and again been elaborated upon in numerous other communications (e.g., other postings on FB and at personal web page http://threats-to-our-liberty-and-survival.blogspot.com ; as well as a number of e-mails, formal letters, etc., to various members of congress over the years).

Concerns that are the same or very similar to those shared and expressed in various ways by millions of other Americans. Serious, reality-based U.S. citizen concerns being expressed by individual Americans who—in the face of an irresponsible government and nation-destructive news media—find encouragement in the wisdom reflected by reality-based quotations such as those inserted below. 

                                                             —William James Moore

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“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” —Helen Keller (1880-1968), American author, political activist and lecturer, and first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” —Samuel Adams (1722-1803)

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [and women] to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” —Plato (428/427 or 424/423BC – 348/347 BC)

“To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last—but eat you he will.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)