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What Happened To The Greatest Nation?(Letter to the Editor)
The Bulletin ^ | February 06, 2009 | John Rosania

Posted on 02/08/2009 5:02:55 AM PST by IbJensen

To the Editor:

This is a clarion call to arms, not guns. We’ve been there and done that, but rather a call to hands and mouths in order to take back what we lived and died for.

We lived during or shortly after the “Great Depression” We fought and won World War II , fought in Korea and Vietnam freed tens of millions from dictatorial and repressive regimes, while losing millions of our fathers, brothers, uncles and cousins.

We built one of the greatest economic and strongest democratic nations that the world has ever seen and rebuilt the nations of our enemies while we were at it.

Over the last five decades, while we were working to improve our lifestyle, educate our children and plan for the rewards of a retirement without worry, we allowed socialist minded politicians and “elite academics” (in their own minds) who never did an honest days work, lived off their parents and feed at the troth of government to infiltrate our educational institutions and all levels of government to brainwash our children and grandchildren, demean the family, our Judeo-Christian values, steal our retirement, our legacy and our ability to leave our hard earned wealth to future generations.

Oh yes, not to mention these are the same (ashamed of their parents and our country) radicals, many of whom evaded the draft by going to college or joining the peace corps, marching in the streets, smoking dope, singing “Kumbaya,” gave comfort to our enemies and for the most part were responsible for our loss of the Vietnam War and the lives of tens of thousands more of our sons and brothers. Is history repeating itself?

These lying thieving, elitists, social engineers (regardless of party affiliation) are stealing our legacy and our money at the same time. As we watch, they are hocking the future of our grandchildren and great grandchildren with no end in sight. Time is running out!

Throwing our money into a never ending cesspool of failed social programs, jobs that provide excellent benefits and more unfunded liabilities. Instead of being “The Great Society,” it is now called a “Stimulus Package.”

I doubt that you will be stimulated in view of the fact that our elected representatives have been responsible for the loss of trillions of dollars of our hard earned wealth that, with tongue in check, means we may have to die earlier than we thought we would. Funny. But sad!

Time may be running out for us, and if we let it, time will run out for our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

If you are not seriously infirmed or in long term care, instead of worrying that you’ll lose your social security (another Ponzi Scheme) or your Medicare and drug program and convinced you are helpless to do anything, think back to the ’30s and ’40s. We did it once we can do it again! Take back our government and educational institutions. Don’t allow them to scare us and take our eye off the ball.

Stay focused!. Write or call your representative, senator (state and federal), our colleges and universities. They want your vote and your money. You’re not some old person whose time has past. Express you displeasure. Hold their feet to the fire. Write to the Supreme Court. They’re letting it happen while we talk but don’t walk the walk. Don’t be all talk and take no action.

Have dialogue with your children and grand children. Tell them what you did and why you did it. They won’t learn that in school. They don’t realize it yet but their future is at risk.

All you have to do is call or write. Frustrating and fruitless as it may seem, the pen is mightier than the sword.


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...we allowed socialist minded politicians and “elite academics” (in their own minds) who never did an honest days work, lived off their parents and feed at the troth of government to infiltrate our educational institutions and all levels of government to brainwash our children and grandchildren, demean the family, our Judeo-Christian values, steal our retirement, our legacy and our ability to leave our hard earned wealth to future generations.

Of the 535 members of the Congress we find but a few that shouldn't be thrown bodily into the Potomac.

Mainly the rest are unredeemable liberal pansies who jump on any bill or bandwagon that would further destroy our nation. Of these unredeemables many are outright communists, like Maxine Waters for example.

At the head of these leftists you'll find the newly elected messiah who is scrambling to get his huge takeover plan passed with minimum comment. He is the one who will complete the job of destruction and will be a much worse president than Jimmy.

1 posted on 02/08/2009 5:02:56 AM PST by IbJensen
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To: IbJensen

What a wonderful article. This is something worth repeating so I have saved it for future use. Thank you for posting.


2 posted on 02/08/2009 5:10:43 AM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a 5 year old son with Down Syndrome. He's a wonderful gift.)
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To: IbJensen

“Of the 535 members of the Congress we find but a few that shouldn’t be thrown bodily into the Potomac.”

I got this in an email .....

Is It NBA Or NFL?

36 have been accused of spousal abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

19 have been accused of writing bad checks

117 have directly or indirectly
bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

71,repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting

21 currently are defendants in lawsuits, and

84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can
you guess which organization this is?

Give
up yet? . . Scroll down,

Neither,
it’s the 435 members of the
United States Congress

The
same group of Idiots that crank out
hundreds of new laws each year
designed to keep the rest of us in line.

nuff said..........


3 posted on 02/08/2009 5:15:19 AM PST by leenie312
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To: IbJensen
Of the 535 members of the Congress we find but a few that shouldn't be thrown bodily into the Potomac.

Great line. Also true.

4 posted on 02/08/2009 5:18:54 AM PST by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: IbJensen

Welcome to New Kenya!

"Where the law of the jungle has replaced the Law of the Land."

note- Obama's clothes are Samali

Samalia is 96% Sunni Muslim

5 posted on 02/08/2009 5:20:06 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: IbJensen
This is a clarion call to arms, not guns. We’ve been there and done that,

No, actually, you have'nt done that against our nation's enemies HERE.

70 million gun owners in this country could take back our nation in a week if it came down to cases.

6 posted on 02/08/2009 5:20:20 AM PST by L,TOWM (Liberals, The Other White Meat)
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To: L,TOWM
"70 million gun owners in this country could take back our nation in a week if it came down to cases."

And that is the REAL reason the politians want to take away our guns!

7 posted on 02/08/2009 5:31:57 AM PST by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
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To: IbJensen

So far the only thing to trickle up from Obamas tricle up economy is an empty wallet.


8 posted on 02/08/2009 5:33:55 AM PST by screaminsunshine (f)
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To: leenie312

This floats around from time to time. It’s false.


9 posted on 02/08/2009 5:36:34 AM PST by MARTIAL MONK
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To: leenie312
I got this in an email ..... Is It NBA Or NFL?

Come on man. You got this in an email and you believe it! Where is the proof of any of this? I want to throw these guys in the Potomac as much as the next, but really, using a spam email as a source of information! How long have you been surfing the internet? This is all bogus.

Get real facts and then come back and post it! This is not DU or Slate!

10 posted on 02/08/2009 5:40:53 AM PST by Gaas
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To: Gaas

Anyone up for showing up on the mall with

pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers,
and
Five Hundred Thirty SIX rails?


11 posted on 02/08/2009 5:42:31 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: IbJensen

But you must remember that ultimately the American people, out of greed, fear, and socialism, endorse their own destruction.


12 posted on 02/08/2009 5:45:25 AM PST by Theodore R. (GWB is gone: Now the American sheeple can sleep at night!)
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To: Texas Fossil

The American people lack the capacity to preserve their historical heritage, and presumably Lenin knew that they would lack this capacity in time.


13 posted on 02/08/2009 5:46:49 AM PST by Theodore R. (GWB is gone: Now the American sheeple can sleep at night!)
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To: leenie312
emails
14 posted on 02/08/2009 5:52:55 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: IbJensen
We fought and won World War II , fought in Korea and Vietnam freed tens of millions from dictatorial and repressive regimes, while losing millions of our fathers, brothers, uncles and cousins.

Lovely rant, but not numerically accurate. Total American deaths in WWII, Vietnam and Korea were less than 500,000.

15 posted on 02/08/2009 5:59:17 AM PST by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: leenie312

And in the senate we have one that uas never charged with murder.


16 posted on 02/08/2009 6:02:35 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: IbJensen

What we have done is to elect to political office and entrust our children’s education to liberal elites who believe that all but themselves are incapable of making the “right” decisions in their lives. Rather than fix our own problems we have sought the government to wipe every tear, right every wrong and solve every problem. We have become content to let the liberal media tell us “that’s the way it is”. This has all come to a culmination in the election of Obama and this ultra liberal Congress. Now we are beginning to see that Reagan was right when he said that the government is the problem not the solution.


17 posted on 02/08/2009 6:02:46 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: IbJensen

Shirley, you jest. We’re way beyond the ‘write yer congressman’ phase when to the man they allowed an illegal alien to sit in the Oval Office and bring down whats left of the rest of our country. Wake up and smell the coffee.


18 posted on 02/08/2009 6:03:32 AM PST by Eastbound
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To: Eastbound
We’re way beyond the ‘write yer congressman’ phase

Unfortunately, I think you're right.

19 posted on 02/08/2009 6:09:00 AM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Theodore R.

This was an excellent editorial.

I wonder how much of our drift towards socialism is due to women wanting/needing to be taken care of. When fathers/husbands disappear or don’t take leadership roles in their families, ‘scared’ women look to the nanny government to care for them and their offspring.

I believe this is one of the reasons our great society is failing. Some women, even with a well paying job, still don’t cherish their freedom and independance the way men do. And many men were more than happy to allow the government to step into their former role as leader and provider of the family. Generations of boys who won’t transition to manhood. Generations of girls who still need to ensure the survival of their children.

Christian religions teach personal responsibility along with family unity and strength. It’s the reason our government & media want to diminish the voice of Christians in our nation.


20 posted on 02/08/2009 6:11:35 AM PST by carmody
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