Life and an article that made me think.

Kind of a broad title. Its all I gots right now.

Congratulations to all those that I know who are about to be first time parents. It will make a profound difference in your life, and I’m not just talking about lack of sleep.

I read an article recently that, although it deals with homosexual “marriage”, it spoke to me about other issues politically. This recent health care thing and the change of administration has made me re-evaluate what I believe and what I think might be the correct course for the country. Unfortunately, I have found our current situation far from ideal and I’ve actually had to think about what it means to be a member of this country. As it stands now, I don’t know how supportive I would be of our leaders and our country. I’ve had to think about a separation where perhaps my strongest allegiances should change. I know if there was a war, I probably wouldn’t be supportive if my children wanted to go in the military. I’ve really had to think about where our country has gone in the past 100 years.

I’m not so much a fan of political parties. I was never a fan of the Bushes. Didn’t really like them. Hoped that Heavenly Father would forgive us and our country if we weren’t justified in going into Iraq and Afghanistan. The dems considered the repubs evil…but didn’t get out of the wars, didn’t change the patriot act, and the power/freedom grab that was tried by them absolutely infuriated me. That isn’t to say I trust the Repubs. They are just as bad in many respects. Anyway, this article, towards the end, put into words what I have been thinking.

http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2004-02-15-1.html

Below is the part that really hit home.

They Think They Have the Power.

The politically correct elite think they have the power to make these changes, because they control the courts.

They don't have to consult the people, because the courts nowadays have usurped the power to make new law.

Democracy? What a joke. These people hate putting questions like this to a vote. Like any good totalitarians, they know what's best for the people, and they'll force it down our throats any way they can.

That's what the Democratic filibuster in the Senate to block Bush's judicial appointments is all about -- to keep the anti-family values of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in control of our government.

And when you add this insult onto the already deep injuries to marriage caused by the widespread acceptance of nonmonogamous behavior, will there be anything left at all?

Sure. In my church and many other churches, people still cling fiercely to civilized values and struggle to raise civilized children despite the barbarians who now rule us through the courts.

The barbarians think that if they grab hold of the trunk of the tree, they've caught the birds in the branches. But the birds can fly to another tree.

And I don't mean that civilized Americans will move. I mean that they'll simply stop regarding the authority of the government as having any legitimacy.

It is the most morally conservative portion of society that is most successful in raising children who believe in loyalty and oath-keeping and self-control and self-sacrifice.

And we're tired of being subject to barbarian rules and laws that fight against our civilized values. We're not interested in risking our children's lives to defend a nation that does not defend us.

Who do you think is volunteering for the military to defend America against our enemies? Those who believe in the teachings of politically correct college professors? Or those who believe in the traditional values that the politically correct elite has been so successful in destroying?

Let's take a poll of our volunteer military -- especially those who specialize in combat areas -- and see what civilization it is that they actually volunteered to defend.

Since the politically correct are loudly unwilling to fight or die for their version of America, and they are actively trying to destroy the version of America that traditional Americans are willing to fight or die to defend, just how long will "America" last, once they've driven out the traditional culture?

Oh, it will still be called America.

But out of the old American mantras of "democracy" and "freedom" and "home" and "family," of "motherhood" and "apple pie," only the pie will be left.

And even if few people care enough to defend the old family values against the screaming hate speech of the Left -- which is what they're counting on, of course -- the end will be the same. Because with marriage finally killed, America will no longer be able to raise up children with any trust in or loyalty to or willingness to sacrifice for that society.

So either civilized people will succeed in establishing a government that protects the family; or civilized people will withdraw their allegiance from the government that won't protect it;

or the politically correct barbarians will have complete victory over the family -- and, lacking the strong family structure on which civilization depends, our civilization will collapse or fade away.

Remember how long Iraq's powerful military lasted against a determined enemy, when the Iraqi soldiers no longer had any loyalty to the Iraqi leadership. That wasn't an aberration. It's how great nations and empires fall.

Depriving us of any democratic voice in these sweeping changes may not lead to revolution or even resistance. But it will be just as deadly if it leads to despair. For in the crisis, few citizens will lift a finger to protect or sustain the elite that treated the things we valued -- our marriages, our children, and our right to self-government -- with such contempt.

　

May heaven help us. If I’m thinking these things, and the article shows others think these things, the country better straighten up or we will be doomed.