Ok, I've gone and done it now.
I've opened the flood gates, released the
hounds.
I've proposed a Constitutional amendment that
would provide the right of the citizens of
the United States to medical freedom and liberty. Insane?
It's criminal that this is even necessary,
but you have no doubt noticed a steady erosion
of autonomy in this country, have you not?
But we're going to fix it, OK?
Do you believe?
I believe.
I do without a doubt.
So stop your moping around and sign up on
the tmfla.org site now.
Or wait until the end of the video, then give it a shot.
Do you remember how the amendment goes?
It says: The United States government and
its agencies may not compel or deny any medical
procedure, treatment or substance, whether
by force, detainment, taxes, fines or the
withholding of benefits.
That's it- it's that simple.
It sounds like something that we shouldn't
need an amendment for, but unfortunately,
we do.
Like all of government intrusions, it's been
a long steady creep up into our grill, and
it's going to take a lot of work to dislodge
this annoying piece of gristle.
So this is where we start.
Right here.
You and me.
We, the people.
Remember how the government works?
For the people, by the people, etc.
I think this is what the people want- I really
do.
It's just so obvious once you see it, it's
like, you're getting ready to go out of town
for a wedding and figure you better try on
that suit or dress, and then it kind of felt
tight, but maybe it's not that bad, then you
get home and some pics of the event start
popping up on Facebook and you're like Oh
My G is that some kind of filter?
Know what I mean?
Life hits you hard, bro!
Oreo should have never been allowed to knock
off those Girl Scout Thin Mints- that was
just plain wrong.
There are a couple of things I really like
about this amendment.
It's positive.
It's happy.
It feels obvious.
It feels right.
If somebody did a man on the street interview,
picked some random people, told them about
the proposed amendment, I can't imagine many
people would disagree.
When your learning to draw, one of the tricks
you can do is to take a familiar thing and
draw it upside down.
It forces you to see things from a different
perspective, a different context, and rather
than falling into a rut and relying on your
memory of things, you draw from what you are
currently seeing.
It was a helpful tool when I was crafting
the language of this amendment.
Flip everything around, and see if it feels
like something California lawmakers would
dream up: The United States government & its
agencies may compel or deny any medical procedure,
treatment or substance by force, detainment,
fines, taxes or the withholding of benefits.
Read that again.
I don't know about you, but that’s something
I think might break out the pitchforks.
We're basically headed towards that kind of
tyranny, and in many places are already there-
it's just been a steady erosion of freedom.
I'd like to see a Senator or Representative
propose that legislation!
So if the inverse of the proposed legislation
feels like a North Korean paradise, then I
think we're on the right path.
There are some who are going to not like this
amendment.
They will look like scum.
They will sound like scum.
Make sure they know they are scum.
They will no doubt couch their concern in
humanitarian language, they will put their
halos on high beam and say but what about
the children?
What about the vulnerable?
Yes… yes.
We've heard that before.
It worked before.
Not anymore.
We're sorry.
We're truly sorry about the pious platitudes
you champion whenever you try and protect
your governmaceutical power structure and
payment systems.
They will be burned on the trash heap.
A horrible chapter in our nation's history
we dedicate entire
books about.
Here's what I'm most excited about: This amendment
will bring together groups of people who probably
hate each other in other aspects of their
life.
Like a tapestry.
Like a beautiful carbon fiber sheet of
kicking ass.
It's a powerful thing when disparate groups
of people agree on something and put aside
their differences for this one common cause.
It's terrifying, in fact, for those in power.
We're supposed to fight, and bicker, and be
complacent.
Not on this one.
Not on this one.
Do you know what a foxhole is?
It's a hole in the ground soldiers use to
escape harm from shrapnel or gunfire.
Sometimes they DIG one, sometimes they FIND
one, like from the crater of an artillery
shell explosion.
If you find yourself in a foxhole, you are
generally not in an awesome place.
Shells exploding around you, bullets flying
overhead.
It's not a party.
Sometimes, you may have to share a foxhole
with someone else.
Someone else who is also not a party.
You may not like the way they sound.
You may not like their religion.
You may hate everything about them including
the way they click their fingernails together
when they're nervous and say 'Hella', but
guess what?
Everybody's friends in the foxhole.
You get it?
Everybody's friends in the foxhole.
And we're going to make friends with some
new people, because we're in the foxhole together,
and it's about to be a party.
OK?
As we build this coalition, it is going to
get uncomfortable for you.
Why?
You are going to find yourself, your group,
your cause listed on a page with some other
groups, people and causes you are not comfortable
with.
I want you to understand that this is OK.
We are not pushing hard enough if you are
completely happy with everyone involved.
Strange bedfellows ahead, my friends.
You need to be OK with this.
We are outnumbered and outspent.
We must stay the course.
Some of you will get upset with the direction
of things and think, we could do better than
this.
You will probably be right.
You will say, we could move faster than this.
You will probably be right.
You will see a hundred problems with this
movement and want to splinter off into a new
group with similar goals and get things right.
This will be our biggest test.
We must exercise discipline and stay together.
We must hold fast.
We will die if we cannot cross the finish
line together.
Last thing, before you go and sign up on the
tmfla.org website.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Are you sure you've got what it takes?
There will be no money, there will be no fame.
There will be no lofty titles to fill your
resume with.
There will be sweat, and there will be tears.
This will be frustrating, and difficult, and
time-consuming.
You will be changed by this journey.
You will come back a different person.
A better person.
But as I said in the previous video, there
will be glory.
There will be the satisfaction, the happiness
and pride that can only come from saving the
world from some of the most insidious, despicable
acts we have ever seen.
Without firing a single shot.
Wouldn't it be beautiful?
Wouldn't that parade be beautiful?
So if you feel like joining up, go to the
tmfla.org website and sign up.
That's it.
I'm going to be sending out a survey to tap
into your brains and begin to create a vision
for how this story begins.
We already know how it ends, don't we?
And that is my incredible opinion.
