With each passing day it seems as if our country spins just a bit further out of control. And yet, as I look around at so many of my fellow Americans I see very few faces that would seem to indicate that there is even the slightest amount of concern regarding what I should think is a very obvious fact. And as things become further unstable I find myself wondering what it might take to finally cause enough of my countrymen to wake up, to snap out of whatever trance-like state it is that they must now be in. Because I don’t understand how anyone remain so unaware of the terrible trouble that we, as a country, are now in. Unless, perhaps, you choose to ignore that which is going on right in front of you because of some possible ulterior motivation.
Let’s face it, we have wild, and rather incendiary, threats now being directed at a man and his family and for what? Because a corrupt senator who, together with his son, is apparently in cahoots with the Red Chinese who want that piece of property? We have a government that is now collecting a record amount in taxes, and yet it’s still not enough to pay the bills that have been generated by our so-called leaders. We are gutting our military while at the same time our foes are accelerating their efforts to amass military forces that may very well surpass our own. And we, in this country, are sitting atop vast reserves of energy yet we leave them virtually untapped while at the same time we are paying more for gas and our utilities.
It has been on the watch of those now in charge that America has now effectively been reduced to being nothing than the laughing stock of the world. A world in which our friends feel that they are no longer able to trust us, and where our enemies now longer respect, nor fear, us. And that, my friends, is nothing short of a recipe for disaster, and what could be, at least potentially, a disaster on a very grand scale. And when seeking out the reason behind how it is that we came to be in this very unfamiliar position, it doesn’t take much time, and even less energy, to discover the cause. And while it can be said that there is much blame to go around, there is one man of whom it can be said deserves most of the blame. And sadly, that man is our president.
So where do we go from here? Will we choose to go anywhere from here, or simply allow our downward spiral to continue? We are rapidly running out of opportunities and can ill afford to squander even one. Come this November, we will have our next opportunity in our effort to at least slow the damage being done to our country. But the question that remains is do we possess the necessary will to even make such an attempt? Because besides the fact that we are in trouble, there is great sense of disillusion, and dare I say disappointment, with many of those seeking our vote. Many of us now question whether it’s really worth it, any longer, to vote for these people? There seem to be so few differences these days between what the parties seem to stand for.
But should we allow our sense of disillusionment to prevent us from at least trying to set things right, I’m afraid we would do so at our peril. We must summon every ounce of courage that will then enable us to standup to those who seem to be so determined to turn our country into their own personal kingdom. The fate of our country lies in our hands and if we simply choose to renege on our responsibility of safeguarding it for our children, then we will be sentencing them to a future spent living under an oppressive government. Individuals should not be permitted to make a career out of public office. And those who would now freely exhibit contempt towards those for whom they are supposed to serve, must, most definitely, be removed from office.
And like it or not, it’s we the people who have been the willing accomplices in the creating of this experiment in socialism that we are now being made to live out. If only we had been a bit more demanding of those whom we elected, and held them more to account for their many questionable deeds, we could have very easily avoided many, if not most, of the pitfalls that we have been made to suffer. But for whatever the reason, whether because we were on some government program, because we simply preferred not to work, or perhaps because we saw nothing wrong with the way our leaders were conducting our business, we chose to vote for those whom we had always voted for. And now we’re paying the price for our laziness.
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