Monday, May 3, 2010

Oh, The Arrogance!

The other day I was musing about the world we live in and this question kept running through my mind: How arrogant does one have to be to be to think they have the right to "fundamentally ruin" America? Really, think about that. What super power granted anyone the right to think they have a better plan than the men who fought the British and risked everything for our freedom? It's not like they willy nilly established the founding principles and rushed the process. It was a correlation of great men and minds spending countless hours in toil and turmoil to pond out the process we operate this country under. Yet out of the blue here comes a president who has a better idea. What tyranny has he conquered? What exactly does he have on the line if he fails? Where is his stake in the process?

I'm beginning to appreciate more and more everyday the cavalier attitude that has been taken when we were educated about out past. The lack of enthusiasm used when passing this information forward is beginning to reflect in our decision making. I was guilty of that too as a youth, history class had no meaning or use to me, but then it couldn't have been taught with less vigor. It's like it was just as much a chore to them to teach it as it was for us to listen. Memorization of dates isn't what history was about. There were stories, great stories that when properly told would capture the attention of even the most bored youth. Our lack of information allows what is happening in the first paragraph above to happen now in modern day. We have no appreciation of our past principles, so to alter them is simply acceptable and taken lightly.

Do your country a service and find those wonderful stories, then pass them forward, especially to the youth. Never should our struggle to win our freedom, nor the process we use to keep it be taken lightly. We are not so far removed from tyranny that we can't appreciate our freedom, we just need a reminder. Like those brave people who jump into questionable floatation, to cross shark infested waters, risking their very survival, so someone can stand before them and arrogantly state he's going to alter the process they just fled to.....

God Bless!
Capt. Bill

1 comment:

  1. We allow it to happen why because we pass the buck!

    That's right we pass the buck!
    You didn't so why are where we are now!

    Just keep passing that buck and take no accountability for our action.

    Oh yeah what action the action of watching tv??

    If we put the same energy we put in to watching AMERICAN idol, dancing with the star, and what ever we won't be where we are.

    YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

    As for the rest of us keep fighting this is only the first round. we maybe down but not beaten!!

    Thank you for your time.
    ..................................I MAN

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