Counter Tsunami

A united people, one mind, one heart, one voice – this is the essence of an unstoppable political force which will once again regain freedom for all the people of the United States. We witnessed this during the era of Civil Rights when the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and other courageous leaders stood up against bigotry and oppression. And these leaders accomplished the seemingly impossible. This is because Dr. King and the others made people really understand how bad things were and that they needed to stand together to make things right. And, yes, people did whatever it took to fight against the oppressors.

Rosa Parks, regarded as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”, was a gentle soul, but she knew she had to stand up for what was right (in her case, sitting did the trick) even though she was risking terrible retribution at the hands of her oppressors. Her courage and the courage of many like her gave strength and energy to all sorts of people to unite and change the very fabric of our nation.

Many of us have become activated – we sit glued to the radio, listening to talk show hosts explaining how our liberty is inexorably slipping away. Activation also means contributing to various PAC’s, Political Action Committees, and signing online petitions. We are worried, we are concerned, we hope our activation will somehow set things right. It won’t. It’s not enough.

We need to take the next step and get energized. We need to get organized. Instead of just sending emails to Congressmen and local politicians, we need to march into their offices, 1000 strong, 10,000 strong, whatever it takes. We need to clearly understand the issues and we need to explain this to our fellow citizens. Our very freedom is at stake.

It may seem a little strange using the “Counter Tsunami” metaphor in trying to capture these thoughts. Let me explain. The “Political Tsunami” analogy is really apt at expressing the notion that the political upheaval that we are experiencing is so monumental. There have never been any events in the history of the United States like this where the relationship of the citizen to government is changing in such a fundamental fashion. Yes, “Political Tsunami” is the only way to describe this. So, then, how can we stop the seeming unstoppable? The only answer is a force of equal or greater magnitude, a “Counter Tsunami”.

During my research in “Controlled Nuclear Fusion”, I examined methods for artificially producing tsunami like waves, called solitons. The idea there was to have a lot of little waves interact coherently – in unison. In theory, it is possible to produce forces rivaling that of the most powerful natural tsunami. This is something we all know intuitively and there is a mathematical model to support this idea also.