America - Where are You?

Blame the media, blame your history teacher, or just blame the complete lack of wanting to educate yourself.  The heart and soul of "Old School" America has quickly fallen by the wayside.  The people that remember what we fought for more than 200 years ago are long gone and the ideals they held dear have just not been carried over. Since about the 1960's, when television media started to take over the world, we have been more concerned with our own entertainment and how we fit the mold rather than holding on to what really matters in our society.  Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Definition of Life - the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.

Definition of Liberty - freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"

Definition of Happiness - Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.

On the 4th of July 2010, I watched a 12 hour marathon of "The Revolution" on the History Channel.  It educated me in a way that two years of American history in high school never did.  For instance, I thought when we signed the Declaration of Independence the war had ended, but it went on for another 6 years.  In school you learn...Boston Tea Party..blah, blah, blah....Paul Revere...blah,blah,blah...Signed the Declaration of Independence, happily ever after.  "The Revolution" also brought out a new found respect for the challenges we overcame and the ideas our forefathers tried to bestow on us as a country.

The country was new and had virtually no assets to support a war, yet, with little resources and a whole lot of heart and passion, we defeated one of the largest armies of it's time.  Always outnumbered, we wanted it more.  We were fighting for freedom and they were fighting for the King.  Fighting for a man and not their own liberties.

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Thomas Paine

This quote by Thomas Paine says it all.  If you want freedom you must work and fight for it always.  It is an ongoing defense of how you want to live because there will always be those who want to take it from you.

People have become so complacent.  As long as they are somewhat comfortable they don't want to rock the boat.  They don't want to be the one to stand up and say "this is wrong" "this is not what we fought for".  Maybe because we didn't actually fight for it.  Our ancestors did.  Are we too removed from the time to appreciate it?  To only be patriotic when it suits us.  Be proud only if we want to feel superior in some way.

Our society has been dumbed down by the media, who will never report the real story anymore.  The government is corrupt and trying to rewrite the constitution. The President says it is "a flawed document".  The PRESIDENT says this!!!!  Our own president cannot be considered a patriot of this country, as he apologizes for everything we have ever done to defend our freedom and keep our country safe.

George Washington and the crew are rolling over in there graves.  They sacrificed more than any of the Harvard Lawyers in the congress and senate could ever fathom. How long will the American people be deaf and blind to the dangers we are facing?  Will it take the loss of our freedom to arouse the American spirit?  God help us.  As much money as we owe China we could all be speaking Chinese and aborting our female babies in the near future.