Posted on 05/10/2016 4:41:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
Have you ever seen an incredible talent who is destroying himself? An Elvis Presley, a Jimi Hendrix, a John Belushi? A Marilyn Monroe, a Prince, an Amy Winehouse? What do you think when you look at someone whos rich, famous, gifted and has the world at his fingertips after he just throws it all away?
Well, America is in the same situation. Were the greatest nation that has ever existed. We saved the world three times; weve helped hundreds of millions of people become free; we put a man on the moon and we stand alone with the worlds strongest economy to go along with the worlds best military.
Yet that great military? Its so overburdened with restrictive rules of engagement, meddling politicians and lawyers making decisions about whom soldiers in the field can kill that our troops go into every fight with one hand tied behind their backs. Despite our military superiority, could we turn the tide in another fight like WWII or would we be too tangled up in red tape to get the job done? Its an open question.
Furthermore, the worlds best economy? Its not what it once was. Over the last ten years, our economy has grown at the slowest rate since the Great Depression. Our labor force participation rate is at a paltry 62.8%, which is a 38 year low. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is printing money like its going out of style while our country can no longer function without enormous amounts of borrowed money that we never intend to pay back. What cant go on, wont and America cant afford to continue borrowing money like this. Eventually, the interest rates of the money were borrowing are going to skyrocket and well soon get to the point where we cant afford to pay for Medicare and Social Security. It would be surprising if we hit that point at any time within the next 20 years.
You think these kids are the ones to fix our debt problems and keep America from sinking into a great Depression? If so, it will be IN SPITE of what they learn in school, not because of it.
The same could be said for our culture, which has become so backwards and depraved that many of us have become unable to figure out what gender people are any more. We live in a country where movies and popular culture are hostile to conservatism, Christianity, and capitalism that made this into a great nation while they encourage drug use, hedonism and every warped idea known to man.
Were a nation full of silver spoon kids throwing a tantrum because even though we have it better than anyone else, its still not as perfect as some people say it can be. Much of the rest of the world would gladly trade places with Americans. In fact, many of them are illegally. Weve become so weak, decadent and reluctant to obey the rule of law that we reward illegals for breaking the law with impunity. Morally, weve become so lost that many people think the bad guys are the ones who want to stick to the just laws on the books instead of the people who are knowingly breaking the law.
Our government seems incapable of dealing with that situation, or for that matter, any other. What is the government doing about the debt? Nothing of consequence. What about Medicare and Social Security? Both programs are vital to senior citizens; yet theyre not sustainable. Whats being done to protect those key programs? Nothing of consequence. Our politicians are mostly sociopaths and the sons of rich men who have given up on tackling Americas real problems and have become obsessed with trivia instead. They may not know how to fix the debt or do anything else right, but they have some strong opinions on what the team name of the Redskins should be or whether a 150-year old Civil War statue should be pulled down.
This is what weve done with a great nation handed to us on a silver platter by our ancestors. A beacon of light, a city on a hill, a shelter from the storm of tyranny and utter poverty that grips so much of the rest of the planet and were systematically destroying, decimating and degrading everything they built. What did they know, right? Theyre just a bunch of dead, old white guys.
Despite the hubris that comes from growing up in a nation where weve enjoyed the fruits of other peoples labor, we havent proven to be as wise as the Founding Fathers were. They were interested in turning this country into a great power. Were interested in using that power. They came up with a system that kept us free and well governed for hundreds of years. We spend our time looking for loopholes in that system that we can exploit. They pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to make this country work, while we laugh at honor and try to figure out how to get something for nothing.
The Founding Fathers knew that the future was brighter than the past for America. Can we say the same? Certainly this conservative cant. Were a nation that was born and struggled in the light thats headed into a darkness of our own making. We should be ashamed of what weve done with this great legacy that was passed on to us by men better than ourselves.
Could this be why a Donald J. Trump is SURGING.
The darkness was NOT the making of conservatives.
It has been the making of LIARS posing as conservatives
like Romney, like McCAin, like Boehner, like Ryan,
like Cruz and their supporters.
They are as conservative as Saudi oil being cow’s milk.
Met a nice family from Belgium the other day. They are completely overrun by the Religion of Peace
I agree with the article.
Like Saudi Arabia, Texas has oil, and Texas has lots of cows.
Even cowboys know the difference between crude oil and cows milk. hee hee hee
And the love of freedom is not dead in Texas, except at UT and in some places in Austin, Houston & Dallas.
I live in a town of 600 people. We have 3 churches in our city limits. You can look at the parking lot on Sunday morning and see that rural America is still in touch with what is important. (But, We are getting older)
I rather keep my memory.
Back in 2005 I was in Frankfurt Germany for 10 days and also went to Munich for a day to Oktoberfest. I don’t remember seeing a single muslim while I was there. Not one. But now I imagine close to half of the young male population is muslim. And that is the only stat that counts! Only young men are capable of fighting for the most part.
I think so. He says this about our military:
Yet that great military? Its so overburdened with restrictive rules of engagement, meddling politicians and lawyers making decisions about whom soldiers in the field can kill that our troops go into every fight with one hand tied behind their backs.And John Hawkins is right. The insanity's got US, too, and every political solution to kill it just makes it grow bigger and stronger.
And you're right. ^That^ is why Donald J. Trump is SURGING and I offer an email that's going around in support of that surge:
When Trump purchased and rebuilt Mar-A-Lago, the grand mansion and estate in Palm Beach, Florida, he got into a dispute with the city fathers who are well known for being strict on zoning regulations.I can't help it. That makes me laugh.Trump put up a 50-foot flag pole even though 30 feet is the maximum allowed to not be overly patriotic and offend other nationalities.
The city imposed a $1,000 per day fine while Trump and city officials argued back and forth.
Finally,when the fine had reached a total of $120,000 Trump proposed a solution.
He would donate that amount to veteran's organizations, would move the flag to a different spot in front of the mansion, and would only use a 30 foot flagpole.
The city agreed.
So Trump brought in the company that does his golf course construction, had them build a 20-foot high grassy hill, and put the 30-foot flag pole on top of that.
Now, would you rather have Trump negotiating an Iranian deal,or any deal or would you rather have
....What Difference Does It Make?
Visualize an America under competent management again...sounds good, huh?
Oh boo hoo. Go Trump!
LOL!!,I love it!
I looked up Mara-A-Lago, WOW !
I spent a few years in Munich as a kid. Ironically, I was there for the 72 Olympics. Foreshadowing of things to come.
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