You are under attack! Whether you believe it or not, anyone that believes that the United States is the most prosperous, freest, and greatest country the word has ever know has a target on their back. Sounds extreme doesn’t it?…that’s because it is.
If you’ve noticed the Tea Party movement has received a lot of attention from the Liberal Press and Democrats in elected office. What I’ve noticed is that they not only attack the most effective leaders and speakers, but (and this is more unnerving to me) they are targeting the law-abiding participants that attend the meetings and rallies. Never mind that a good many of the attendees are Democrats and Independents, and of all races. They target them by calling them “Tea Bagging Redneck Hicks” and racist, yet I never hear them calling any of The New Black Panthers racist , Islamic terrorist, or radical Hispanic groups racist. No they call law abiding citizens demonstrating their Constitutionally protected right to free political speech as racist.
The targeting does not stop with the Tea Party movement … religious institutions are under attack as well. Everything from posting The Ten Commandants and Christmas displays in public places to praying at public school sporting events, and in school cafeterias has been targeted no matter the denomination. But the most ridiculed of all religious covenants has been marriage. Marriage is under attack and has been for more than four decades. First it was the free love movement of the 1960’s that came with the drug culture. Marriage was scoffed at as old fashioned and unnecessary. Next came the universal acceptance of divorce and the breaking up of families. Many of us, myself included, lived with someone outside of marriage, even though we knew that someday we were going to marry. Which brings us to today, now the movement is to pervert marriage by accepting people of the same gender as married. Marriage, for better or worse, has been the foundation of the American family and has made us strong. Weakening marriage has lead to tremendous misery and pain in families and for the country. If you don’t think marriage has been targeted and that those of us that still support traditional marriage are not targeted….guess again.
Capitalism is under attack as well. If your work for yourself in return for pay, guess what?… you are a Capitalist. If you work for someone else or for a company in return for pay, guess what?…you are a Capitalist. Moreover you are participating in the free market. Now if you add to your work a mark up for profit you are now not only a Capitalist you are a GREEDY Capitalist at that. When government takes over major manufacturers and banks, where else will they turn?…to you and your business. If government can see fit to force everyone to purchase a product, such as healthcare, capitalism is severely injured. When our government is allowed to do something that extreme, it can force you to do anything…you are under attack.
Free speech is under attack. When government is allowed to place limits on when and where political or religious speech can be used it can then place limits on any speech. The first Constitutional amendment was written to protect religious and political speech. It was not written so that Hollywood, Larry Flint and Hugh Hefner are able to spread their message (although it does just that), it was written so that Americans are free to worship God and question government without any fear of government. It also forbids government from establishing a religion, so that there is no official Church of the United States. It does not remove God from being worshiped in the public square. I am not a constitutional lawyer, but here is how it reads, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and petition the government for a redress of grievances.” If you do not think that this most important amendment is under attack…guess again. This amendment protects you and me from government…when it’s ignored, you and I are under attack.
I’ll ask you to ask your self who upholds our great American traditions - the Republicans or Democrats, Conservatives or Liberals, Capitalist or Socialist, Christians or Communist?…..be honest as you think that over and do your research.
There you have it.
Pass it along if you like or let me know if I don’t have a clue.
Eddie
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