I get discouraged like all other conservatives. I cry. I really do.
Deep down, I feel this is a special place and there are too many God-fearing, freedom-loving citizens here to watch us go the way of Western Europe.
I believe in my heart that freedom will prevail. I’ll at least go down with a fight....and I believe there are others that feel the same way I do.
Been on FreeRepublic for 9 years on and off, seen the country go from one extreme to the other. It's time for it to reverse for the good of this Great Country, and for the good of the citizens.
I am very much a patriot...worked for the government in an LE capacity..I am early retired from that career, for personal family reasons...sometimes we have to put our priorities first, and our children are number 1.
I pray your goodness and patriotism will rub off on others.
PS BLESS YOUR HEART!!!!!!!! You are refreshing...
I admire your spirit, and in my heart I certainly agree with you.
A quick anecdote though, that I believe is indicative of just how dumbed down the population has become:
Yesterday I purchased a couple of items in a drug store, and the amount came to $19.63. I thought for a moment, looked at the cashier and stock person and said “1963 wasn’t a very good year, was it?”
They both looked at me like i was from Pluto. I said, “Well, that was the year Kennedy was shot.” More blank looks.
I said “You knew that, right?”
They both shook their head no, and one said, “No, I didn’t.”
If you think the majority of the next generation is going to be thinking about anything more than entitlements, govt benefits, and haveing sex, playing video games, and being dumb-down, all i can say is, “Houston, we have a problem.”
The Idiocracy is coming.
This “grizzled old man” stuff. What is grizzled and what is bitter? We’ve been fighting lefties for years in various ways. We Didn’t give up and became grizzled. That is age, physical age yet the mind is nearly the same and salute our new brothers and sisters.
Let me say that I occassionaly interact with the younger crowd and they are not all idiots. They have arrived at an understanding and cut through all the bull. I don’t give them bitter. I transact and we both learn. I cannot be them nor them me and there is no trade there. I cannot touch their future princess but I can talk with them and they give me hope. Their fine young men inspire me and are often doing the hazard work to protect my grumpy whatevers.
It could have been better politically. So it is worse and getting towards worst.
If one has the priveledge to live to get grizzled they have the responsibility to note those bretheren who never reached that point due to political corrupt actions.
The mendacious attitudes. The outright callous disrespect for the ins—hey enough.
Let me stick some big teeth in and go smiling around like everything is fine. My days are numbered the future was yours and I’m po’d they left it that way.
I believe that one way we could turn the tide and garner the support of the media and even the left is to drop the term “conservatives” and refer to ourselves as “insurgents” who are fighting to reclaim our country. Hey, it worked in Iraq.:)