Ask anyone today and all but the most socially oblivious will tell you that we’re in trouble. It seems that everywhere we turn, we are faced with some bureaucrat making every effort to spit in the face of personal liberty in the name of some faceless greater good. Many of us have chosen to wrap ourselves in a warm blanket of normalcy bias, clinging to the misguided idea that things will “just work out.” While I consider myself an optimist, I can’t ignore statistical data that says otherwise. No amount of grandstanding or political feelgood speech will change that. There is little doubt in my mind that we are in for some tough times.
When times get difficult, it becomes even more important to highlight the positive. When we bring positive change to light and into the public eye, we do something very powerful. We show that a path exists with new choices and possibilities; we show by example that it can be done. It’s an illustration of how far we have fallen when a sheriff just doing his job becomes an internet icon for liberty literally overnight.
In the face of increasingly militarized police forces on our streets, where legitimate protest footage is nearly indistinguishable from that of a war correspondent – this man took a stand. In an environment where our political leaders say it’s acceptable to pat down infants, our seniors, and even our veterans for the sake of security theater – this guy took a stand. He did nothing less than uphold his oath to the principles of personal liberty.
Folks, I wish I could say that everything will be rainbows and daisies, but we all know that there is a storm coming. No one can predict how it will play out, but one thing is clear. If you wear a badge, then at some point you will have to make a choice between political forces and the oath you took to our nation’s principles. And when the smoke clears, you will have to live with that decision.
Sheriff Lenic, thank you for making the right choice.
We go through some brief updates and talk about how farming is actually on the front lines in the ongoing fight for our personal liberties. We do some news and hear from Mark Baker of Bakers Green Acres on his fight with the Michegan DNR on the recent ruling that his heretage breeds of pigs are feral and must be destroyed.
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