This was not the original intention of this blog.
The sad fact is, I've been reading newspapers more frequently than I have been participating in shooting competition, and frankly I have been more appalled by the political events in my homeland than I am by the many reasons I have not been doing as much shooting as I would prefer.
If you find yourself in the same situation, you too may be suffering from "Politiomiolitis", which is loosely defined as ... well, make up your own definition. I'm making up this entire article as I go along, so it's entirely fair.
Here's a piece of Full Discovery:
At one time, I found myself being very grateful to God that my son was not obliged to be drafted into the military. I tried that once. Didn't much like it.
Now my much-beloved son has volunteered to join the military. I am proud of him for his decision, and for the reasons he made that decision, but I am so concerned that he has put himself "In Harm's Way".
Ultimately, almost everything I do is showcased against the background of concern for my children. Perhaps you find yourself applying the same yardstick; perhaps not.
But I look at the ways that politics is poisoning the country of my birth, and I grieve for my children.
I'm old, I won't have to put up with this 'stuff' much longer. I fear that politics may shorten my life, given the Rationed Health Care Bill which looks frighteningly likely to end up looking like the British Health Care System. There are so many other easy-spending bills which seem to be passed without the opportunity for our legislators to even read, even understand the new programs. My son, my daughter, and their children will have to pay for them even if they see no real benefits to these "cloudkookoolandian" attempts at socialism.
And so [sigh] I'm afraid you'll just have to put up with my persistent politicization of Cogito Ergo Geek.
As the saying goes, I love my country but I fear my government. Mostly, I fear that the current administration may historically be viewed as the worst in the past century, and the burdon of correcting these economic and societal errors will be visited upon our progeny.
Our grandparents had to deal with the problems of The Great War ... World War I, "The War to End All Wars".
Our parents faced similar problems recovering from the ill effects of World War II.
We were in charge of The Viet Nam War; the War Against Poverty; and The Great Society -- and we handled it badly. We do not have the luxury or our fore-bearers, we cannot claim to have successfully faced fearful challenges and emerged triumphant. We even elected Jimmy Carter. Who is going to name US "The Great Generation"?
Nobody, and rightfully so.
Now we discover the need to defend ourselves against an administration which is more intrusive that LBJ, less competent than Carter, and sneakier than Tricky Dicky. (Side note: I cast my first ballot against Richard Nixon, because I would not buy a used car from that man. I think it's an honest commentary to assert that I would not buy a condom from Barrack Obama.)
You and I probably will not be the ones who will decide which direction our nation will move in this decade.
We can only hope that we have raised our children well, have educated them to think for themselves, and that they have learned to take counsel of their native good sense to identify and know a charlatan when they see one, reject his attempts to undermine our culture, indemnify his attempts to legislate our country into a Socialist Society, and seek leadership from an as-yet-unidentified leader who relies less on rhetoric and more on the Constitution which has served us so well.
God help us.
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PS: yes, I will probably continue to speak out against political measures which, in my opinion, threaten our country and our culture, despite attempts by our new rulers to encroach on our constitutional thought and the exercise our First Amendment rights as if it were a terrorist action.
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.
There's something "fishy" about that, all right.
Fred Thompson's frantically paced (perhaps necessarily) take on this subject is available as an audio file here.
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