Happy Independence Day everyone! Two days early but that's ok, Gratitude Is the Key to Resisting America-Haters July 2, 2018 | By E. Jeffrey Ludwig | https://www.americanthinker.com/art...de_is_the_key_to_resisting_americahaters.html A friend of mine recently directed a question to me: "If liberals do not recognize biological gender, why do they protest for women's rights?" From decades of association with the left, I know that members of America's Cult of Anarchy and Victimization (the ACAV) would answer that if you protect one victim of our sexist-homophobic-racist society, you are protecting all victims. Within this worldview that despises all we have been in the past lives the view that the principles of liberty, happiness, and life are based on myths that have been propagated by a powerful elite and that these myths are not only fallible, but based on lies and delusions. One such myth is that the Founding Fathers of the USA were responsible and brilliant individuals driven by knowledge of history and deep ethical commitments to create a "city on the hill" (this phrase coming from the New Testament Gospel of Matthew that motivated the original New England settlers). Another one of the delusions is that the USA respects the rights or even tries to respect the rights of all individuals living under her blessed governance. That is why they would rather be dead than sing "God Bless America" or "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" or even the National Anthem. They openly scoff at the idea that we are the land of the free or the home of the brave. Also, ACAV members openly scoff at the idea of America's existence as flowing from God's providential decree. To them, our history belies anything godly or righteous; rather, it is a cesspool of exploitation and rejection of individuals and subcultures. These critics are identified with the atheistic left and believe that the patriotic identification of America with God's blessing is mere hype, that there is no God to bless America, that God is used by the religious right to rationalize exploitation and bullying in the minds of the exploiters just as He was used by slave-holders to justify the unjustifiable. And if you ask them about the vast numbers of evangelicals who spearheaded the fight for abolition, or the hundreds of thousands who died in the Civil War for the cause of national unity, freedom and equality for all, and for a hopeful tomorrow, they will answer with smug indifference that by allowing Jim Crow to flourish after 1877, the lack of white sincerity and commitment even in the North, even among so-called Christians, was revealed. Weren't there so many lynchings? Weren't voting rights denied? Weren't public facilities segregated? And weren't black enclaves in the North impoverished and rejected even up to our present day? How is this one country under God? Either God does not care or the ones who claim to follow God have blinders covering their hearts and minds. Not one word of gratitude will pass their lips for the achievements of integration, dignity, and wholesome respect based on law for people living here. The existence of hundreds of years of slavery, the wars with the American Indians and their consignment to reservations, the uphill battle to give women the vote, and the struggles of workers for even a modicum of creature comforts over decades and decades are proof to this cadre of haters that the word "good" or "blessed" or "free" or "peaceful" or "beautiful" cannot in any legitimate sense be applied to the USA that has flourished since colonial days, into its founding, or in the years since its founding. What an irony it is that the core haters of a positive view of America can be found within the ranks of the Democratic Party. As Dinesh D'Souza has helped to publicize, the Democratic Party has been an active player in promoting many areas of exploitation that it now pretends to descry. But the truth is that no other country in history has made as much progress in dealing with its internal disputes and stressors as the USA. The reservoir of goodwill, courage, enterprise, zeal for righteous action, belief in the family and the individual, and tremendous faith in God has consistently led us to overcoming our faults and to unrivaled achievements in the moral and scientific. A great negative hypnosis has taken over the minds and hearts of too many. Instead of gratitude for this land of opportunity, we are living through a socio-political crisis of great magnitude. Too many have adopted the vision of perverse thinkers like Howard Zinn, whose college textbook, A People's History of the United States, with its sharp, communist-based criticism of our society, is widely taught and believed. Through clever bombardment of their psyches by cultural Marxists from the Frankfurt School who arrived here in the 1930s, and later through the Students for a Democratic Society, the hippie drug counter-culture, the bogus black power advocates and defiant radical feminists beginning in the nineteen sixties, the minds of millions shifted away from pride in having saved the world from aggression in World Wars I and II to seeing our blessed country as an exploitative, war-mongering entity. A collective amnesia began to expand whereby the thrill of beginning anew a life in America for millions upon millions – including this writer's grandparents – is being replaced by an image of damnable oppression as the main theme of our history. Instead of American productivity and charity being seen as lifting literally hundreds of millions out of poverty at home and abroad, the naysayers are crying out condemnation day and night on CNN, MSNBC, the N.Y. Times, and the Washington Post, and in the mouths of painfully ignorant legislators in the House and Senate. All this animosity is tied together in a kind of socio-political unified field theory: whites, straights, males, and the top 1% together are the enemy. All other groups are victims of the false narratives that these four categories of persons support in their common struggle to maintain hegemony in a rotten, capitalist, exploitative system. Therefore, we must categorically, day and night, in our speech, in our writings, in our voting patterns, in our civic organizations, in our churches, in our informal gatherings over lunch and dinner, and in our clubs, insistently and repeatedly express our gratitude for living in the USA. We must also express our gratitude for our national founders and forefathers (and yes, foremothers) for their fortitude and commitment. We must continually try, even incrementally, to inform ourselves about our Constitution and history. We must regularly remind ourselves and others that we love the United States and that Divine Providence has led us to be a light to all nations. E. Jeffrey Ludwig has published over 150 articles online promoting conservative values, rationality, importance of faith in God, America first, and pro-Israel values and causes. He has taught philosophy, history, writing, and literature at universities and secondary schools for many decades and is author of The Catastrophic Decline of America's Public High Schools. And for Old Times sake... And our President Trump...
We are definitely living in a post Christian world, that much seems obvious. All of this seems to be priming the world for a savior. God have Mercy.
Brian. I could care less if anyone accepts my position on "Q"... I Trust Trump alone! As the saying goes, you can lead a hoarse to water, but you cant make him drink. For the record: I stood almost alone on this forum when I said Trump would be President early in the primaries Q is now talking Regime change in Iran???? LOLOL Bush Clinton Obama pushed Regime change! Trump often condemned Regime change for years before and during the Election cycle. Sorry,but Q is a neocon huckster As far as Dr Corsi goes, I listened to 3 or 4 shows. 2 when he was pro Q. Corsi spoke positive of his Catholic faith. He stated he gets a lot of heat from Christians on being Catholic so he said I down play it for the sake of the common end goal. That's what I went by when I posted on Corsi.
Ben in my book is a Never Trumper. He spent many of nights on FOX News w/ Megyn Kelly crying over Trump and how he will Never be President...lol The Russian indictments are actually hilarious. RR announced them to the public and a month later these Russians wanted to appear in court to challenge the charges. Mueller looked like a fool in court when he asked the judge for an extension so he could prepare his case....tick tock " were still waiting" Just a show trial folks.
Do you remember when Bubba was Prez ,during the Lewinsky scandal? Monica testified Bill told her they couldn't talk on the phone because a foreign intel agency could be listening. Later it was confirmed Mo sad had operations inside the US and were targeting the White House. After a week the story was gone and Never heard of again. Also, AWACS technology we gave to Israel who later made a deal with China to purchase until the US blew that deal up.... Who needs enemies when you have friends....ha!
I’m not a Neo Con fan, I think their Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc., wars were a terrible mistake for the American middle class. But there was a Saddam Hussein because the radicals were in charge of Iran. Hussein was used to contain the crazies. The Carter’s administration supported an Iranian regime change, and that brought chaos to the Middle East. The left never supports the lesser evil. Although I love Buchanan, I don’t agree with his analysis on Iran. I’m all for freeing Iran from the Mullahs. If we can do this covertly, I applaud our efforts. And why wouldn’t Israel be a concern for the U.S.? The world, not just Israel, would be safer without the lunatics governing Iran. I believe Trump has finally told the CIA, enough with ignoring these whackos in North Korea, and Iran. The world order must change, and it is. The left toppled countries like Libya, which made things worse. How about some order and less chaos in that region? It will benefit us all in the long run. As for Latin America, I agree they just can’t govern themselves without corruption and poverty. You would think they would learn seeing the destruction of Cuba by a communist system not to vote for the same government. But they don’t.
Byron, it is all about jealousy and envy. The Cubans and Venezuelans that desired communism did so, not because they believed their life would improve, but because everyone else would be brought down and become as miserable and destitute, as they were. What they failed to understand is that the level of misery they wished for would be several quantum levels worse than that which they had experienced originally. The Venezuelan poor were better off, by most every measure, before Chavez than now. The same with Cuba.
Good for you! On a more important note, I stood almost alone on this forum pointing out the dangers of this papacy. I don’t see you clarifying your previous posts in that regard yet...
There's not a good guy with courage that the mob won't try to set against with their lie machine: Deep State Targets Conservative Favorite Jim Jordan With Vicious Smear Campaign After Announcing Speakership Plans Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) was hit with a vicious smear campaign Tuesday by the swamp. Rep. Jim Jordan has been hammering Rosenstein and the FBI over their corruption, Russia probe and Spygate. The Ohio Congressman also just announced his House Speakership bid plans; he’s a Freedom Caucus founder and very popular with Trump supporters. The swamp unleashed a smear campaign on Jordan Tuesday morning, accusing him of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach. The law firm handling this case is none other than Perkins Coie; the same law firm that represented Hillary Clinton’s campaign and paid for the fake Russia dossier. (also Obama's attack dog against anyone seeking his records) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-campaign-after-announcing-speakership-plans/ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Figures. Perkins Coie Law Firm That Paid for Junk Steele Dossier is Behind Fake News Hit Piece on Jim Jordan ...... Needless to say, Perkins Coie is the go-to firm for Democrat Party dirty work. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-is-behind-fake-news-hit-piece-on-jim-jordan/
The people have the right to know the facts and the persons involved. They can witness this character's Dept. lawyers tell him not to speak. BREAKING=> Chairman Goodlatte: Peter Strzok Has Been Subpoenaed to Testify PUBLICLY Before Congress Next Tuesday Disgraced FBI official, Peter Strzok has been subpoenaed by Chairman Goodlatte to publicly testify before a joint House Judiciary and House Oversight hearing on Tuesday, July 10 at 10 AM EST. Strzok appeared voluntarily to Capitol Hill last Wednesday as a way to evade a subpoena and gave a closed-door deposition. Strzok’s deposition last week was a disaster; according to Congressmen present, he was “smug” and “defiant” and laughed off questions from lawmakers. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...estify-publicly-before-congress-next-tuesday/
The others probably are just late bloomers! Poll: 59% of Voters Concerned Anti-Trump Agitators May Incite Civil War https://www.breitbart.com/big-gover...cerned-anti-trump-agitators-incite-civil-war/
Obama administration granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during nuclear deal: Iran official The Obama administration granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians, including family members of government officials, while negotiating the Iran nuclear deal, a senior cleric and member of parliament has claimed. Hojjat al-Islam Mojtaba Zolnour, who is chairman of Iran’s parliamentary nuclear committee and a member of its national security and foreign affairs committee, made the allegations during an interview with the country’s Etemad newspaper, cited by the country’s Fars News agency. He claimed it was done as a favor to senior Iranian officials linked to President Hassan Rouhani, and he alleged the move sparked a competition among Iranian officials over whose children would benefit from the scheme. .....“When Obama, during the negotiations about the JCPOA, decided to do a favor to these men, he granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians and some officials started a competition over whose children could be part of these 2,500 Iranians,” he claimed. “If today these Iranians get deported from America, it will become clear who is complicit and sells the national interest like he is selling candies to America.” The conservative Zolnour, who is in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s inner circle, added: “It should be stated exactly which children of which authorities live in the United States and have received citizenship or residency.” He estimated that between 30 and 60 were studying in the U.S. while the rest of them were working in the country “against our national interests.” The Department of Homeland Security declined to comment. A representative for Obama Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson also could not be reached for comment. .....And in Iran, they could fuel resentment toward Tehran's elite. “Many ordinary Iranians are surprised and feel betrayed that children of the regime officials live and work in the U.S.,” Saeed Ghasseminejad, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based research institute, told Fox News. “The regime officials chant death to America but send their children to the U.S., away from the hell they have created in Iran over the past four decades.” http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...anians-during-nuclear-deal-iran-official.html
The very famous Venezulan Mystic Maria Esperanza once famously said that, 'It (the fullness of the Tribulation) will begin here'. I always remember this, Maria's Cause for Beatifcation is ongoing and she was a miracle worker and visionary. Apparently the President is thinking about invading that country. http://blog.spiritdaily.com/news/president-considering-invasion-of-venezuela
