What Happened to Our Republic?

Introduction
Are you concerned with the erosion of our Constitutional Republic and the economic chaos our country is in?

Well, I am!

My name is Charles "Gus" Gustafson and I consider myself a "Constitutional Conservative" and an "American Patriot". I'm also an active supporter of the "Tea Party" movement.

I prefer the term "Constitutional Conservative" because I find the term "conservative", used alone, can mean anything in today's political spectrum. It's been tainted by those politicians who claim to adhere to "conservative" values of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and free enterprise, but when it comes time to vote in Congress, they vote to pass unconstitutional laws. In fact, most of the time they don't even read the bills they vote on. Would you avoid reading a contract you were going to sign and be bound by? Well, bills passed in the legislature are contracts which bind us, the people, to specific performances or obligations. Shouldn't our representatives be required to read each bill in its entirety before voting, especially when our liberty is at stake?

Because I'm concerned with the socialist direction in which our country is headed, I've decided to do something about it, i.e., to get involved! That's the purpose of this blog — to write down my thoughts and discoveries about how and why our Republic has been usurped by what I call the "Global Shadow Government". This blog is not only a public diary of my thoughts, views and values, but it'll be an educational tool for anyone who reads it. It'll be loaded with facts, citations, links, and bibliographies. It's a way for me to get information out to anyone who wants to know the truths I've discovered that are hidden by the shadows of deception and to get them out into the light of day. This way "We the People" will have the information we need so we can act accordingly.

Information is powerful, but only if acted upon!

Why do I call these global deceptors the "Shadow Government"? One clue of many I'll unveil later came from President Ronald Reagan. When he was asked by a reporter how he felt about being the most powerful man in the world, his answer summed up what I've known since I began my constitutional studies 25 years ago. To paraphrase, he said that he wasn't the most powerful man in the world — that every morning, when he enters the oval office, there's a note on his desk telling him what he is to do that day. Even though he said it in what seemed like jest, there was a message behind his words — but that's for another time.

Future posts will reveal the ugly truths I've discovered about this Shadow Government, how, like a spider, it wove its way into all three branches of our government (executive, legislative and judicial) and destroyed our money one strand of deception at a time starting with the Federal Reserve Act of December 23, 1913. I'll discuss how it's sped up the overthrow of our Republic, and give suggestions as to what we, as individuals, can do about defeating this Shadow Government and the Federal Reserve and reclaim our Constitution, our Republic, the Common Law, and our individual Liberty.

As a result of all my research over the past 25 years, I've come to the conclusion that the main strand, the center of this web of deception, is directly related to our Central Banking System.

My next blog post will begin with a discussion of the Central Banking System, its history and its intentions. I won't be able to cover the whole topic in one sitting, but in many subsequent serialized posts.

Note: I remember when I was a kid, I would go to the movies every Saturday afternoon, not to see the main movie, but to see the next serialized episode of either Buck Rogers, The Shadow, Roy Rogers, etc. The same will be done here in this blog.

Until next time, keep your powder dry!

Gus