One doesn't need to read much beyond the headline blurbs on the Drudge Report to see that things are not well in this world, and America in particular is in a freefall from Liberty to Tyranny.
While there are many groups forming at the grassroots level to fight what is apparently Obama's mad dash to turn the US into a socialist state - and those groups are full of wonderful people - the root cause of our malaise needs to be addressed and tended to, otherwise what we have is the equivalent of a doctor treating the symptoms while ignoring what is causing them.
In our case, it's pretty simple: America started off as a nation of virtue, and we've fallen away from that virtuous nature. The Left is blaming capitalism for the mess we're in. Capitalism itself isn't to blame. Rather, it's a capitalism that is not connected to moral and virtuous behavior. When you have people out solely to make a buck, consequences be damned, you're no better off than you would be under a socialist or communist state. I'm not referring to the "evil" businessmen who make huge profits. I'm talking more like the scumbags like Bernie Madoff who use the hope of making a profit as a way to screw people out of their savings.
Don't get me wrong, the people who got screwed really should have done their homework and investigated the thing before they threw down their cash. But the real issue is that you get people who lack honor or virtue or any sense of morality who give the rest of us a bad name.
Virtue is also sorely lacking in our media. The idolatry of Obama worship aside, look at what mainstream Hollywood puts out. My wife loves watching movies with me. Most of the stuff we rent is so horrible that we have to wait for the kids to be in bed - the level of violence and sexuality is too much. I don't even enjoy most of the stuff coming out. And yet they balk when movies like Fireproof come out with a positive message and do well.
Look at MTV and other media aimed at our youth - right is wrong, sacred is profane, the truth is called a lie and lies are held up as truth.
And look at the pigs at the Federal trough now. Compare them to the example that men like George Washington set. He came from money but asked for nothing when called to serve. They offered to make him a King, but he refused. He did not have term limits but voluntarily stepped down after two terms.
Name one politician out there who would do that today. I love a few of the solid conservatives who know and uphold our Constitution, but even they, I'd wager, wouldn't part with that juicy salary or step down after two terms.
Our Founders did not put term limits or salary requirements in the law, because back then they were men of honor who would not abuse the trust with which they were given, and it was their hope and belief that Americans would consistently place the best people into public service and not establish a "ruling class" of sorts where people get in based on connections and wealth - which is exactly where we are now.
Perhaps they assumed these things since they all fought alongside one another and by defying the British Crown, placed their very lives in jeopardy. Perhaps we will have to repeat that sacrifice in order to restore virtue to our public servants. Will it have to come to defiance of King Barack and placing our lives in danger to protect the Liberty we were given by God, and not by government?
As a nation, we've turned our back to our Creator, from whom our rights come. We no longer acknowledge God in the public square, partly out of fear of the Left's thought police and being labeled as "intolerant", and partly out of our own pride.
In future articles, I will attempt to go over some virtues and principles and how we've straed from them.
In short for now - we as a people need to hunble ourselves. We are NOT as great as we think. We owe everything we have to the God who created us, and we need to defer to His law. We need to stop allowing government to tell us what we can and can not do, and to stop wasting our children's inheritance on the selfish wants of the moment. We need to hold ourselves accountable for our own mess and work to get out of it, not to mortgage tomorrow on a "maybe" fix for today.
We've lost our souls, and we need to reclaim them.
F.D. for Two Joe Schmoes
Crossposted on Grizzly Groundswell
While there are many groups forming at the grassroots level to fight what is apparently Obama's mad dash to turn the US into a socialist state - and those groups are full of wonderful people - the root cause of our malaise needs to be addressed and tended to, otherwise what we have is the equivalent of a doctor treating the symptoms while ignoring what is causing them.
In our case, it's pretty simple: America started off as a nation of virtue, and we've fallen away from that virtuous nature. The Left is blaming capitalism for the mess we're in. Capitalism itself isn't to blame. Rather, it's a capitalism that is not connected to moral and virtuous behavior. When you have people out solely to make a buck, consequences be damned, you're no better off than you would be under a socialist or communist state. I'm not referring to the "evil" businessmen who make huge profits. I'm talking more like the scumbags like Bernie Madoff who use the hope of making a profit as a way to screw people out of their savings.
Don't get me wrong, the people who got screwed really should have done their homework and investigated the thing before they threw down their cash. But the real issue is that you get people who lack honor or virtue or any sense of morality who give the rest of us a bad name.
Virtue is also sorely lacking in our media. The idolatry of Obama worship aside, look at what mainstream Hollywood puts out. My wife loves watching movies with me. Most of the stuff we rent is so horrible that we have to wait for the kids to be in bed - the level of violence and sexuality is too much. I don't even enjoy most of the stuff coming out. And yet they balk when movies like Fireproof come out with a positive message and do well.
Look at MTV and other media aimed at our youth - right is wrong, sacred is profane, the truth is called a lie and lies are held up as truth.
And look at the pigs at the Federal trough now. Compare them to the example that men like George Washington set. He came from money but asked for nothing when called to serve. They offered to make him a King, but he refused. He did not have term limits but voluntarily stepped down after two terms.
Name one politician out there who would do that today. I love a few of the solid conservatives who know and uphold our Constitution, but even they, I'd wager, wouldn't part with that juicy salary or step down after two terms.
Our Founders did not put term limits or salary requirements in the law, because back then they were men of honor who would not abuse the trust with which they were given, and it was their hope and belief that Americans would consistently place the best people into public service and not establish a "ruling class" of sorts where people get in based on connections and wealth - which is exactly where we are now.
Perhaps they assumed these things since they all fought alongside one another and by defying the British Crown, placed their very lives in jeopardy. Perhaps we will have to repeat that sacrifice in order to restore virtue to our public servants. Will it have to come to defiance of King Barack and placing our lives in danger to protect the Liberty we were given by God, and not by government?
As a nation, we've turned our back to our Creator, from whom our rights come. We no longer acknowledge God in the public square, partly out of fear of the Left's thought police and being labeled as "intolerant", and partly out of our own pride.
In future articles, I will attempt to go over some virtues and principles and how we've straed from them.
In short for now - we as a people need to hunble ourselves. We are NOT as great as we think. We owe everything we have to the God who created us, and we need to defer to His law. We need to stop allowing government to tell us what we can and can not do, and to stop wasting our children's inheritance on the selfish wants of the moment. We need to hold ourselves accountable for our own mess and work to get out of it, not to mortgage tomorrow on a "maybe" fix for today.
We've lost our souls, and we need to reclaim them.
F.D. for Two Joe Schmoes
Crossposted on Grizzly Groundswell
1 comment:
I couldn't have said it any better.
I am going to put a link to this post on my website. I hope that is okay. If you would rather I didn't, just send me an email and ask me to remove it.
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