ARE WE A HELPLESS NATION?

If I've heard this question once, I've heard it hundreds of times: "Just what can we do about it?"  That question is usually posed with frustration about some agency or segment of government, be it local, state or federal. 

Is this some kind of surrender?  Since when do we just roll over, throw in the towel and play dead in this country?  Are we so glued on the "meek shall inherit the earth" doctrine that we just don't have the gumption to stick up for ourselves?  I do know people who won't complain when the store clerk rings up the wrong amount or the neighbor's dog kills their cat, but is that who we really are? 

On both my paternal and maternal sides, my ancestors landed in this country in the 1600's.  Since that time, we fought the British for Independence, we had the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, World Wars 1 and 2, Korea, Vietnam, two Gulf wars, Afghanistan... no where in this litany of defense of freedom do I see Americans turning their backs on a fight.  Moreover, many times in our history Americans have banded together to make their voices heard in Washington.  

Why not now? 

You don't like ObamaCare?  Who voted for it?  You don't like Fast & Furious or Benghazi investigations and results?  Who is in the way of answers?  Congress has the lowest approval rating of any history in the country?  Are you going to reelect any of them? 

We are in an internal war.  It's a war about the soul and foundation of America.  It's literally patriotic American against them... the ones who want to dismantle 250 years of nation-building and growth of democracy for their own self ends.  Is this the time to roll over and play dead? 

If our Congress is not doing its job, we have a patriotic duty to replace it.  If we don't have the backbone to accomplish that, we need to pack up and move to Venezuela, Cuba... even Russia, where people without backbones are welcomed with open arms.  

So, while you're watching the Super Bowl tomorrow, don't take the time to talk about ObamaCare... talk about what you are going to do about it.  Talk about the job your Congressional delegates have done and how they have voted about the issues which concern you.  Talk about who should be replaced.  Remember...the elections are only 10 months away.  It's again time to prove we are NOT a helpless nation. 

Illegitimi non carborundum. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.