The Election: Part II
Just 1,459 days to election-day 2012: Thank Goodness!
For many reasons I’m glad the election is over. No more election headlines, polls, mud slinging, and above all – No More Clintons! Hopefully, Obama’s win means the next time Hilary can possibly run again is 2016. A time in the future that should be way past her sell by date. Good riddance to be rid of her and Billy-boy.
Okay, moving on,… Sincerely I am glad that Mr. Obama has won not only for his sake, but for the country’s. His win proves the United States is still a place were truly anyone can succeed; regardless of race or color. That is a really good thing. We all need to hope and pray for Obama during his term. Of course that does not mean I agree with what I heard from Mr. Obama over the election season. Nonetheless, he and his family is on the Bruno family’s prayer list.
Concerning America’s overall political situation, both parties, especially the republicans, have been letting the nation down on an epic scale. Can anyone tell me which is the party of fiscal responsibility, morality, and has what is best for the nation at Heart? It can’t even be said that current Republican Party is cut from any part Ronald Reagan’s conservative cloth. And the democrats are a far car from the “Don’t ask what your country can do for you, but ask what can you do for your country” JFK era democrat. Both parties’ failures are sending the United States down a path that will eventually see us go the way of the Romans, a path we have been on for longer than we may think.
How often during this election did we hear about what is good about America? How often did we hear about individual liberty, positive aspects of private enterprise, property rights, the good things we – as a nation – are trying to do overseas? Did anyone mention notions of freedom, and how as Americans, all Americans – together, we can sort through and solve the issues of our day? I heard none of that!
What did we hear? We heard rhetoric that divides Americans by age, class and income levels. We heard how the fruits of the productive will be transferred to the less productive, thus thwarting success and rewarding mediocrity. We heard about a fabricated healthcare crisis so the system can be nationalized. I live in England – believe me – we don’t want national health care. We heard about more Government programs, more spending, and tax breaks for 95% of taxpayers. All of which does not make a lick of economic or common sense. We heard one candidate is not a national born U.S. citizen for being birthed in the Panama Canal Zone, and the other candidate refusing to produce his birth certificate.
Add to that, more and more young Americans, many products of broken single parent homes, are recipients of a dumbed-down leftwing liberal education system that does not teach the golden rule or American history. At least not American history that explains the true meaning of freedom, liberty, and limited government as the founding fathers devised and fought for. As far as the golden rule – what rule? Without God, prayer, and the Ten Commandments, the new age rules are of relativism and tolerance. Nothing is good, nothing is bad, no right – not wrong. You just need to tolerate every whim of society, no matter how repulsive. Then, when your life goes horribly wrong, still no need to worry; the government will bail you out!
With all that in mind, no wonder America is going down a leftward path. A path, that would take us to a point making these days look like the good old days. I pray we wake up soon, call what is good – good, what is evil – evil, start taking responsibility for all our actions, and make morally correct God pleasing decisions personally and nationally.
If not, we shall, if not already, lose God’s blessings. Truly I love the nation we inherited from our founding fathers. To preserve those blessings, I pray that as a nation we repent and turn back in a Godly direction. A great place for us to start would be to accept and seek Christ, and start obeying the Ten Commandments.
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This link: http://www.4president.org/speeches/reagan1980convention.htm contains the text of Ronald Reagan’s acceptance speech form the 1980 republican convention. It makes interesting reading as compared to what was heard in the 2008 election season.
FYI: After this post I shall not bemoan this election and new president any longer. It’s time for the handy chef to get back in the kitchen and cook some tasty dishes. That I know is the real reason why my 20+ readers stop and visit.
