America
A very contemplative night. We have a contract on the house and plan to close on the 10th of August. Not only that, new owners will allow us to rent our house back from them until we close on the new one. You can’t hope for more than that. And I am genuinely grateful. But that is not what is on my mind tonight. I probably should have said what Ann Coulter said, "Adios America". I promise no more of these after tonight. But I am really worried about our country.
We just celebrated the Fourth of July, Independence day, and I am amazed at the number of people who don’t know what that means. Especially our young people that have no clue what Independence Day means. They understand the 4th of July. They think it means, watermelon, fireworks, the beach, bar-b-que and beer. They have no idea about the number of people, from out founding fathers until now, that have sacrificed their lives so that they could be free to be the ignorant and unappreciative rabble that they have become. I wanted to say idiots, but that’s not true. They are not stupid. They are not dumb. They are simply ignorant, complacent and apathetic. I could blame our education system but they are just a part of it. When life is good, why worry about it. Because history repeats itself over and over again and mankind never learns. That is why.
I could go on, but I think I will let some people smarter than me say what I think.
"We cannot become Americans if we think of ourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular group in America has not yet become an American, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your cultural origin, race, or language is not worthy to live under the stars and stripes." – Woodrow Wilson
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americans. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation of all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities." --- Theodore Rosevelt.
"Has it occurred to you that the “multicultural society” is a contradiction in terms? A society is defined by it’s culture. Two cultures may live side by side in peace (though historical examples are difficult to uncover), but they cannot constitute one society. The “Melting Pot” was intended to homogenize our people. To the extent that they polarize, they deny and destroy the American dream." --- Jeff Cooper
I think the next quote sums this up nicely. Hain’t we got all the fools in our town on our side? And hain’t that a big enough majority in any town. --- Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Ok, so I’m an old man and why should I care. Because I have children and grandchildren and though I may not live to see it, I will have great grandchildren and … well, you get the idea. I care about the world we will leave them. I would like for it to be a better place but I fear it won’t.
America
A very contemplative night. We have a contract on the house and plan to close on the 10th of August. Not only that, new owners will allow us to rent our house back from them until we close on the new one. You can’t hope for more than that. And I am genuinely grateful. But that is not what is on my mind tonight. I probably should have said what Ann Coulter said, "Adios America". I promise no more of these after tonight. But I am really worried about our country.
We just celebrated the Fourth of July, Independence day, and I am amazed at the number of people who don’t know what that means. Especially our young people that have no clue what Independence Day means. They understand the 4th of July. They think it means, watermelon, fireworks, the beach, bar-b-que and beer. They have no idea about the number of people, from out founding fathers until now, that have sacrificed their lives so that they could be free to be the ignorant and unappreciative rabble that they have become. I wanted to say idiots, but that’s not true. They are not stupid. They are not dumb. They are simply ignorant, complacent and apathetic. I could blame our education system but they are just a part of it. When life is good, why worry about it. Because history repeats itself over and over again and mankind never learns. That is why.
I could go on, but I think I will let some people smarter than me say what I think.
"We cannot become Americans if we think of ourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular group in America has not yet become an American, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your cultural origin, race, or language is not worthy to live under the stars and stripes." – Woodrow Wilson
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americans. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation of all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities." --- Theodore Rosevelt.
"Has it occurred to you that the “multicultural society” is a contradiction in terms? A society is defined by it’s culture. Two cultures may live side by side in peace (though historical examples are difficult to uncover), but they cannot constitute one society. The “Melting Pot” was intended to homogenize our people. To the extent that they polarize, they deny and destroy the American dream." --- Jeff Cooper
I think the next quote sums this up nicely. Hain’t we got all the fools in our town on our side? And hain’t that a big enough majority in any town. --- Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Ok, so I’m an old man and why should I care. Because I have children and grandchildren and though I may not live to see it, I will have great grandchildren and … well, you get the idea. I care about the world we will leave them. I would like for it to be a better place but I fear it won’t.