If you drop a frog in boiling water he will leap right out. If you slowly heat
the water he will be content until it's too late to get out.
That is exactly how history works. It moves slowly and we never
really see any danger until it's too late.
Remember how suppressed workers were before unions came along? The
unions leveled the playing field. Unfortunately, over a long period of time
the pendulum swung too far. Slowly, businesses and factories
closed and jobs left the country. We were comfortable and didn't
see the change coming. We blamed everyone except
ourselves for what happened. We weren't alert to how slow things
change over time.
World War II, and the Korean War, demonstrated how powerful a united nation
could be. Our nation, and our families, were united.
The father was the head of the family and the President was the head of the
nation. Both were highly respected. We were content and
happy. We were good at fighting a hot war but we were unprepared to
fight a cold war with the communists in the 50's. They knew they
couldn't change us, but they didn't care. Their philosophy was to
wait it out and capture the minds of our children. They loaded our
colleges with many of their professors and waited. It didn't take
long to see the results.
The 60's ushered in the radicals, drug culture , student protesters, and
the Vietnam War. The aim of the cold war was to divide and
conquer. They divided our families and the nation.
The secret to defeating a polite and respectful people is to scream.
The louder and longer you scream, the better your chance of winning.
Radicals are masters at this form of attack. They know if you
constantly scream and repeat a lie it will eventually become the truth.
The media, and Hollywood, hammered us with hate America themes and
stories. Our service men, and women, were jeered, cursed,
and spit on.
Even the people, who later wanted to become their President, thrashed
them. We lost our first war in history. There was no
hero's homecoming for our fighting men and women.
The Reverend King, who was raised in the old school, peacefully changed the
race issue and united the people. When he died, the new breed of
leaders like the Jesse Jackson's, Lewis Farakan's
Al Sharpton's, and Rev. Wright's put a lid on his efforts and turned
racism into a money-making machine.
Corporations were green-mailed by threats of protests, product boycotts, or
endless lawsuits. Every issue, large or small, became a race
issue. The public recoiled in fear of being called a racist. Their
voices were silenced because one word could cost you a career, get you fired,
or get you sued.
Even politicians buckled under to the pressure. The Florida
legislature issued a formal apology for having slavery 200 years ago.
They were thanked by being asked for compensation.
There is no end in sight for this kind of nonsense. America didn't
capture slaves and bring them to America. Their own people sold
them to slave traders from several nations. This knowledge doesn't
stop the screamers. History is what it is, and you can't change
it. There have been many tragic events in history. You acknowledge
them and move on.
They divided our nation into two separate Americas. We now have
Americans and African-Americans, although Africa has nothing to do with being
an American. You can be one or the other, but not both.
You are what you were born to be. You do not subordinate our
country to any foreign nation. It's equivalent to flying the
African flag above the Stars and Stripes. If you hyphenate two
countries America always comes first.
This election year could be the turning point in our history because the frog
theory has come into play. It's time to step back and look at how
the country has slowly changed since the cold war started. Don't
get caught up in all the hype.
George McGovern was the first Presidentical candidate to test the waters with
college students. The Clintons played a big role in his campaign.
It was the worst campaign ever run. He was crushed in the election.
Step two was to infiltrate all the information vehicles such as radio,
newspapers, magazines, TV, and movies. They were quite successful
at that.
Jimmy Carter was the first President to demonstrate the leadership skills of
the far left. Weak military, high taxes, runaway inflation, 19% mortgage
rates, and plain incompetence ended his career in Washington.
Iran, a small country at the time, took American hostages and kicked sand in
our face. By negotiating from weakness Carter could not get the
hostages released.
The big benefit of the Carter years is that they were followed by the Reagan
years. The nation got a clear look at the difference between a
weak nation and a strong nation. Every student should know this
difference. When Ronald Reagan took over, the hostages were
quickly released, taxes were lowered, inflation dropped, mortgage rates
dropped, and the military was strengthened. Russia quickly waved
the white flag and waited for another Democrat term.
Clinton took over Carter's uncompleted social programs. He
weakened the military and tried to pass large government programs.
An intern derailed his Presidency. While he was tied up with his
personal problems, his lawyers ran the country. He passed up three
opportunities to take out Osama Bin Laden. This eventually cost us
the loss of our Twin Towers , thousands of American lives, and got us involved
in a war with Iraq .
By the end of his term, the left had captured a large share of the media and
it flexed its muscle in 2000. The hate Bush campaign got off to a
roaring start. The brainwashing theory of repeating the same story
over and over again was launched.
There were endless stories about our evil nation and its President.
Top-secret plans were leaked to the press and printed for the entire world to
see. Hollywood cranked out documentaries about the evil Bush
administration and our evil military. They laid the groundwork for
the next election. The ACLU flooded the courts with lawsuits and
the Democratic party became a law firm. Almost every incumbent, or
his or her spouse, is a lawyer.
They now have the perfect candidate because they can squash criticism by
playing the race card.
If you don't like Obama, or criticize him, you are a racist. They
can hide his inexperience and background by turning him into a rock star and
singing change and hope. They don't tell us what kind of change,
or how it will be done, only that you should hope for the best. By
keeping the hype going they don't have to put anything of substance on the
table.
The only thing we really know about Obama is that his wife has never been
proud to be an American. They want us to believe that his liberal
college professors, Rev. Pfleger, his ties to radicals Bill Ayer and Lewis
Farakon, and listening to the Rev. Wright's hate talks for 20 years, had no
influence on his thinking. If they didn't, then who did?
He wasn't in business and didn't see fit to serve his country. These
people launched his political career and their organizations received earmarks
in return for their campaign donations and political help. They
must have had some influence.
Rev. Wright's church received over $15 million. That's only one
small local church. Think on a national scale.
The change being promoted is a change back to the Carter years. It
started in 2006 when the lawyer party took over. There have been
endless lawsuits and investigations in retaliation for the Clinton years. It
keeps the lawyers busy but does nothing for the economy. The
economy has been in a downward spiral since they took over.
Returning to the Carter years of high taxes, high inflation, and a weak
military is not the change we are looking for. We cannot cower to
a bunch of crazies whose only goal in life is to kill us.
The old sages (over 50) will have to play a big role in this election.
The young people simply don't know what the aged know. The
advantage of aging is the knowledge you accumulated. You know what United
States means. You know what the seldom-heard word respect means. You know how
wonderful Freedom and Independence are. You know the difference
between a strong and a weak nation; and you know what it takes to keep it
strong. You know history because you have lived it.
Although the old guard is dying off, and getting too tired to fight, they have
to muster one more charge. If they don't, our children, and
grandchildren, will never know the joy and freedom that is the bedrock of our
country. The heat is slowly being turned up and the water is
getting hot. The old frogs better start jumping before it's too
late.
Dr. Larry J. Tracy
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