The Unraveling of America

During her two-century-plus history, America has faced many threats -- domestic, foreign, moral, military, economic …

The integrity, and unbridled courage, of the majority of her citizenry – whether they be in leadership positions, or ‘average Joes’ -- has always paved the way to victory over hardship and tragedy. And that same integrity and courage has always sought and succeeded in achieving the preservation of liberty.

I believe we have reached a point in our survival as a national when past historical precedent is no longer valid. I believe we have reached critical mass ...

For what I believe is the first time in our history, the majority of our ‘leadership’ in Washington bears more allegiance to an agenda, or a cadre of special interest groups, than it does to the liberty, safety and sovereignty of our republic and its people.

Take a good look at our ‘leaders’ in Washington. Do you trust the majority of them? I mean trust them to make the weighty decisions about the direction in which our republic is moving, and the momentous, no-turning-back decisions that will determine how, when and where we will face our enemies?

Surely we have experienced corruption, and self-serving or agenda-driven policymaking, on the federal level before. But never to this degree. And never by as many people in power who hold both our proud national heritage and our Constitution in utter disdain.

I believe that, for the first time in our history, the allegiance of the majority in power (both republicans and democrats) lies more in the amassing of personal or political power, the realization of left-leaning, globally-oriented political agendas, and the desire to please powerful special interest groups, than it does in honoring their oath of allegiance to this country and its people.

And the average American is simply too busy to pay much attention to the dangerously unprecedented erosion in the character, motives and allegiance of his leadership in Washington.

Just take a look at the past political and personal history of the current front-runner for the presidency in 2008. Hillary Clinton was an integral part of her husband’s eight-year administration. From all reliable accounts, she may as well have been co-president. She had intimate knowledge of all, and played a role in most, of the decisions made, and crimes committed, during her husband’s entire political career.

The accomplishments of William Jefferson Clinton’s two terms in office represented the most evil, treasonous, criminal era in American history. The repercussions of his (and her) criminality and treason have left permanent, potentially deadly, scars on this nation. They have sold our land and secrets to the highest bidder, armed our ideological enemies, and emboldened those who seek our annihilation.

A careful study of their crimes and their motives paints a picture of two megalomaniacal people who place no value on truth, who believe themselves to be above the law, and who disdain everything that America’s Founders held sacred.

I assume that most readers here are aware of at least the majority of the Clintons’ crimes/borderline crimes and treasonous activities. And yet the average American voter either (1) hasn’t cared enough to learn about them over the past decade, (2) knows about them and considers them irrelevant, or (3) has forgotten them.

As a result, the co-conspirator in all of the above may well become the leader of the free world, in the midst of the most perilous times the world has ever known, in eighteen months.

I believe that the reason for this sorry state of affairs rests in the fact that character and integrity no longer sit at the top of the list of leadership prerequisites in the minds of the American electorate. The desire to be ‘taken care of’ does.

For what I believe is the first time in our history, our public education system is geared, more than it is not, toward indoctrination of America’s youth so as to raise succeeding generations who are (a) ignorant (and possibly even ashamed) of the glorious history of western civilization, (b) incapable of serious critical or analytical thought, (c) disdainful of earned prosperity and the pillars of capitalism, and (d) infused with beliefs about bogus environmental concerns, multicultural dogma, and phony ‘tolerance’ issues ... while at the same time virtually ignorant in the academic subjects upon which a free society must be based.

Our public education system has found itself incrementally hijacked by socialist/Marxist-leaning decision-makers over the past fifty-plus years. Children indoctrinated as mentioned above are much more likely to be submissive to government control, and much less likely to see America as historically unique, or deserving of pride …and defense.

The federal Department of Education (which conservative politicians have promised to abolish for decades), and the state education departments, continuously hand down more stringent left-leaning guidelines under which teachers must teach. America’s teachers are told, by leftist decision-makers who care little about the quality of local education, what and how to teach. And if the content of the what, or the method of the how, is something that a dedicated master teacher knows to be lies (as in the case of revisionist history and the politically-motivated theory of global warming, just to name two of dozens of bogus disciplines), that teacher risks the ruination of his career, should he refuse to teach his charges that which he knows to be untrue.

The NEA and the AFT are two of the most influential lobbying organizations in Washington, and, over the past five decades, their agenda has both eroded the quality of public education and the recognition and rewarding of teachers of merit, and increased the stranglehold that Washington has over decisions that should be made by American citizens at the local level. Children’s best interests, and their future as responsible, productive citizens, have taken a definite back seat to the promoting of a leftist agenda, and the entrenchment of lackluster teachers, bogus curricula, and mediocre teaching methods.

In addition to playing a primary role in the decline in public school education, the NEA (the association to which more than ninety percent of the teachers who teach our children belong) actively pursues non-educational leftist social agendas, and they financially support such groups as NOW, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and People for the American Way. Both directly and indirectly, financially and philosophically, the NEA supports abortion on demand, Planned Parenthood, federally-funded child care from birth through third grade, school-based healthcare and family planning services, gun control, environmentalism, the normalization of homosexuality, children’s access to all media and material including pornography, and an increased role of the UN in American affairs, especially as regards children.

Attend a local school board meeting someday and you will see just how concerned the average American parent is about this dangerous decline in the quality and direction of their child’s education. Unless an increase in taxes, or termination of a sports program, is on the agenda, you will be pretty safe in assuming that the number of parents in attendance is at or near zero.

And American colleges and universities, with few exceptions, have become nothing more than leftist indoctrination centers, with the study of the glorious history of western civilization now either banned or ‘revised’, and replaced by emphasis on neo-Marxist philosophy, reverence for ‘multiculturalism’, and a general disdain for anything American or capitalist – while, at the same time, ‘feel good’ courses have made large inroads in displacing in-depth study of the genuine arts and sciences.

The American voting populace is reaching critical mass. The complexion of the electorate is changing so dramatically that the ‘average American’ as you and I know him – the honest, hard-working American who comprehends the roots of our republican form of government and wants to preserve it at all costs -- will soon become a minority participant in all elections.

The machinations of those in office who seek power over their countrymen have seen to it that three elements of our society are growing exponentially, and the combination of those three will eventually dictate the direction in which we head as a nation: (a) the ever-increasing number of illegals (thousands of them invading this country every day), whose ‘rights’ are championed by those who know that there is power in numbers, and who are refusing to stem those numbers so as to increase their political power, (b) the ever-increasing proportion of the citizenry that has been purposely diverted from the truth by bread and circuses, and purposefully ‘dumbed down’ by the aforementioned educational establishment, and (c) the ever-increasing number of people who are dependent on the burgeoning entitlement/nanny state for their very existence.

All three groups portend ever-increasing ballot-box power for the political elite, and a deeper sink into the quicksand of tyranny by a burgeoning majority that bears no resemblance to the former, and soon-to-be-overshadowed, ‘heartland of America’. We are about to be displaced by millions of voters who have no idea what made America great … nor do they care. They simply want to reap the benefits of more than two centuries of selfless sacrifice freely and courageously offered by those who must now be looking down upon us through tears of grief over what we have done with our precious inheritance.

For the first time in our history, we are facing an external enemy with uniquely defined characteristics. It is not contained within a distinct border. It has many faces. It is far more vile, bloodthirsty, obsessed, and powerful than even the most educated and informed of us are able to comprehend.

And many of our leaders either do not recognize the historically (throughout the history of mankind) unprecedented threat that this enemy poses, or they choose to minimize that threat for reasons that can only be explained under the heading of ignorance, or treason.

Our ‘leaders’ more often than not re-define or bury the truth, when it threatens to interfere with their agenda or decrease what they see as deserved power ... even when standing face-to-face with this malevolence.

I daresay that, in America 2007, the majority in congress consider the Constitutionally-granted liberties of their constituents, the lives of their countrymen, the sovereignty of this republic, and the sanctity of the Constitution they have sworn to uphold and defend, negotiable … under the right circumstances.

None of the above four circumstances has ever existed before in the history of our republic. Not to the degree that they exist now. All four of them are expanding. And any one of them can potentially bring America down.

Once again you wrote an awesome thought crunching piece for us to chew on. Thank you.

I clearly remember the day President Kennedy was killed. I was a young teenager then but I knew something was wrong in the system when our elected leader was assassinated. I didn’t know why or who did that terrible deed, I just knew the inner core of the power holders had taken control of government and I was frightened.

Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter didn’t do anything to quell my fears. Then when Reagan was elected President I remember feeling safe again. He brought us to the crossroads and we continued on without ever thinking of what lay ahead.

Even though I voted for Bush, I never had confidence in him. Clinton solidly reaffirmed my belief that a man with no integrity wasn’t a man to be respected. When term limits were denied, I saw once again that our voice didn’t count. The current man in the White House unmistakably does not have America’s best interests in his heart.

The questions I now have are how could these men that we have respected for years, senior Congress and Senate leaders deny their Oath of Office and vote for trade agreements that are shattering to our sovereignty. How could they condone leaving our sea ports and continental borders open to this invasion of illegal aliens and terrorists. They refuse to listen to the people who put them in office.

U.S. Border Patrol Director David Aguilar said on Wednesday, "The United States will have "operational control" of its border with Mexico by 2013."

Joanie, imagine the 2013 headlines from DC, "The The U.S.A. gains control of its Southern border in only 12 years!"

Bringing this Comprehensive Immigration Bill to the floor for a vote was almost an act of war against America citizens. It has caused the complete loss of trust amongst so many American citizens towards our government that I feel, as you do, that a disaster awaits very close by.

Until we can clean those Quislings out of the Congress and the Senate we will not be making any progress towards keeping our Republic. Every day they are in Office is another day for them to gain more power over us by enacting more freedom robbing laws. As you said, "The frog is starting to sweat ...", but I know why.

Your post is humbling to me, especially considering its source. A sincere thank you, EV.

My husband and I heard Alan Keyes speak at a local Republican Committee dinner during his first campaign for the presidency. At that time, many in attendance did not know him well.

I will never forget the complete silence that permeated that large room when Dr. Keyes spoke, and the enrapt attention he engendered.

I, for one, was mesmerized by his assertion that every ill from which America suffers can be traced back to the disintegration of the nuclear family. I've done a great deal of thinking about that thesis since he posited it at that dinner more than a decade ago, and I've spoken to many others about its ramifications. He planted a mighty powerful, now-deeply-rooted, seed that night, in my mind (and others, I hope).

But, despite his many other exceptional leadership qualities, I believe the quality I admire most about Dr. Keyes is his unbridled courage to speak his convictions, no matter their popularily, and no matter the audience. Few such men are drawn into politics these days, to our republic's detriment.

Again, heartfelt thanks for your very kind words and thoughts, and continued best to you and yours during these trying times ...

~ joanie

I, too, was a young teenager when President Kennedy was assassinated. And I shared the same misgivings as you did about his successors … until Reagan took the oath of office.

Today our leadership future is dimly lit for two reasons: (1) no one has come close to filling Reagan’s shoes, and (2) even if ‘another Reagan’ were to appear on the political horizon, the power of the mainstream media has increased since the eighties to the point at which I sometimes doubt that a genuine conservative will ever again ascend to the presidency.

I agree, also, with your description of current immigration policy, and bogus immigration reform bills, as an act of war on the American people. And I deeply resent our president’s portrayal of those of us who do not support this recent abomination as being ignorant of its contents.

We who refuse to continue to accept this invasion that is destroying the remnants of our unique heritage, sapping our economy, making a mockery of our legal/judicial system, and placing both our safety and sovereignty in serious jeopardy, are not deserving of mockery and ridicule at the hands of those whose most important charge it is to ensure that none of the above occur.

I have always balked at the over-use of the word ‘treason’. But our leadership in Washington has entered some very dark, uncharted waters, and that signpost is starting to become visible in the distance. The pertinent questions that will soon beg to be answered are: (1) How much betrayal will the citizenry endure? (2) What will be the response of those who finally decide they have had enough? and (3) Will their number and determination prove sufficient to turn the ship around?

Thank you for your excellent insights, all of which I completely embrace, and continued best to you and yours during these troubling times …

~ joanie

On a semi-related note, regarding the (often purposeful) impotence of our government 'protectors' ...

I saw a segment on FoxNews yesterday morning about a town in NY called 'Islamberg' and the particulars rang a bell with me. So I called my sister at her work and asked her whether this town is the same one that she has been telling me about for several years. Sure enough, it is.

My sister and her husband moved to a very remote part of the state three years ago, for reasons that I am sure would be understood by most of you. Over the past few years, she has often called me and told me horror stories about the behaviors of the (exclusively Muslim) residents of the nearby 'town' of Islamberg – behaviors that she observes when they do business with her company.

They regularly come into the heating oil business where she works. They are surly and arrogant, and their demeanor is aggressive and unsettling. And, what makes it worse is that, almost to a person, they are getting their heating oil and propane for free -- from HEAP, the government program that provides assistance to low-income state residents. Many of them are also food stamp recipients. She tells me that her company alone dispensed over $25,000 in free heating oil and propane to these people last year alone.

Not only are they arrogant and demanding, but they make it a purposeful practice to come into her office five minutes before the office closes for the day, forcing her to stay later than she normally would in order to serve them.

On several occasions, a car or truck has pulled up, asked her to fill their propane tanks, and the person who has come into the office has claimed that he has a ‘bad back’ and requested that she carry the tank out to the car for him. The first and only time she did this, she discovered that there were two or three other able-bodied Islamic men sitting in the car. Needless to say, she never obliged again.

This link to a description of the ‘town’ is enough to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Not only are we allowing training camps for Islamic jihadists within our own borders, but, as my sister testifies, we are funding their existence with taxpayer dollars.

What's going on at Islamberg

~ joanie

Somebody in the state government probably has them all on his voting rolls.

This is basically what killed the Democratic government of Athens—power-hungry politicians catering to the mob and giving them presents in return for their votes.

The Roman Republic had what Greek political theorists of the time called a “mixed government.” We might call it “checks and balances.” When the checks and balances broke down under the pressure of populism (Julius Caesar was the leader of the Populares in his time, while Cicero was one of the Optimates), then the Republic fails. Bread and circuses become the means of governing. Imperial power is not usually conservative, but is the end result of populism or vote-buying, as Plato and Aristotle argued.

If America gets a dictator or emperor, he will almost certainly be a Democrat.

The pertinent questions that will soon beg to be answered are: (1) How much betrayal will the citizenry endure? (2) What will be the response of those who finally decide they have had enough? and (3) Will their number and determination prove sufficient to turn the ship around?

I do not see a bright future in the upcoming century.

#1 is a very difficult question for me to answer because we as a culture have begrudgingly accepted many changes in the past three decades that I would have, at the very least considered highly unlikely or even impossible under our system of government. At the top of this list, our treasonous accedence and acceptance of international laws which are designed to systematically formulate a World Government superior to our own.

Many dangerous precedents have taken place in our halls of legislation whose intent is meant to guarantee the death of democracy. These deceptively occurred as if they were the natural growth of our expanding economy and culture.

#2) The citizens response, as I see it, will be for us who recognize this progression, will be to continue to endure for fear of being labeled as too aggressive. The onset of gangrene is painful. However once established, the pain often diminishes. We will learn to live with the pain while our children adapt to this new era. As unsettling as it may be to us patriots, the oncoming lifestyle should be bearable for them.

#3) I don't think the majority of Americans realize that we are on the road to Hell. To them this is merely a new journey with many unusual sights and exciting adventures yet to be experienced. As their assets dwindle and their liberties are restricted they will adapt and conform while moaning about the good old days of yesteryear.

Common will be phrases instructing them to forget the past because those were different days. Multiculturalism and diversity will be considered the norm. Appeasement will become a primary tactic. Ceremonious book burnings, similar to those of 1933 and censorship within Christian churches are to be expected. All conciliatory efforts will be praised, while the expense of justice or other principles will be minimized.

History forgotten will have to be relearned.

"Not only are we allowing training camps for Islamic jihadists within our own borders, but, as my sister testifies, we are funding their existence with taxpayer dollars."

And all of this while our federal government does what it does best--nothing. Actually, worse than nothing. The head of the FBI (Mueller) has lunch with CAIR, mosques are going up all over the place, and thousands more foreign trouble makers (dependents) are invited into our country as a "humane" gesture.

One begins to wonder if the entire War on Terror isn't some kind of grotesque joke. We're "talking" to North Korea and Iran, and Syria is evidently next on the talk list. All of this is in lieu of those strong presidential declarations right after 9/11--remember what was going to happen to nations which sponsored or supported terrorism? Suddenly all of that has succumbed to the soft diplomacy of "talk".

But of course that doesn't mean we can't pull out all of the stops to grant amnesty to the 20-30 million lawbreakers presently squatting in our country, waiting for our great protectors in Washington to wave their magic wand and pronounce them all "citizens".

I can't imagine why Americans would be upset, can you?

Lets do nothing some more...

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