In President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address on January 20, 1961, he said...
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
I was watching the 1996 movie "Mother" when I noticed that Debbie Reynolds's character typed "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your party." This is a misquote and a sign of the political environment we find ourselves in today. Too many citizens are more concerned with supporting their party than with supporting this great country.
Based on their actions and legislation, most Democrat politicians (and some Republicans) hate this country. They hate its foundational documents and Christian heritage. They say black lives matter, but destroy Abraham Lincoln statues and allow black lives to be destroyed with Antifa and BLM riots. They defund the police and refuse to prosecute violent criminals. Then...
They reward the Taliban with billions of dollars worth of military equipment, cash (millions, I think, based on the images), classified documents, and a list of names for them to go after. The names were of American citizens and allies including Afghan citizens that helped us. They left American citizens behind and are now trapped unable to leave.
The Democrats would rather align themselves with the Taliban terrorists who murder those who won't follow their very oppressive Sharia laws than "we the people". The Democrats claim to care about women and children, but they are fine with the Taliban who marry off young girls, oppress, beat, and sometimes kill women. The Taliban chants "death to America". The Democrats may not chant "death to America", but their actions certainly support that sentiment.
In 1952 Reader's Digest printed the following words from Dean Alfange, a progressive and labor activist. (The following quote came from The national Pulse)
“I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek to develop whatever talents God gave me—not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say – ‘This, with God’s help, I have done.’ All this is what it means to be an American.”
When we look to the government (or big tech) to protect us, those very people will eventually turn on us and become tyrannical as we have seen a lot of lately. Between suppression of speech, promoting lies, hiding truth, vaccine and mask mandates, the prosecution of those who disagree with them, including the political prisoners from January 6th who did NOT promote or cause any violence but are still being held without evidence of wrongdoing. There is also the unconstitutional patriot act where the government is allowed to spy on all American citizens with NO evidence of a crime and no search warrants. These are some obvious abuses.
Today's political environment is very disturbing. The people in control (MSM, big tech, politicians, etc.) are punishing Trump supporters and/or people speaking out against tyranny. They get banned from big tech, verbally attacked by MSM, fired from their jobs, have threats on their lives and families, products pulled from stores, arrested by the government if they can find an excuse (even if the excuse is a lie), or physically attacked in the streets by Antifa and BLM, etc.
We, as a people, need to be more concerned with keeping (or getting back) our freedoms than being protected. When we have freedom, we have more protection against a corrupt government.
Thank you for reading.
(The images are public domain from pixabay.com.)
