I am ¾ of a century old, and until recently, when I thought of the United States in comparison to any other country, I thought of a country that not just allows us to succeed, but encourages us to succeed? Until recently I firmly believed in “American exceptionalism”. Now: not so much.
When it comes to products and services, more often than not, haven’t we been the beneficiaries of multiple options not experienced by those in other countries? Also, more often than not, haven’t our choices been superior, more plentiful and more economical than elsewhere in the world? So, why are these tenets of our society and economy being purposely stolen or destroyed, especially by elected politicians, appointed judges and bureaucrats, and elites, foreign and domestic?
The uninformed voter or apathy among voters is one reason for this purposeful destruction of our economy and constitutional republic, but who are these voters? Are they just ignorant and/or uneducated voters? No! Many are highly educated individuals. Many are highly successful in their professions and lines of work. They may be our mother or father, grandmother or grandfather, brother, sister, aunt or uncle, cousin, friend, co-worker, or neighbor. They are busy with their work, families and they may even attend church, a synagogue or a temple. They are part of a dying breed that watch network or cable news and/or read local or national newspapers, obtaining a jaundiced and slanted view of the world according to what elites want us to believe. They believe that because we live in the United States, we are immune from what ails the rest of the world. They are clueless and maybe even arrogant, and they allow miscreant individuals with a destructive agenda to infiltrate our society and government.
No nation is perfect, including ours, for all nations are comprised of human beings, but we have enjoyed a quality of life no other country has experienced. This is due to the fact that our county was founded upon a constitution and laws that are focused upon the freedoms of our citizens, and not based upon the establishment of one faith, but upon Judeo-Christian morals, principles and ethics. These laws were designed to protect law-abiding citizens from an oppressive government and those who are criminals. Over time, the tables have turned. In too many cases, the government has intruded upon the law-abiding populace’s realm and pirated many of the responsibilities specifically reserved for the states, and our legal system provides ever-increasing protection for criminals and fewer protections for victims and/or the law-abiding majority of our population.
The country I once knew and loved no longer exists. It has been replaced with shear madness. Here are a few examples of the current scene:
- In public schools throughout California, thanks to a brand new bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, boys can now use girls’ locker rooms and restrooms and play on their sports teams, as long as they feel more comfortable thinking of themselves as girls. Same thing with a girl who feels more emotionally comfortable thinking of herself as a boy; she now can use the boys’ restrooms, dress and undress in the boys’ locker room and play on their team.If that’s not bizarre, nothing is bizarre, and we should just retire the term from our dictionaries and save a tree.
Of course, this latest transgender-rights madness
was inevitable in a society where homosexual behavior – which just a generation
ago was considered aberrant, immoral and criminal – is glorified and
glamorized, its practitioners afforded special privileges and benefits denied
other Americans. Meanwhile, those who still champion Judeo-Christian morality
and the traditional definition of marriage – you know, the one the entire world
held to steadfastly, at all times and all places for the last 5,000 years – are
now suddenly regarded as closed-minded, mean-spirited bigots or drooling,
backwoods religious fanatics.
Moreover, according to today’s logic, it’s cruel,
unscientific and unenlightened to think a homosexual man could possibly become,
through therapy, a heterosexual man, or a lesbian become a heterosexual woman,
but it’s enlightened and normal to attempt to change a man into a woman and
vice versa.
- The Fort Hood shooter, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was finally convicted of his crimes by a military court and sentenced to death. Thank goodness. But let’s look at how the Obama administration dealt with the massacre for the past almost-four years. Hasan, who shouted “Allahu Akbar” before shooting 14 people to death (including an unborn baby) and wounding more than 30 others, openly admitted he was, is, and ever shall be, an Islamic jihad warrior. Yet the Obama administration refused to call what he did “terrorism,” categorizing it instead as “workplace violence.” Until his recent conviction, taxpayers continued to pay Hasan’s salary as a military psychiatrist of $80,000 a year (more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009, terror attack).But during the same period, the Obama administration refused to pay to have the remaining bullets removed from the back of a soldier who was shot multiple times by Hasan. In fact, the Army garnished the soldier’s pay when he sought counseling for PTSD after the attack. Likewise, the soldiers victimized by Hasan will not receive Purple Hearts or combat-related benefits intended for victims. When the families of soldiers shot by Hasan complained about all this, the Obama administration slapped a gag order on them.
Of course, the perverse way the government dealt
with the Fort Hood
terror attack – and continues to disrespect its victims – is merely a
reflection of how it relates to the larger issue of Islam, which is still
officially regarded in Obama’s World as a “religion of peace.” As everyone on Earth knows, Islam hasn’t been
a religion of peace for the past 14 centuries and shows no signs of beginning
now. Meanwhile, Christianity, the moral and spiritual foundation of Western
civilization and the basis of its laws, culture and values – not to mention,
the explicit reason for the founding of America
– is increasingly denigrated, marginalized and demonized here.
- Illegal aliens: Although their presence is hurting America’s economy, bankrupting border states, injecting many criminals and gangs into the population, permanently harming our culture, taking jobs away from Americans and threatening (once they get amnesty) to create a permanent Democrat voting majority, illegal aliens are rarely prosecuted and deported and, in fact, increasingly are being treated as a protected class! Meanwhile, those opposed to illegal immigration – which is still a crime – are maligned as bigoted, heartless, “anti-immigrant” and, of course, racist.
- Voter fraud: The “Department of Justice” is working overtime to block states from passing legislation requiring that voters identify themselves before voting. So, even though you need a photo ID to get on an airplane, cash a check, check out a library book or purchase Sudafed, the Obama DOJ now considers it discriminatory (and, of course, racist) to require people to identify themselves before exercising the most important civic right Americans have, which alone permits them to determine the direction and destiny of their country.
- Socialized medicine: The greatest health-care system in world history – America’s – is currently being torn down and replaced with a socialist model that has led, everywhere it has ever been implemented, to inferior care, tremendous loss of freedom, increased costs, bureaucratic care rationing (aka “death panels”) and vastly expanded government control in every area of life. And yet, if you oppose Obamacare, you’re vilified for hating poor children. And you’re a racist.
- Guns: Virtually all of the serious, scholarly research done for the past three decades on the relationship between firearms and crime shows that more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens (especially concealed-carry handguns) results in less crime. And yet, there is a never-ending push to take firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens – to “stop the violence.”
- Energy: America, which like all modern industrialized nations is heavily dependent on oil, is blessed with more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia. However, the Obama administration has done everything possible to restrict and hobble domestic production, leaving America dependent for her energy needs on adversaries that turn around and use our petrodollars to fund terrorism.
- Government: Although Marxism (or socialism, communism, collectivism, progressivism, statism, “the far left” or whatever name you prefer) has been, over the past century, by far the world’s single greatest scourge, causing more death and suffering than any other force on earth, we are elevating these types to the highest levels of government. Meanwhile, the biggest political devil in modern American history is the late Sen. Joe McCarthy, who claimed the U.S. government was full of communists and Soviet agents. However, the U.S. government was full of communists and Soviet agents. Yet to this day, it is not insane Marxist ideology and practice, but rather, those who criticizethe “radical left” and “progressives” (as Marxists prefer to be called) that are maligned in the press, popular culture and education. For the same reason, free-market capitalism, proven to result in a higher quality of life and greater degree of prosperity and liberty for a larger number of people than any other system in world history, is maligned, while socialistic, all-powerful nanny government, which has proven always to deliver misery, corruption and serfdom throughout history, is celebrated.
- Abortion: After the Kermit Gosnell trial – in which the Philadelphia abortionist was convicted of first degree murder and sent to prison for life – many in America, even those who consider themselves “pro-choice,” were forced to confront the grisly reality that late-term abortions are virtually indistinguishable from criminal infanticide. And yet, just a few weeks later, Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis filibustered for 12 hours to block a law restricting abortions after 20 weeks – in other words, late-term abortions at the same age Gosnell killed. Davis later called her stand on abortion “sacred ground.” So, what was universally condemned as barbaric murder in May became “sacred” in June.
- Psychiatric drugs: Antidepressant drugs like Prozac, Paxil and Effexor are given to tens of millions of Americans – in fact, 11 percent of everyone in the country over 12 years of age, according to the most recent stats from the CDC. Yet the most well-known side effect of these drugs is that they cause suicidal thoughts. Mind you, antidepressant-induced suicidal feelings are not so-called “rare adverse events” (i.e., occurring in less than 1 in 1,000 people using the drug) – but rather, are serious side effects for the average user, warned about on a “black box warning label,” the FDA’s strongest possible warning, included on every antidepressant sold in America. Repeat: We are giving depressed people drugs that literally make them want to kill themselves.
AND: As if that isn't enough, take a look at what just happened in San Antonio.
