Most who know me will tell you that I rarely hide my conservative beliefs, and rarely miss an opportunity to point out the misgivings, and plain hypocrisy demonstrated by the liberal left. I have been following this upcoming election campaign fairly religiously, as the options we have for future “leadership” of this country to me, seem bleak. Granted, I will likely cast my vote for McCain, butI’ll hold my nose when I do it. Lesser of two evils indeed, but my right and duty to participate in the process was paid for in advance by the blood and lives of true patriots. For me to not vote would, in my mind, be a disservice to those who fought and gave thier lives for our way of life.
Plain and simple, I have no use for Barack Hussein Obama. Hes a left wing socialist, a liar, and a fraud.His very eligibilty to hold the highest office in the land is questionable, as it appears now he’s covered up the fact that he was actually born in Africa. Regardless, that will be hushed my the media.
On the other hand is McCain. His nomination was the result of media biased during the primary process. To me, this whole financial meltdown flap our nation now faces, is the result of combined underhanded dealing and political pandering by both parties, and McCain is just as responsible for it as the rest of ‘em. In reality, Obama might not be, as he is never around to vote, but his blind eye and silence speak louder than words. The seeds of this collapse were sowed by Democrats, and fertized by Republicans. They are both working to bankrupt America, and doing a fine job of it. One from the top down, the other from the bottom up. We in the middle are gonna get doubled tapped, that is for certain.
But where conservatism has failed, in my mind is within our education system. We have allowed over the past 25-30 yrs, the left wing liberals to take over our halls of education. We are now about to fully reap the results of that, unchecked by the right.
Liberalism has permeated our schools, by gradually filling the ranks of teachers with liberals who espouse the thought that the role of govt is to provide for the people. Teachers unions, which are in and of themselves cesspools of liberal/socailist wannbes, have strong armed our schools into pushing thier agenda into the classrooms. They have been allowed to re-write curriculum, and filter history to paint a promising picture of a nation where govt is the answer to all of our woes. They have attacked personal accomplishment, snuffed free thinking, re-written history and over a period of years, now are controlling the minds of our youth. Colleges and K-12 schools alike are staffed with educators which ranks find conservatism to be a very small minority. When private alternatives to govt schools are proposed, the unions and left wing fight viciously to quell their success.
That chicken, has come home to roost. The result is that a growing majority of our nation actual now believe that the function of our govt is to provide for us. Health Care insurance, food, housing, education, security, etc. They are now actually beginning to believe that via class warfare, the “rich” must pay more. That Capitalism is a bad thing, and we must tax those who make more that their “fair share”. Thus, they are going to vote for liberal candidates that will enact those ideals taught to them by our liberal school system.
Now lets not be lulled into thinking the Right is blameless. They have , along with the left, sold our our manufacturing industry, and created an inability forthem to compete with foreign competition. They allow CEO’s to reap ridiculous bonuses and salaries, while taking the jobs of those who worked so hard to make a business successful, and export them to Mexico. They support those who would strip employees of benefits and retirement after years of loyal service to a company in the name of profits . Don’t misunderstand me, I believe those who work hard and take on the risks and expense of running a business, large or small should be able to reap the rewards and riches of thier hard work. That is, and has been, the American dream , and the American way for 232 years and running. But the corporate greed needs to be reigned in, especially when it begins to erode the fabric of capitalism, and the dreams of the workers who put the names of these companies on the map.
Lets look at this whole bail out of wal street and the banking industry. Since when is it supposed to be a functioin of govt to pay for the collective screw-ups of the banks? We have made a huge leap away from our Founding Fathers ideals. Banks, through their own mismanagement, lost thier collective asses. govt buys/bails them out, and thus takes over an entire private sector industry. I find that troubling to say the least. Corporate welfare, plain and simple. When Pres. Bush could not get the votes through the Senate, they sweetened the deal with more pork to buy the votes of the dissenting Senators, Democrats and Repulicans alike. What this proves is the depth of corruption and greed in Washington. Neither candidate, McCain or Obama, will do anything to reverse that. The way I see it, we’re screwed no matter which way we go. The only real differences are social issues such as abortion, 2nd Amendment, and the like.
In 4 years, we will be living in a very different America. Of that, I am certain. WE THE PEOPLE, have allowed it to happen, and now there is truly little we can do to stop it.
Yeah, this post is a real Debbie Downer. I am usually quite optimistic. But I’m also realisitic. And to me, in this instance, realism trumps optimism.
Come Nov. 4th, we the people, are screwed!
