FREEDOM RINGS 1776

SCANDAL IN THE WIND

For so long now so many of my fellow conservatives have been engaged in the frustrating effort to wake up the liberals of this nation, in vain. Now it appears that if they are actually capable of waking up, the deed will be accomplished not by us but by the Obama administration itself and his lapdog media.

Remaining forever skeptical about the purposes of our liberal media, until I see concrete evidence to suggest otherwise, I am expecting this rift between them and their messiah, to be no more than a temporary lover's spat, but for the present let us gain from their moment of weakness.

Today, the hottest news items are the Benghazi hearings, the IRS scandal, and the MSM being mad as hell at Obama
(Temporarily I might add) about some of his tactics in regard to them, his loyal lap dogs. I must admit that I am not overly impressed with the show. Call me a cynic, call me a skeptic, call me whatever you choose but something is just not right about the whole thing.

If I were to describe mankind's greatest failing it would have to be the inability to learn from history, and that is such a shame as that weakness leads the human race into making the same tragic errors over and over again. Were I to add the second greatest failing then it would most certainly have to be Blind Hope, as the people of this beautiful planet keep hoping for the best, totally ignoring the lessons of the past. It has been said that you cannot live without hope. I reject that premise. This world would be a far better place if only the author of that one destructive line of reasoning had told us that you cannot live without reason and a plan of action.

Afghanistan...A stone age people

Have you ever watched Star Trek? If so you are probably familiar with the Prime Directive that prohibits the crew of the Enterprise from interfering in the development of a primitive culture. Our political leaders should heed the wisdom of that concept.

For over a decade Russia waged war in Afghanistan, eventually bankrupting their national treasury. As they withdrew to lick their wounds, the people of that primitive nation went on with their way of life, virtually unchanged. We were well informed on Russia's mishap well in advance of launching this nation on a similar endeavor, and we now teeter on the verge of bankruptcy. When will we ever learn?

So many are comparing Watergate and Benghazi and the similarities are actually very few. No one died at Watergate. Four died and many more wounded in Benghazi. Nixon initially had nothing to do with Watergate. He only got involved in the later cover up protecting his subordinates who initiated a petty breaking and entering. Weeks prior to the attack both Obama and Secretary of State Clinton were involved in systematically removing the Ambassador's defensive shield. Watergate was purely a political SNAFU. Benghazi has produced an international crisis that has proven America to be weak in the face of her Islamic foes.

Unless there is some strange liberal out there who is practicing self flagellation and reads my essays as his own private penance then I believe it goes without saying that all of my readers are conservative, flag loving American patriots. That being said I also believe that most if not all of those readers know what the colors, stars and stripes in our flag represent, and with that, I present you with a challenge. Ask your children, or grandchildren, as the case may be, if they know the meaning of the American flag and why it looks as it does. With today's agenda of anti Americanism and political correctness I seriously doubt that our young have been taught the significance of the Star Spangled Banner in school and why over a million of our men and women have fought and died in wars serving it.

The Ruins of Detroit

In my most recent essay, The Decline And Fall Of America, I called upon the wisdom and knowledge of Edward Gibbons and his great six volume collection about the decline and fall of the Roman empire. The similarities of what happened there and what is occurring in the present day United States is apparent to any who know even a little about history and current events. That there is a strong similitude between us and Rome is undeniable, but something is taking place today that does not fit into the decline or fall of any great nation of the past. The ruin of America has been engineered and Hussein Obama is here to deliver the death blow.

I read Edward Gibbon's "Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire" in my early twenties. That was many moons ago and needless to say I have forgotten most of it. However, I remember enough of it that I am constantly comparing events that took place then with what is transpiring today. The similarities are staggering, and so it is time to refresh my memory somewhat. I lack the time to read the entire six volumes again but thanks to the internet, finding specific points I seek is a breeze. The thing that impressed me most about Mister Gibbon's efforts was not so much his description of the historical events that occurred but his observations concerning the people of Rome, and their changing attitudes, his point being that those attitudes were why Rome declined in the first place.

There is no doubt in my mind that Sir Winston Churchill was not only one of the finest leaders of the twentieth century, he was also one of the bravest.

I am about to use two of his greatest quotes, the first to show why I am no longer concerned about stepping on someone's toes. I write in hopes of informing some and changing the minds of others. If you are unable to confront the truth you are wasting your time reading my thoughts, and time is far too precious to waste. The first of the quotes that I mentioned has had a great deal to do with how I express myself in these essays.
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

I have often described myself as being spiritual but not religious, and I am not about to change my views, but it looks as though I am about to embark on a crusade in defense of those who are religious. Due to an article that I just read that angered me, I decided about five minutes ago to begin this essay. Quite honestly at this point I am uncertain if I am defending the religious, the Constitution, this nation, or all of the above. We will learn the answer together as the effort proceeds.