The Second
Level
Charlie Earl
As a
football aficionado and former mediocre running back, I’m aware that a solid
ground game is usually necessary if a team is to succeed on game day. An
effective running game requires the offensive linemen to do more than merely
handle the defensive line. They must attack and neutralize the linebackers as
well. Their efforts downfield can alter the game from a series of short plunges
into a devastating yard-swallowing ground game. Consequently … when the running
attack is successful, the defense is more vulnerable to the pass. Play action
involves the quarterback faking a handoff to a running back, then looking
downfield for an open receiver as the defensive backs hesitate because their
first reactions are to lend run support. The bottom line is that a good offense
is a result of running and passing complementing one another, and line blocking
at the second level is a vital component for offensive success.
The time has
arrived for liberty-loving people, patriots and constitutionalists to move to
the second level if we expect to move the ball of freedom and gain ground
versus the statists. When engaged in a make-or-break contest such as a playoff
game or the future of the nation, scoring a shutout by totally dominating one’s
opponent is desirable but highly unlikely. The key or purpose is to win. Tea
Partiers, Liberty groups, 9-12 committees and their cohorts gained ground in
the 2010 elections but not enough, however, to demonstrably change the American
landscape. To continue our analogy…. we are stuck on our own 35 yard line with
a positive but insufficient ground game. The
liberal/progressive/socialist/statist cabals are our opponents, and they never
become discouraged when we have small gains. They become more resolute and dangerous.
Their linebackers, the second level, are people and politicians whom we have
mistakenly assumed to be our allies. Their failures and weaknesses, their
spineless acquiescence, and their “conservative rhetoric but statist actions”
have provided cover and back-up for the progressives. That is why they are the
second level.
Until the
John Boehners, Eric Cantors, Kevin McCarthys, Mitch McConnells and others of
their ilk are defeated by true libertarian constitutionalists, all patriot
gains will be minimal and ineffective. I would attack the second level of
Democrats, but I suspect the fiscally responsible ones have already left the
party for the GOP or independent status. It is within the Republican Party that
the greatest obstacles to constitutional self-determination now reside. Their
“second level” enabling of the status quo allows us to have minor gains but no
true victories. Their nefarious and unprincipled leadership has corrupted a
once-grand party into an established mass of self-serving, ego-driven political
tools. The kind of tools that the left enjoys exploiting and co-opting. The
Republican “second level” has the backs of the leftists who are intent on
tyranny.
If freedom
loving people do not attack the second level with determination and vigor, many
of our allies will grow weary of the fight. They will tire of small gains with
little reward. They will lose hope and retreat into personal affairs and
concerns. They will “go Galt” in the mental and psychological sense. They will
not surrender, but they will disappear. Liberty, sweet Liberty must seize the
moment and the momentum. We must advance to the second level and crush the
opposition. We must exercise discipline and complete our assignments fully and
effectively. We must defeat the second level to open the lane for big gains …
and scores. We have no choice. We have no options. To engage in a continual slugfest
while consistently losing the final score is a game plan for disaster. We must engage
and control the second level to achieve victory. Just like a finely oiled
offensive line, we must begin the assault simultaneously and coordinately. The
scoreboard clock indicates that we are beginning the fourth quarter. Let’s
break the huddle and let’s go.
Charlie Earl
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