Posted by
Realist - The facts as I see them on Monday, April 23, 2007 6:16:24 PM
I consider myself a patriot but, I am beginning to feel that we may have lost our way. What I know of W.W. II is from the history books, documentaries and, most importantly, talking to people who lived through it. They were my parent's generation. many of them told me that, during the war, even stanch Republicans did not speak publicly against the Democratic president. After all, we were all Americans and we would win or lose together. The war was an American issue not, a political one. The people of that time knew that ultimately, Americans would survive or not together.
I cannot think of a time in our history until the late sixties, when a person could say something bad about this country without risking a punch in the nose from a passerby who merely overheard such a comment.
After the war, they ( now known as The Greatest Generation) picked themselves up and started their lives only, in some instances, to have it interrupted again by the Korean war. In spite of all of that, they raised families, worked hard and reaped the benefits of their sacrifices and dedication. They were honest, family oriented people who, knew how to raise disciplined children and make an honest living. As they say, men were men and no one dared speak against the country they lived in and fought for.
In the sixties and seventies, it actually became fashionable to speak poorly of our country. Most main stream people did not take it seriously and still resented the comments. Today, the worst offenders are government officials. Yes, the people who should be the guardians of the nation are like termites in a wooden home. They are ruining our national self-respect and self confidence. The speak ill of our troops in time of war and ill of anyone else who disagrees with them. They believe in freedom of their speech but, not yours. They are currently doing their best to undermine the president and the war in order to gain or maintain their person power. They have made it so that, there is no America, there is us and them and, they do not care about us. They push everything that is negative and, have no plans to do anything positive. They will tax you to death, insult your beliefs, deny your authority over your children, instruct your children in things you would rather they not be exposed to, sneer at your patriotism, mandate that convoluted history be taught in schools and lead this country down all the wrong paths.........possibly to it's demise.
If you are not satisfied to see that happen then, you better speak up in any way you can. Vote, go to political meetings, write letters to the editors and to your congressmen and senators. When someone says you are politically incorrect or "insensitive', tell them none of that matters, when you speak the truth. Stay quiet, say nothing and these corrupt, self-important and arrogant people will triumph. Remember, all it takes for the country to become a second rate power with corruption like the old Soviet Union is for you to stay silent.
If you do not know by now who "they" are, they are Liberals.