Happy
Anniversary to Common Sense Revisited!
Well, it’s
been a year since I started writing this blog.
I started out with the idea that I was getting too political on Face
Book. That and my Dad put the idea in my
head that I could make a couple bucks with AdSense. The grand total sum of $1.87 sits in my
Google account – so much for the making a buck!
Seriously,
over the last year we as Americans have seen several significant changes happen
in our government and in our society.
Some were good, others not so good.
Unfortunately, I think our nation is suffering from the not so good
things more than it is growing from the good.
The
conservative, traditional values system is under attack in our country. Political polarization has reached an all
time high. The press too is polarized. It would almost be appropriate for
journalists to identify themselves by only wearing blue in public. If not for bloggers, talk radio hosts, and
Fox News, the Right would have no media presence at all.
Year two
of this blog will bear witness to what is going to be one of the most pivotal
presidential elections in history. This election
is more than just whether or not Mr. Obama will retain his 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue address. It is more than whether
or the Left or Right will have political control of the government. It is a question of values, and of the future
of these United States.
History
shows a very similar pattern of events during the late 1840’s and into the 1850’s. The subjects were different, but the rhetoric
and partisan polarity were not that different than what we see today. This government seeks to control individual liberty
with the same intensity and fury as the government of the 1850’s sought to
control the rights of states to govern themselves. Folks, I do not say lightly that if we as a
republic continue on the path of bigger government, socialist ideology, and
liberal values against the will of the people, we too will be facing civil war
in our lifetime.
I know,
the knee-jerk reaction is that Mike is going off the cliff with this, but take
a look at something interesting.
National political polls say the majority of Americans favor same-sex
marriage yet every state where a public vote has been taken to ban same-sex
marriage, it is banned. Why the
disconnect? Simple. The majority voice of the people is not being
heard by the pollsters. The people
paying for the polls don’t want the truth to become a headline. It discredits them, and takes momentum away
from their objective.
And who
are the people running these polls? They
aren’t the corporate elite, Wall Street bankers or independently wealthy which
are targeted by groups like Occupy. The
big money is found with uber-liberals like Arianna Huffington and George
Sorros, who collectively control the majority of the news media in the United
States today. Time to realize that the
socialist movement is highly funded, highly structured, and highly organized and
seeks to eliminate individual liberty in this country. It will stop at nothing until it is
successful, even if the majority of people are against it. That my friends is the objective of the Left
today.
Feel
differently? Please leave a
comment! Opposing thoughts and
viewpoints are always welcome!