Srgt. Hulka

I recieved this in an email. It says a lot.

Regardless of which candidate you voted for, this is worth pondering...

Four years ago, I was gracious. I gave Obama the benefit of the doubt. I chose to see a silver lining amidst the clouds of liberal grey. My naive reaction was quickly and forcefully destroyed by the "stimulus," obamacare, Frank/Dodd, EPA regulations, sequestration, massive debt, class warfare, gender warfare, division, hate, racial politics, refusal to enforce immigration laws, apologizing for America, corruption of contract law, kowtowing to unions, downgrading of our credit rating, and the constant refrain by this administration that we are a country that needs the largesse of government, that cannot function without increasing government intervention, and that must be suspicious of success, rather than emulate it.

But that's easy for a conservative like me. It's become too easy to demonize the man because he's the cover of our book of lies. He makes it easy. He preaches "you didn't build that," "spread the wealth," doctors cutting off legs for a few bucks, forcing us all to pay for medical procedures we are opposed to, telling us that we should hold egalitarianism as a virtue superior to liberty- it's almost as if he wanted us to hate him. However, if we open the cover, the mass of pages tells the real story. This country, one founded on the then-radical principle that men derive their rights from nature, not from government, that mankind should live and die by their decisions, that one must be responsible for their life and their family, that government derives its limited role from the governed- that country is dead.

We are officially a net nation of takers, of recipients, or people who believe government or their fellow citizen owes them something. We are now a country that thinks it deserves free food, free health care, special rights because we have lived long enough, special rights because of race or gender, special rights because of sexual orientation, and that ever-expanding government is the road to such banal riches.

"You didn't build that" should have ended this contest, but it didn't. That is sad and scary. That there are so many people in what used to be this bastion of rugged individualism that think entrepreneurs and successful businessmen are just byproducts of government programs is pathetic. "Clinging to guns and religion" should have ended his primary challenge in 2008, but it's okay now in this country to laugh at those who believe in the 1st and 2nd Amendments.

So what do I tell my daughters in the morning when I wake them up? They'll want to know who "won." They understand the concept of liberty, but in their innocence still see this is as a contest. Hence, I'll just tell them Obama won, to not be upset, and see them off to school. I'll be thinking that they will never be as free as they should have been, they'll never know of a life of limited government, and they'll never see America as that shining city on a hill. They'll be as free as we can make them, and as they strive to be. However, if they stay in this country, they'll now forever be told how much success and what kind of success is okay. Has anyone stopped to wonder why it's venture capitalists that are demonized for their success in the free market, success that creates employment, but singer and actors are emulated? We're now a nation of tarts, of dancing with the stars, of jersey shore, of the kardashians, of a pathetic simplicity of thought that is not worthy of the Founders' brilliance.

Why so pessimistic? Why not say, "It's on to 2016?" I know this was it. If America did not stand in utter horror at what this country has become- skyrocketing food stamp rolls, over one trillion dollars per year spend on welfare, a per person debt higher than Greece, crumbling entitlement programs, demonization of the successful, crony capitalism at its worst, nonexistent manufacturing sector, a dollar shrinking in value, countries (China and Russia) who now openly mock us and will soon surpass us, a country on its knees- then there is no more hope. We had in Mitt Romney a candidate who had a solid record of solving problems, from the private sector to the Governor's role to the Olympics. Somehow, in this country built on capitalism, people were convinced that his success was the problem. You see, when this happens, I have lost hope. In 1980, America saw the contrast, chose the free market, rejected large government, and we saw what happened.

America, today, actively chose collectivism in a nation that is in rapid decline over free market success. Looking straight in the eye of failure, of eroding liberty, of soft tyranny, the electorate asked for more. There is no turning back from this, not this time. Every democracy has a life cycle, and I sit in quiet remorset when I ponder the death of what used to be the greatest democracy. When 51% of the people know they can vote to acquire the wealth of the 49%, and politicians successfully campaign on that premise, a democracy is dead.

Tonight, America died.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, ...

Danno

I wanna cheer this post, but it makes me too sad.

Unfortunately Alexis de Tocqueville was coorect when he said Democracy in America is doomed when the people learn to vote themselves money from the public trough.

My thought process has changed from wanting policies that benefit all Americans to a protectionist position of trying to fend off the leeches any way possible.

This clown of a President is the most devisive President in my lifetime, and I truly think it was his intention all along.

My money is MY money. I now view ALL liberals as parasitic thieves intent on stealing what I have earned and I will treat them accordingly. I'll have no sympathy at all when the crap hits the fan. You wanted it, you voted for it, so eat ****. I'll watch and laugh. F-You!

dam1953

Excellent post. You have quite clearly expressed the sentiment of 49% of the electorate.

We know that our principals are sound. Logic, history and economic principals rest on our side. A total disrespect for self, neighbor and country is the cancer that is killing the United States.

The challenge that conservatives now face is one of communication. How do we educate the masses of the pending doom when the media and educators are part of the opposition.

The only salvation is that when the chaos and revolution begin, and it isn't if but when, the military will stand on the side of the citizen, haven taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

”It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin

saintfan

I'm assuming a similar position. I hope and I pray the Republicans continue to fight this man and his agenda on any and every thing - fiscal cliff be damned. Let it crumble. These idiots had the opportunity to chose a man who actually had real credentials - a man with a documented history of knowledge and of bi-partisanship. And I'm no Romney fan - but for all that is Holy he was clearly better groomed to lead the nation forward.

Instead, black people voted based on skin color. Latinos voted based on illegal immigration. The Democratic party turned over every rock it could find, registered people who have never voted in their lifetime, played on their ignorance and stupidity, and was successful enough to elect this moron again.

So let it fail. Deplete the military. Keep turning a blind eye to the middle east. Push the green agenda and watch gas prices soar into the stratosphere. Let the stock market, the thing these idiots demonize the most, fail, and as it goes so goes the Nation's wealth. So be it.

It's going to get a whole hell of a lot worse - and I guess it has to. Once the quasi-sane wake the hell up - once their retirement has been absorbed into Obama's spread the wealth agenda - perhaps then they will see this country was built on the Capitalism Obama has somehow convinced them to demonize.

Let it burn baby.

Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel...

TheOak

“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville

“The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville

Danno

Agreed. And let it burn those morons that voted for that A'hole. For the 1st time in my life, I'm looking forward to laying off people. I hope others feel the same.

halloween 65

The U.S. was built on the trade among us type of system, not NAFTA. Ever since that passed we have gone way downhill. Clinton passed this on his way out but it was not his ideal!! I don't like all the freeloaders, not at all, but not 1 of these clowns will ever buck todays system and end the freeloaders strong hold they have. I would like to add that the system was set up for people that cannot help themselves and for those I don't mind, but the one's that have taken advantage of the system and can help themselves are the problem. I come off a 93 day run (my work is seasonal mostly) and after paying my truck, house, land and other bills off completely, feeling pretty good, went to the grocery store to pick up me and my son a well deserved meal, I got behind a black woman in line that had a entire buggy of meat and a bag of dog food, the clerk rang it up and the woman went to pay with stamps, the clerk told her the dog food was not covered with stamps causing a verbal barage of explicits from the woman, she told the clerk she would be back and went to the meat section and brought back 2 huge roasts, looked at the clerk and told her that my dog will eat better than you *****!! Now if anyone on this planet think I have compassion on anyone who abuses the system that way is crazy. It was not set up that way but none, 0, nada, of these elected will ever change the system, it would be political suicide and none of them will do that and they can promise you and me the moon ( they always do) but want deliver. It burns me too and the only comfort I get out of this comes from the Bible( The first shall be last, and the last shall be first) so until then I'll ***** and coplain like everyone who works and pays their unfair amount of taxes and take it in the waazoo but in reality it may suck but it has happened because of the elected officials that lead and guide this country. It's the blind leading the blind.