Memorial Day (RIP)

            This day was created for us to remember the sacrifices made so that we may live as we do. It was not designed for purpose of vacation or to decorate relative’s graves unless they died in war. Yet like all of our traditions and blessings we have forgotten its sacred purpose. Preserving freedom is not an easy task, nor was gaining it. When I read about the sacrifices that our founding ancestors made it makes me cry. I truly do not believe that we are worthy of the high cost they paid. It is especially troubling watching our Republic being dismantled before our eyes. At least half of the people in this country are opposed to the latest immigration bill, with only at best 26% support. Yet, it seems to be a done deal  (so much for representative democracy). I tried calling Senator Hatch but they didn't even bother to answer their phone, not did they return my call. What a shame. Robert Rector estimates the cost of this legislation to be 2.5 trillion dollars during the next eighteen years. If there was any chance of saving Social Security before, it is gone now. This bill will lead to the Balkanization of this country. It also appears that SPP will become the law of the land eventually as does the UN Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) which has been defeated at least twice.

            I do not know what it will take for the American people to finally wake up and realize that the country, of which they take for granted, is quickly being lost (no pun intended). I will truly mourn this Memorial Day, but not just for my father (he was haunted by his WW II experiences) and the millions of other patriots which sacrificed to much, but for the best hope that this world had. It was a noble experiment while it lasted.

 

Peace

I also wonder what it will take for more Americans to wake up. But more and more are. I hope that enough do before it is too late. I find it kind of interesting that the states are starting to rebel against things like the National ID and the NAFTA super highway. Unfortunately most of their power was stripped in the 16th and 17th amendments.

I thought that the whole point of our form of government is that it is a representative republic that doesn't impose the will of the majority (even a 74% majority) willy-nilly over the minority.

I find your predictions of balkanization to be rather interesting.  It appears to me that the trend in this country has been towards greater homogenization rather than greater regional fracturing.  For this we can thank, not power-hungry politicians but network television.  Once upon a time, most of your cultural experience was limited to the people who lived within a day's travel of you, but now every person in the country can watch New Yorkers pontificating about nothing or fictional families in almost real places living out their own personal dysfunctions.  Children are given significant exposure to Californian accents (and Elmo's pathetic lisping, but that's another problem) and ideas from all over the country.

I believe that this is evidence of the success of our national experiment.  I'm also proud of our legislators who are risking public backlash in order to reach out to the immigrants in our country and bring them into a system that can do something about them, rather than just blindly hoping that stronger restrictions will tarnish the American Dream enough (at least in the eyes of the Mexicans) to take away the incentive for them to risk their lives to come here.

That is what our fathers and brothers have fought for.  They fought and often died to protect a land that would welcome others and make them its own.  This weekend, in between spending time with my family and remembering my other ancestors, I will pay my respects to several servicemen, and I'll reflect on how this world is better for their having been here.

Let's see. We "reformed" our immigration system in the 60's and the 80's with disastrous results, yet you think that the majority of Americans are being willy nilly on the issue. You seem to be a reasonably intelligent fellow. Yet you fail to realize how much your educational brainwashing effects your everyday thinking. What I find alarming is the number of people whom I encounter coming out of our "Youth Propaganda Camps" who cannot follow a fairly straight forward line of logic. You are even unaware of how much your thinking has been programed. This claim doesn't even seem to have any effect or cause any concern on your part.

The difference between the assimilation of immigrants that has occurred in the past and what is happening now is two fold. First the numbers from just one country are staggering. Secondly, they can operate in this country without ever having to learn English. Have you checked out the number of Spanish speaking TV stations or have you missed the Dial One thing with practically every phone call to service providers. Perhaps you failed to read the signs carried by these assimilated people who protested awhile back (the number of Mexican flags that they carried) or their claims that SW US belongs to them or are ignorant of the AZtlan movement (Mecha). Whenever you read my writings they go through a filter in your mind which you are totally unaware. If I criticize Radical Islam I must be anti Muslim etc. That is why our talking if pointless. You seem to believe that you are the hall monitor of this web site. That you are obligated to counter any forbidden thoughts which are written. Who exactly elected you hall monitor? You are truly a waste of time.

I have more to say on this immigration subject, but I don't wish to detract from the original topic. I've started another thread to address the topic here.

Lest we forget.