Jeff,
I respect you greatly. But I look at what America has wrought for itself, and I cannot help but think the country now really does deserve the unethical, amoral government it chose. A majority legally chose this government - TWICE - over the objections of the rest of us.
It is my opinion that we are now at the point that only the act of tearing down the edifices built by over half a century of liberalism will serve to undo the evils. And to accomplish that will now cost the lives of millions.
The rot is too deep. The dependent class, who contribute nothing to this country, will not ever be off the dole until forced off. THEY OUTNUMBER US NOW.
We are going to lose cities before eyes are opened.
Cynical? - you bet. Who would have EVER believed a majority would vote for pie in sky incompetence of the Obama administration? I went right into the election confident that a goodly majority of Americans would vote for ethical, moral excellence in government. Silly me.
So much has to come down before it can be righted.
This is the first FR post I have read since the election. Right now I can’t keep up the good fight - for what end? All politics is local is my new focus. ‘Let the cities burn’ feels like the appropriate response to a country dead set on dependence.
Rick
Borderline...I am afraid you may well be right about losing entoire cities...terrorists could do that...but if the economy really tanks, and transportation and commerce stop, we will lose dozens of cities as they turn into killing fields when there is no food.
I pray we can avoid that...but my point is, either way, we have to do our all to be ready, and we have to keep our faith, so we can be in a position to right it. Either we get another cahnce...with the hill then being all the steeper, or we don;t and it all goes over the cliff.
either way, I am committed to doing all I can to preserving liberty and its blessings for my kids and grandkids and future generations.
Borderline,
First, I want to say that I completely understand what you are saying in your cynicism. I vacilate every day since the election between despair and hope. We are all deeply hurting because we are in mourning over the loss of our great nation - like a death of a loved one.
I think Jeff’s point is that giving up is not an option for the true patriot.
Think about what it must have been like at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. Gen. Washington had no supplies - no food, no warm clothes, no ammunition, and no money to even pay the troops. It is said that you could follow the American army by the blood from their frostbit and frozen feet in the snow. His army was melting away faster than he could replace them through sickness and desertion. The British army was the best trained, the best equipped - literally the super power of the day. There was no hope that we could win.
This was when Thomas Paine coined the phrase “fair-weather” patriot and the phrase, “this was the hour that tried men’s soul’s”.
Borderline, no one is calling you a quiter - you have just been wounded, deeply. I think if you will keep coming back to FR, praying, read your Bible, listen to Rush or Mark Levin, that day by day, slowly maybe, you’ll begin to regain your heart for the republic once again. And, when push comes to shove, you’ll do the right thing.
Tomorrow I may be joining you and digging holes in the basement of despair again, but for today, I’m not going to do that. Hang in there my fellow American. There may be hope yet.