Post by Shuftin on Jul 18, 2006 18:18:30 GMT -5
"All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not, by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." - Abraharn Lincoln, January 27, 1837.
America - wither goest thou? Today, the United States has no major rival on the inlernational stage. For it to falter, to fall, it would be as Abraham Lincoln said, "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher." To listen to talk show radio across the country, to read endless journals - from the far right, to the moderate, to the far left - the same message continues to appear. America is ill. The symptoms of this illness are manifested in what many see as:
rising cnme;
increased youth and gang violence;
a widespread drug epidemic;
softness of the penal system;
corruption in government;
crippling taxes;
erosion of Constitutional rights;
excessive government regulations or interference in private lives;
more government controls;
the erosion of moral values and religion;
the failure of education;
too much involvement in foreign wars;
increased illegal immigration;
excessive federal mandates on the states;
a growing bureaucracy at all levels of government;
homelessness is on the rise;
welfare is expanding;
communicable diseases are on the rise;
a declining economy; and
lack of trust in government.
America - wither goest thou? Today, the United States has no major rival on the inlernational stage. For it to falter, to fall, it would be as Abraham Lincoln said, "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher." To listen to talk show radio across the country, to read endless journals - from the far right, to the moderate, to the far left - the same message continues to appear. America is ill. The symptoms of this illness are manifested in what many see as:
rising cnme;
increased youth and gang violence;
a widespread drug epidemic;
softness of the penal system;
corruption in government;
crippling taxes;
erosion of Constitutional rights;
excessive government regulations or interference in private lives;
more government controls;
the erosion of moral values and religion;
the failure of education;
too much involvement in foreign wars;
increased illegal immigration;
excessive federal mandates on the states;
a growing bureaucracy at all levels of government;
homelessness is on the rise;
welfare is expanding;
communicable diseases are on the rise;
a declining economy; and
lack of trust in government.