Thank you for adding your eloquent (as always) insights, and best to you and yours as we face an uncertain future with proud memories of the America that once was.
~ joanie
You can really bring a lump to the throat of this old Texan. We were the "Shining city on the hill" for a time weren't we.
Our Founders, with persistence, resolve and determination cast off the yoke of serfdom and set in motion the experiment by which liberty and freedom were let loose upon the world to sink or swim; come what may. It wasn't long before the rest of the world realized something very special had happened. Who amongst the huddled masses DIDN'T want to come to America?
It's been quite a journey for the nation. Ronald Reagan had us believing we could re-discover the righteous path America followed that allowed our nation to achieve greatness. However, evil never rests and the enemies of liberty redoubled their efforts to assure the likes of a Ronald Reagan never again gain prominence within the hearts of the unwashed.
I don't know if you've been following along or not, but a parting note: The ONLY thing I see having any chance of success in reclaiming our Founders' vision short of armed rebellion are 10th Amendment and other initiatives coming out of some of the states. Enough states drawing lines in the sand can only be ignored so long by the feral government before someone blinks. We'll just have to wait and see how that shakes out...
And best to you and yours.