I have scattered thoughts today. It's raining and the rain always makes me blue. I remember when I used to sit and knit in the rain. Now the rain brings different thoughts. America has been in a deep sleep; a sleep of a winter of inattention to governmental issues. We've let things go. Is it too late? Phrases run through my head for blogs, for research. There are just so many things to do. I feel the weight of these issues on my generations' shoulders. What if we're right? I don't care if we're wrong. I'll take the ridicule. I hope we're wrong. I want to be the crazy lady in the family.
But the more research I do, the more scared I get. And I have clung to ideals for so long that are crumbling. I had thought I was safe, on the right side of politics. I was a Republican. I became a Republican during the Reagan era. But ideals come crashing down....
Socialists are sneaky people...they masquerade as Republicans too. The previous administration has put into place the beginnings that are being built on. We thought these things were good, but didn't see how they could be corrupted in the wrong hands. We saw it in "good" hands. But were the hands good, or just slow acting? Is it just as evil to transform into a socialist nation if you do it slowly? But where are the people from the left who were screaming that Bush was bad, evil, terrible, now that Obama is doing all the same things, only faster? Where are the people who compared Bush to Hitler, when Obama is doing the same things, only faster? I am willing to apologize for not seeing in Bush the socialistic programs. I was blinded by party. Why can they not see it in their party? I admit that I was a yellow dog Republican. I voted for the "R" on the ballot. I won't make that mistake again. It's sort of like when people ask why are you a Christian? And you can't answer. I can answer now. I want small government. I want low spending. I am pro-life. I am conservative. I am pro-business. I want lower taxes. And that last one isn't just so I have more money and can buy more things. If the people have more money, everyone has more money; business has more money to invest, people have more money to spend on the economy, the economy grows. Ronald Reagan proved it.
But the left aren't screaming now about the socialist agenda. They have an agenda. They want to fundamentally change America. And watch, they will change their name when socialist becomes a dirty name. I believe the next name is progressive, or even, what was the new one? Populist. I guess they are trying to convince everyone that they are popular. Even though they are in a minority, they have their little circle of friends. They have surrounded the President with yes-men. Yes, Mr. President, we did a poll and everyone agrees with your agenda. All of America wants it. It emboldens him to push for his agenda. Did they poll average America?
But I have to keep my spirits up. Even through the rain. There is a rain of discontent across America. We are waking up. Am I helping? Is anyone out there? Sometimes I feel as though I'm screaming inches away from a brick wall, instead of on the Ramparts. But it's like the story where God asked the man to push against the rock. He pushed and pushed and it never moved. Days went by which turned into weeks, which turned into months, which turned into years. He got discouraged, but he never stopped pushing. I don't remember what happened in the story, if something happened that his strength was tested, but it came about that the rock didn't need to be moved, the man needed to be strong. He asked God, why did you need me to move the rock? I tried with all my might and it never moved. God answered, I never asked you to MOVE it, I asked you to push against it.
I'm doing what I feel I've been asked to do. I wasn't told anyone would hear me, just that I should write. I'm doing that. I sure wish I could convince someone, or wake up someone, because writing alone won't save America.
I've said it before, I didn't fight for America in the Navy, tracking submarines in the cold war and making sure they didn't get too close to our coastline, to watch it become a socialist nation. We watched Russia fall. Is our generation going to get to watch America fall?
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