When I was a kid, the Cold War was at its peak. Russians were oppressors of freedom and Communists were hiding under every bed. Reagan finally drove the evil empire out of business, and with that as my political backdrop, I could no more imagine a leader of The Soviet Union cautioning America about the evils of Socialism than I could imagine Christmas without Santa Claus. Well, it turns out that I am Santa Claus and Vladimir Putin is warning us not to walk down Russia’s road to ruin — a road down which we seem determined to sprint!
Two muted flourishes to the fanfare of change are echoing just out of most people’s earshot, placing in peril both our wealth and well being. Stealthfully disguised as ‘aid’ is the budget-busting left turn our government is taking at nosebleed speeds. Then, lurking in the shadows, is civil unrest that is likely to follow accompanying losses of the liberty we have always exercised as naturally as drawing air into our lungs.
We are suddenly living in a time when political and economic differences are no longer so much a matter of Republican versus Democrat as they are of people versus government. We are suddenly living in a time when the Constitution is being ignored, prosperity is being punished and the private sector, along with the economy, is being systematically destroyed.
Since Obama became the leading candidate the stock market has plunged 6,000 points with a near freefall of more than 1,500 points occurring since his inauguration, alone. He doesn’t care. ‘Bama has committed trillions of dollars of generational ‘econocide’, announced plans to raise taxes and signed carefully cloaked legislation heavily compromising our freedom, all during his first four brief weeks in office. The gloom and doom drumbeat, diversionary tactics [like replacing George Bush with Rush Limbaugh as whipping boy] and treating the DJIA as if it were merely a tracking poll is part of the greater plan – the social and economic re-engineering of American society!
Don’t just take Rhom Emmanuel’s word as to the benefits of crisis, read ‘Bama’s Bible; no, not the Koran but Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”. I’ve spoken of it before and, now more than ever, it will scare hell out of you when viewed in the light of what is happening right under our very noses. Unfortunately Alinsky only addresses tearing down, which explains why ‘Bama’s inspiring rhetoric is stuck in reverse; he doesn’t have a blueprint for what was supposed to happen next, in case he won. His mental tele-prompter is blank!
Of greatest concern to me is the brewing backlash that could easily surface somewhere between revolution and civil war. Americans have known only freedom. The growing stench of unbridled government power reeks only of tyranny. If you don’t believe 1776 can happen again, check out the special training police forces are receiving and ‘Bama’s desire for his own Gestapo. Someone believes it!
For my part, just give me an old time tax revolt; on April 15th, nobody sends the Feds anything — nothing! Then in 2010, we run the scallywags out of town on a rail and send only people who actually represent us back to Washington. As for the incredibly incompetent Mr. Obama he has already committed several abuses of power and is ripe for impeachment, as soon as the proletariat casts off its blanket of messianic slumber.
Those last couple of thoughts? They ain’t gonna’ happen — but if enough Americans can regain enough consciousness in time, we may still stand a chance of preserving a semblance of the freedom that was gifted to us for future generations.
R.S.F.
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