Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Propaganda Machine

CNN and the rest of the news programs have become nothing but a propaganda machine for the rebels, just like the NATO planes are nothing but the rebels air force. It really sickens me to hear them report whatever the rebels tell them as fact, without so much as a cursory fact check(they do the same over here with events) then they try to push it off that this is what they were told. Please you are suppose to be reporters, do some reporting. You have let them mislead you on the capture of Gadhaffi's sons, with the cornering of Gadhaffi, the killing of his son, and so much more. You have invested yourself in this so much, that you won't even report on the reported atrocities of the rebels, but you sure will report on the alleged burning of a nanny. It's any wonder that anyone believes you guys at all. YOU ARE ALL HACKS!!!!!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Shining City On The Hill

Ronald Reagan was right America is that shining city on the hill for those people around the world seeking freedom and liberty, and "if we lose freedom here there is no place left to go." Our founders made our nation to be that beacon of hope for the world. They then passed on that heavy burden and sacred honor to all Americans through time, but somewhere along the way we have failed to tend to that flame of freedom. That duty has been ignored and forgotten by most, who have let that once bright flame turn into a ember about to flicker out.

Alexis de Tocqueville said, "because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die. If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as if of their own accord.... We therefore should not console ourselves by thinking the barbarians are still a long way off. Some peoples may let the torch be snatched from their hands, but others will stamp it out themselves." That is exactly what we have been doing over the past 100 years, slowly and steadily stamping out those lingering embers.

This has laid an even heavier burden and sacred honor at the feet of this generation. We must rekindle and reignite that flame of freedom our founders willed us. If we do not we will never again be that haven for liberty for the world. Reagan said, "we cannot meet our world responsibilities without a strong economic policy which is effective at home and in the world marketplace.... We must put our economic house in order so that we can once again show the world by example that ours is the best system for all who want security and freedom." If we are ever to again become that shining city on the hill, we must stop stomping out that torch which was passed on to us. We don't want to be that keeper of the flame that let it go out from our complacency and greed. We want to be the ones that made it stronger, by our commitment and honor.

We must get our spending and debt in order, as well as retarding the growth of government who is daily encroaching upon our liberties. If we don't, this "last best hope" of the world will be no more and there will truly be "no place left to go."