- Now that another year of the Bush administration ends,
what is the record? You hear the inquiry are we any safer from the Dean
candidacy, but that's not the best question. What each of us should ask:
are we any better. Better means more than improved or feeling good. It
means whether we as a country are any closer to the purpose of why we are
a nation. If you define the query in simply political terms, the essential
elements that make life worth living would evade the list.
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- Judge for yourselves. The march towards a multicultural
society keeps its beat. The secular culture gears up to remove any remnants
of spiritual expression. The consumer economy promulgates its buy now,
pay later outlook. Good will towards men is preached in media broadcasts,
while greetings to your neighbors go unheard.
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- Now you might say, what does that have to do with the
President. Surely, the course of a society is not the outcome of a single
leader. But what about those areas that directly fall under his
influence?
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- A President sets the tone of the national debate. What
is on his agenda often shapes the way the political dialogue proceeds.
His wish list, becomes the front line for the loyal opposition. Most
Americans
believe there is a natural dichotomy in politics that opposes each other's
goals and aspirations. No doubt that each seek the power that office
affords.
But what about the policies that they are publicly committed to when you
sift through their rhetoric?
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- We are told that George Bush is a conservative. If this
really was the case, how do you explain his record of unprecedented
explosion
in federal spending? What is the rational for the expansion of central
government cradle to grave dependency? And how about the efforts to ship
the few remaining living wage jobs off to a third world multinational
paradise?
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- The undisputed fact that Bush supporters are unable to
face is that his brand of conservatism is directed to enhance the global
interdependency that has replaced American independence. This is the
holiday
season, so let's be honest. (that's directed to you) What remains of
limited
government, state's rights, freedom of association, civil liberties, right
to private property, integrity of our borders, sound money, local control
of key public services and freedom of the individual?
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- Many followers of Bush only reply that all has changed
since 911. Since they relish in that excuse, they work overtime to prove
that those changes require the elimination of the very purpose of the
founding
of our nation. Empire is their preference to cordial foreign relations.
Military dominance for global compliance is their dream. And exporting
that perfected democracy model is their prized foreign policy.
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- Now do you consider this record progress? It certainly
doesn't resemble any components that qualify as a conservative platform.
But what do words mean in a world that routinely substitutes images for
reality. Substance loses to semblance, when you abandon common sense. The
rules are made by those who deceive the most. In this era of universal
deceit the biggest liar moves up the ladder at the fastest pace. So let's
ask again. Are we better off under the son of the Bush clan?
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- The public relies upon the peer pressures of a designer
cultural, more than the rational judgment of a sensible citizen. The chief
ingredient that is injected into the society is the drug that accepts
whatever
is dished out. The demise of outrage is the leading gift that political
leaders send to their constituents. They have one chief fancy, to dumb
down the people to such a level that the thought of dissent will be
expunged
from the public arena. Their fantasy becomes a death wish for their
followers.
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- With political approval rising in the polls, it becomes
the measure of the mental deterioration in the country. Endorsement of
politicians is the nectar for tyranny. As long as the public believes that
government is the essential Santa, the consolidation of despotism goes
uninterrupted. Elevating Bush into a St Nick, in order to get more presents
from the State is childish. Little kids love toys, but adults prefer
liberty.
Americans don't need to be consumed about being safe from foreign foes,
there are ample domestic antagonists sitting in the seats of public
office.
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- So are we better off, after another year of illusory
benevolence? Replacing Bush with any of the elves in the party of
proclaimed
socialists is equally as frightful as re-upping the phony conservative
to another hitch. Our wish list is simple. Withhold your consent from any
Republican or Democrat. Resist any and all attempts to alter and destroy
the last remaining vestiges of a Republic and discredit the impaired
devotion
to a central government. Restore a system of laws that adhere to basic
constitutional interpretation that conforms to the original language,
intent
and design of our Founding Fathers. Withdraw from policies that forge a
foreign empire and return to the task of rebuilding our own domestic
economy.
And put God back into Christmas, before it becomes a hate crime to
celebrate
the meaning of the season.
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- If you use the standard - are we any better - reflect
upon your role and failure to stop the juggernaut of an all powerful
government
master. As long as you serve an injurious State, your loyalty is ill
placed.
The debts you owe are not merely financial, they have a lineage. That
legacy
owes homage to past forbearers and to future generations. As another year
ends, the prospects for a brighter new day dims once again. A nation that
abandons liberty willingly, doesn't deserve freedom. Christmas commemorates
the birth of hope. How many Americans will hear, heed and hold on to that
message?
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