So there are those in our country today who seek its ruination. Really?? I’m not sure what the motivation is, but it seems more and more to emanate from the world of academia, (as Marx said it would), where “education” is supposedly in abundance, but real knowledge and “common sense” are lacking.
This Fourth of July has a very different and urgent feel for me. On the one hand, I’m hopeful for change in November, away from the disastrous path our nation took back in January of 2021. On the other hand, I see and hear the enemies of freedom, who while still a vocal minority, are vehemently opposed to the core principles of this republic and the Constitution which guides it. Their noisy and often incoherent rhetoric is rooted in the very hate they claim to abhor, and lacks any of the factual context and/or basic reasoning necessary to read and understand our founding documents, which, most certainly were intended to be brief but, well, foundational…
To be sure, the men who penned the papers that would change the world and how human freedom was and is viewed for the betterment of mankind, were not perfect, though I’m unsure why this bears noting, as we are all fallen and flawed. Nevertheless, the Founder’s intellect and want of a nation governed by laws and not men, guided them to the words “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. In fact, a closer examination of all that was debated and agreed upon in those critical and consequential years leading up to 7/4/1776, tell a story of extraordinary courage, fortitude and sacrifice, things about which many of the current generation would know absolutely zero.
In the end, the words, “We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”, rang true for many of the Founders. The trials they endured, would have broken the backs of the woke simpletons marching in the streets today, removed from the security of their parents basements and the video game alternate reality of the 21st Century. Theirs is a lost culture, devoid of the truth of a nation, that while imperfect, is the greatest arrangement for mankind under God the world has ever known. How foolish are they, who refuse to see this fact, and who seem to stand opposed to the very principles which allow for their twisted grievances to be heard. But I digress…
Anyway, I think we’ve reached those crossroads I’ve written of these past 25 or so years. I think there is not much time left. Now I don’t mean the nation will be swallowed up by the oceans shortly, as one curious United States Supreme Court Justice seems to believe. LOL! What I mean is, we’re losing our history, and losing it fast. And if we don’t come together as a nation and as a people soon, and if we don’t begin to truly educate our young people on not just the bad, but the inherent good of a country which has sacrificed great blood and treasure at the altar of liberty, from the latter 18th Century to present day, all may in fact be lost. Teach them of the lives of those Founders, their sacrifices, and contributions to these United States. And remind them that while representative government is messy sometimes, it must be preserved at all cost for their sake, and the sake of their posterity.
Happy Fourth my friends! Be well and safe.
“No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life. Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.” – John Adams
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