As the year ends, I need to address an important issue. But, before I do, I need to address an important issue.
The first important issue is that I try to convey points of view that will cause the reader to take stock of his or her surroundings, what is going on in the world, and how things really are. Sometimes, in trying to provoke thought, I use humor. Sometimes I use sarcasm. Sometimes I will portray a stand that is completely opposite of what I truly believe, in the hopes that the reader will call me a dumb sob and will get off his ass and go do something that will benefit himself or society in general. You see, I truly believe that the power of the pen is usually more powerful than that of the sword.
The fact that I italicized the word usually leads me to the second important issue. Sometimes, you have to drop a bomb in order to get someone’s attention. You have to literally grab the baseball bat and hit them over the head with it. The problem lies in the fact that we humans tend to avoid conflict and confrontation whenever we can. Rather than to stand up for what is right and for what we believe in, we bury our noses in the book in front of us, flip to another channel, or simply get up and walk out of the room.
Many people would take such signs of indifference as a sign of weakness. Such as, “If they don’t care that the government is corrupt, then why shouldn't the government become more corrupt?”
Taking the news that is evolving this morning in the Middle East, where the Israelis have unleashed attacks on Hamas, you have to understand that Hamas has been sending indiscriminate lobs of missiles and shells into Israel for years. Israel, in bowing to the wishes of the United States, has taken the “politically correct or expedient” tact of not firing back and trying to allow the pen of diplomacy to work its magic. But now, the time has come to use the baseball bat.
Which finally leads me to 2009 and the future of this country:
For too many decades, we have trusted Washington to do its job. And, now the day has come when the country itself is on the verge of bankruptcy, our economy is in a shambles, we have lost our place and respect as leader of the free world, unemployment is on a rapid increase, we turn a blind eye to those who are corrupt or who have in other ways lost their moral values, we shrug our shoulders as illegal immigration continues… I even think that we have come to the point where we believe that domestic terrorism in our country is preferable and acceptable as opposed to taking whatever steps are necessary to prevent it. We have a government that continues to throw money at its economic problems without regard to the fact that taxes revenues are going to decline drastically because people are not working, the gross domestic product is declining, and those who do owe taxes are not going to be able to pay them, anyway.
Folks, we’re going to have to bite the bullet in 2009 and we’re going to have to slam Congress over the head many, many times with the baseball bat in order to convince them that we mean business. And, we’re probably going to have to make it clear to terrorists and antagonists everywhere that we’ve had enough. And, those of us who believe in God are going to have to convince those who do not that, while they may have the freedom in this country not to believe, we are no longer going to tolerate their open attempts to deny us our rights to believe and to practice our beliefs.
The year of 2009 is likely to truly test our mettle. My question to you, Mr. and Mrs. America, is this: Are we up to the challenge?
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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