Where are we going & are we there yet?

[Patriot]

If you are a believer in the ultimate goodness of mankind, the possibility that central government planning can heal the world of all its' ills and America of all its' inequities, then you might consider the result of Progressive (aka: Socialist, Marxist, Communist) movements across the world in history.  From the fall of Rome to life in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to the conditions of the masses today in North Korea, China, Cuba, Venezuela and even the current economic conditions in Greece and the outlook for much of Europe...  the picture isn't attractive.

Perhaps the clearest outcomes are demonstrated in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution.  Workers united and destroyed the Tsarists.  But they then inclined to the central government planning ideas of Lenin & Marx.  What followed was the ascendency of a ruling class that said they would govern only until the masses could be brought up to speed in a totally Utopian collective where everyone was equal.  Then all would be well.  The only minor miscalculation was regarding the intoxicating  nature of power & the weakness of humans to resist its effects.  The result was an ever increasingly oppressive tyranny of power hungry despots who would never voluntarily relinquish their power over the masses.  The wondrous ideas of communism gave way to the realities of Communism in the USSR.  And people suffered.  They suffered food shortages, lack of any private ownership of property, imprisonment or death if they deviated from or spoke out against the party line.  Their lives were not planned according to individual desire, but in line with a government plan.  In short, entire nations suffered the indignities of slavery at the cruel hands of ruthless plantation masters.

Increasing numbers of Americans are also willingly falling for the falsity of a central government that promises to plan, take care of all their needs and provide outcomes that promise equality and fairness for all.  In April 2009, Rasmussen found that only 53% of Americans surveyed believed that Capitalism was better than Socialism. (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2009/just_53_say_capitalism_better_than_socialism)

Socialism, according to Marx, is the best pathway to eliminate Capitalism and move to communism.  Socialism is the gateway drug, as it were, that intoxicates the masses so they will accept communism.  The only problem is who & what will 'fill the gap' until Utopia is achieved?  Is all that 'free stuff' in America working its magic?  It sure looks that way, doesn't it.

Patriot

[Warph]

The Will of the People Has Spoken and America Died

The End of an Empire 


Our Constitutional Republic died a peaceful death on November 6, 2012. Having reached the point of no return in a comatose state after years of progressive and illegal immigration assaults, the fabric of conservative society is now completely unraveled and Uncle Sam's America is no more.

The United States of America is now relegated to the dust bin of history as a "has been" empire. The Shining City on the Hill, the hope of so many millions since July 4, 1776, no longer exists. What rises from the ashes is a country that few of us will recognize, like, or learn to accept submissively.

After 236 years of existence, a new country emerges today, run by secular progressives who rejected our Constitution, what we stand for, and who we are as a nation. The Supreme Court will be forever altered after its last conservative members will be replaced by the liberal academics who call themselves "progressives." The rule of law will be implemented by Executive Orders, making Congress irrelevant.

The (Chinese) communist motto "Forward" that resonated with so many ignorant Americans will plunge us into many years of darkness

The communist motto "Forward" that resonated with so many ignorant Americans will plunge us into many years of darkness from which we will never be able to recover. We have proven our Founding Fathers right, they did give us a Constitutional Republic and we were unable to maintain it.

The forces of the failed communist fundamental transformation that were driven underground in many places around the world, resurfaced with a vengeance in the United States and have now taken over.

How long we will still have freedom of speech, movement, assembly, and control of our private property remains to be seen. Faith and churches will be driven underground; allowing secularism to prosper and take deep roots among the progressives whose God is Mother Earth.

The welfare dependent Americans, unions, and illegal aliens have chosen for the rest of us the dark path of serfdom to big government and to socialist utopia.

Who would have guessed that the very people who were complaining that the government is not extricating them from disaster or giving them the help they needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, would vote for the very politicians who turned their backs on needy Americans after the lights went dark when the political photo opportunities ended?

Who would have guessed that Americans were as ignorant and irresponsible as to choose fiscal destruction over fiscal sanity for their children and grandchildren, secularism and communism over faith, dependence over personal responsibility and self-reliance?

Americans have been protesting for the last four years the dismal state of the economy and the direction of our country, the corruption of our politicians, and the loss of personal and economic freedom.

Rallies in support of conservatism overwhelmed venues for Mitt Romney while rallies for our bumbling President became scarcer and scarcer. Yet, miraculously, at the ballot box, our President won all over the country.

We lost seats in the Senate. Americans chose liars and cheats to be their Senators and Representatives, rejecting those who protected the Constitution. The candidate from Massachusetts who claimed direct American Indian lineage to Pocahontas is now a Senator, having defeated Scott Brown. Representative Allen West lost his seat by a narrow margin to the infamous Wasserman Schultz from Florida.

Americans chose high unemployment, reduction of our military, communist indoctrination of their children, and loss of personal freedoms unlike we have never seen before in this country.

I am saddened by the loss of millions and millions of American soldiers who have died to preserve freedom yet we lost it on November 6, 2012. Those buried in cemeteries around the world and at Arlington must be rolling in their graves today. We shamelessly allowed their sacrifice of blood and treasure to go in vain. We have no honor because we let down all the soldiers who fought in recent times and returned home limbless with lives shattered from physical and mental wounds of war.

I mourn today the loss of my adopted country. I have fought hard over the last four years to prevent its overt and accelerated destruction but the darker forces stronger than many of us have overcome concerted efforts by millions of Americans to maintain the Republic. Mediocrity, sloth, godlessness, dependence, cowardice, using the law selectively or ignoring it, and hopeless corruption will define the new country. Only God can save us now with his mercy and grace.

....Dr. Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50871

[Patriot]

Sadly, Warph, I think the article you posted here answers both questions posed in the subject of this thread.  Some liberal idiot recently ascribed my attitude to 'anger' over Romney's loss of this election.  If only life were that simple.  Angry?  Yes, but not over Obama vs Romney.  Let's remember that anger is known as a secondary emotion.  Underneath anger is most always sadness and grief.

Like the author above, I grieve and am deeply saddened to see the death of the constitutional republic for which I gave many years of my life.  Even more painful is the comradery lost of so many patriots in their service from the 1700s through today who paid more great a price in their service.  They gave their lives.  That sadness and grief boils into anger as the loss of our republic, and the liberties it afforded, have been the result of sheer stupidity born out of secular humanism... the religion of the left.  Then salt is poured into that wound by those fools who describe themselves as 'moderates' simply because they don't possess the wisdom, let alone the moral character, to understand what the founders gave us and to defend it... they want to negotiate (read: compromise) their way forward.

The answers to the questions are clear:  We're headed to hell on earth, and, for all intents & purposes, we've arrived.  All that remains is to see what spoils of war will be left for the common man... I'm sure personal liberty & freedom won't be among them.

The author you cite writes, "Only God can save us now with his mercy and grace."  To that, I somberly say, " Amen".

[Sarge]

I agree and will add my Amen!

[redcliffsw]

Yes Sirs!  Amen.