Posted by I woke up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare that the country of my birth, the country that I love had changed from a God fearing, free market, freedom loving country called the United States of America into a communist State, controlled by bad politicians, an ineffective police force, and a pissant media hell bent on demonizing traditional values.
My nightmare consisted of the following:
An innocent little old lady defending traditional marriage, being pushed around and encircled by a gang of thugs, with no one around to help her, crying because several men, at least twice her size, stomped on her cross of Christ Jesus, the world’s true Savior.
A presidential administration being excoriated for allegedly permitting torture of captured terrorists trying to kill American soldiers on a battlefield, and an organization purporting to protect American civil liberties claiming that these prisoners of War should be granted constitutional rights afforded to American citizens, that in effect will set all 250 of them free.
Meanwhile, just on the other side of the wall of this grand prison, in a communist country called Cuba that imprisons indefinitely those who disagree with government policy as a means to silence freedom of speech, in jails unfit for rats, not a peep from so called international peace keepers or civil rights defenders.
A place where school children are indoctrinated by school teachers to believe that America is evil, and recitation of our beloved Pledge of Allegiance should be banned, or relegated to a school gymnasium, where recitation of the same would be tolerated.
College students that happily wear t-shirts of the late Che Guevara, a murderous dictator, who killed innocent people for fun, yet that same college student is ridiculed for forming a pro-life group that defends innocent unborn life.
A group of college grads that do not have a clue what the United States Constitution entails, who ignore history and believe that socialism is a good thing, and that Republicans are evil.
Where an unrepentant terrorist who formed a group that made bombs and attempted to kill innocent Americans is a respected college professor who blames a semi-fair and balanced news organization for calling him the unrepentant terrorist that he is.
A country that thinks it can “fix” the free market economy by borrowing money from future tax payers and giving it to failed companies whereby rewarding bad economic behavior and punishing good economic behavior, and are surprised when the market crashes because of such intervention.
A country that purchases billions of dollars for oil from countries that hate America, but refuses to drill for oil on our own shores, because the “environmentalists” who donate large sums of money to ineffective politicians have a stranglehold on public policy.
A country that seeks to spread freedom across the globe is looked upon as evil and intolerant, but spreading chemical contraception, abortion and sterilization to countries that may not agree with America’s socio economic policies is good for the world and should be forced upon them.
Will America take a huge step towards socialism, successfully remove God from society, and create a double standard between elitist liberals, and traditional conservatives, whereby the former group of citizens is free from criticism and the latter group of citizens is deemed brutish, or has this already happened while America was sleeping?
Raquel, I have the same nightmare. I hope that we always wake up to discover that it is no more than a nightmare and not reality.
I used to believe that we were a country of laws, that I could rely upon Justice being done in the end. After seeing what Obama has been allowed to get away with (possible violations of the Logan Act, the Hatch Act, campaign finance laws, and voter registration fraud, for starters) I’m quickly losing faith in law enforcement and prosecutors. (Don’t forget those prosecutors in MO who joined the “Obama Truth Squad” prior to the election.)
I used to believe in the Courts–that citizens could always turn to the courts for Justice. After seeing what’s happened to the lawsuits (so far) asking Obama to PROVE that he is eligible to be president, I am beginning to lose faith in the Courts, too, especially the Supreme Court, which may be our last best hope.
I used to believe in the media–that they would at least TRY to be fair and present the truth, all the truth, and nothing but the truth to their audiences, respecting the public enough to allow them to form their own conclusions about what the facts mean. I no longer trust most of the media. They have become little more than a propaganda machine for Obama–an extension of his never-ending campaign. Indeed, some of them even admit it, but justify it because they all suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome, falsely believing that Bush was an illegitimate president so they are justified in doing all they can to defeat “neoconservatives” even if it means installing a truly illegitimate president by shaping the “news”.
I used to believe in our representatives in Congress. I am beginning to distrust them all–especially when I see them fall into line, McCain foremost among them, and buy into the Obama program.
I used to believe that most Americans believe in “truth, justice, and the American Way.” I’m sad to see how many Americans are happy to bend the truth, subvert justice, and undermine the American Way, simply to “win” power for themselves and other like-minded people.
I cannot believe the intolerance of the very people who scream the loudest FOR tolerance, diversity, and human rights, while violating the rights of others by trying to abridge their rights to free speech and freedom OF religion (not FROM religion).
By M&M on Nov 18, 2008
Very well written, Raquel. Let’s increase our prayers, the rosary in particular. We will have to work and pray even more.
By Florence on Nov 19, 2008
Good post, Raquel. It’s time to stand up and be counted!
By Mitchell Langbert on Nov 19, 2008
Look at the bright side. If BHO attempts half the things he is proported to wnat he will be gone in four years.
By John new orleans personal trainers on Nov 19, 2008
Raquel I actually agree with most of your concerns above on the path the country has been headed down the last few years. But some issues are not as black and white as you write. I couple of things that come to mind are oil drilling and the spread of freedom.There are multiple moving factors in both issues
Oil drilling- Anytime I hear this I think back to my economics class in high school. I was taught that every individual country in the world is rich in some mineral resource but also has scare resources. Now due to the scare resource of each country, a country needs to trade with other countries. The US is not rich in oil (by rich I mean to satisfy the needs of the population). The US consumes about 25% of the worlds oil but only produces 3% of it. Although I agree drilling in the US is required it can not be the end of it. Either the US must develop alternative forms of energy in conjuction with the oil drilling or they should trade with other Oil producing countries (Nigeria comes to mind). I agree the environmental lobbists are also within this equation as i see some of their claims unreasonable sometimes but as I said different factors.
Spread of freedom- Now this is a good thing in itself but the key is how it is done. I don’t think any country views the US as evil for spreading freedom and democracy ( I believe it’s mainly terrorist nations that believe it).
The issue is believing that the might of the US military is the main avenue to spread freedom which I don’t personally believe. Freedom should be spread via different sources i.e education,diplomacy and yes sometimes the military. These are the different tools the US must use to maintain it’s status as the leader of the free world. As someone pointed out countries admire the US for the power of their example not from the example of their power. That’s my 2 cents.
By Reggie on Nov 20, 2008
You would be hard pressed to find anyone who disagrees with you Reggie, about the need to develop alternate sources of energy. Many of our elected officials may claim for the “all the above” methods of producing energy, but do not support oil drilling and/or nuclear energy. Drilling offshore where the oil is, and not only in places where Congress deems environmentally safe, is important to keep in mind.
I am glad we agree that spreading freedom abroad is an important pursuit. Of course it’s never easy while dealing with dictators and communists, who see freedom as a threat.
But, I do believe there is significant amount of Americans that do not agree with us, and who do promote a more socialist policy approach, and do coddle dictators our of fear and/or respect. Either way, I think communism breads totalitarianism, and a world that doesn’t restrict freedom, is a peaceful one. How we get there, is a long arduous fight, that’s for sure.
By Raquel on Nov 20, 2008