Ok, I realize there is a state of mind where you are not going to be moved, are not willing to change your thinking. I guess you could say that about me. Despite knowing most people reading this will snarl and call me a racist hick, I offer no apologies for my feelings and opinions. I pay attention, I watch other stuff besides Fox News, and I know what people like to say about conservatives, white Protestant Southerners, at that. So, I realize at the particular juncture of historical unrest, my opinion is not popular. But you know, I just have to say, there is some stuff going on that is really creepy.
Ok, I know Glenn Beck is a florid, shrieking bastion of bawdy patriotism. But you have to admit the guy has some pretty convincing evidence, if you get past the weeping sessions and costume changes. Don't get me wrong, I love the guy. I think he is hilarious sometimes. But he really says stuff that scares me, and when I say scared, I don't mean scared like "boogety-boogety-boo" , 'cause Glenn Beck said so, and it's sensational, and let's just roll with that for a moment. No, I mean scared like maybe they did what they intended to, which scares me, but he is always fair enough to tell his viewers to go check things out for themselves, which I do. I'm a born researcher and digger. My ex-brother-in-law used to say I could tell who was coming through the neighborhood by the sound of their car. I digress.
So, today Glenn had Rush on. See the thing about these two guys is, they say stuff that makes sense, at least to me. I don't think it is any more fair for someone from the "left" to dismiss the concerns and feelings of the other side, than it is for us to do it, which they say we do and they don't, and we say they do, and we don't. Sigh. The bottom line is this: I truly have this gut-feeling something bad is looming in the distance. See, when I listen to Glenn Beck and he rolls video of our new FCC "Diversity Czar" talking about Hugo Chavez (spit) and his "great revolution" down in Venezuela, I get nervous. You know, on another quick point, I have to agree with Glenn on the whole thing about calling those guys "czars". Aren't we Americans in the habit of calling our statesmen names that we either made up or came from, like, Latin, (not as in Latin American, either)? I don't like the word czar. It makes me think of, ahem, revolutions and blood on snowy streets and other horrors and crazy monks with weird eyes.
Americans have become too enamored with themselves. Not to say we need to go around apologizing for it, much less bending over in a foreign country. Notice I did not say "bowing". But, yeah, Americans have forgotten that we are one of the youngest nations in the world still, and we aren't completely invincible to being destroyed. It seems so implausible as to not be possible that America should ever fall? But what if it does? What if it does? What will we do? Oh man, I guess that was a bit on the hysterical side. Anyway, I realize there is a garishness to the way Glenn and Rush present themselves, certainly Glenn Beck more so. They are, however, the Paul Reveres of their time. Did those colonists just wave a dismissive hand and say, "Ach, he's crazy, I'm going back to bed. If they get me, I'll guess they'll be the one's paying for my return trip"? No. They got up and fought to keep their hard-won freedom.
When people publicly and ostentatiously represent their views that are in direct antipathy to those values upon which this country was founded, I have to ask why our president consorts with them and even gives them titled positions in his administration. We have tried calling our congressman. Didn't do any good. We got the pat form letter. I honestly don't know what else to do other than use the God-given skills that make my living. I also agree with Glenn that people who consider themselves true patriots have an obligation to ask questions and keep those who are in charge in check. Those town halls forums are great. I love to see those people getting excited. It's even more exciting to know the taunts and name calling from the liberals about the local "Tea Bag" parties were dismissed with less than a moment's thought, practically. I hardly ever hear that ridiculous term anymore. It really says a lot for our society when such a vulgar term was made popular from high schools to our top political circles. That's rather disappointing. "Tree-hugging, bleeding-heart, hippie liberal nut", my dad's term for people who protested meat packing plants and stuff, why, that's nowhere near as bad! But, hey that's where our society is going, right?
It is hard to see how things have started to shift, ever so slowly. But the rules have changed. As the right began to lose complete control of the country, eventually there was a time when everyone wanted everything to be "equal". No problem there. There was definitely a problem with the status quo for many a decade. But the winds have change have continue to blow and gotten stronger and now the burden is leaning on the right to adopt new value systems and conform to new standards, many of whom are not ready to do so.
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