Thanks so much for the kind words.
I'm frankly amazed that so many of us here this morning are having trouble figuring this out. We must become the type of people that the Founders designed this country for if we want to restore it. Contrary to what the left would have us think, it is impossible to airdrop a random group of people into the American system and have it still be America. Even if this group succeeds in staging a political takeover of the government and pushes the right general principles, they will fail in the long run as the baser instincts of their human nature eventually pull them away from those principles.
To cut to the chase, even we conservatives will screw it all up (need I reference the recent evidence?) unless we rely upon God for our sense of direction. Oh, I know there are many "secular" conservatives out there who bristle at that notion, but to you I would simply say that you are just as incompatible with our founding principles as are the liberals. This sometimes uncomfortable fact is simply indisputable. Need proof? I could cite endless statements by the Founders, but this well-known one by John Adams always says it best:
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Now, stop the ridiculous speculating about rodeo clowns and profit-making. I guarantee that what I have just said is the real reason that Glenn Beck has changed his tone of late. It also ought to give all of us reason to think about where we stand as well.
John Adams recognized what the bottom line is; for this experiment called America to be lasting and successful, the people need to know and practice the difference between right and wrong. Good and evil. Pretty basic stuff, but with the popularity of “moral relativism” lately, you have to wonder.
As a young lad thumbing through Children’s Highlights magazine, I always got a kick out of Goofus and Gallant. Goofus being the selfish little brat who always pissed people off by being oblivious to those around him.
Maybe it’s time for “Barack and George”? Example: “George always wears a jacket and tie in the Oval Office. Barack shows up in smelly gym clothes and puts his feet on the desk.”
We seem to have drifted so far from the basics, that many Americans can’t even see land anymore. And no compass, either. And too busy watching Springer to learn celestial navigation...