2007
Soap Box Archives
America
The Passive
The people who first came to America were not content to stay
on the eastern half of America, bountiful as it was, they had
to see what was on the other side of the big river and no one
was going to tell them any different.
America was not willing to be taxed by England without any representation
by Ping George and the Parliament, so they set about breaking
the ties that bound.
American workers got tired of being treated like company property
and they formed trade unions to set things right.
Martin Luther King could never have accepted the black race
not receiving the rights guaranteed them under the Constitution
and gave his life to make a better life for the millions who
would reap the benefits of his sacrifice.
American history is full of examples of brave men and women
who stood up and said, "This ain't right and I'm going
to do something about it". America had guts and will and
the energy and sense of fair play to change things.
What's happened? Is America becoming a herd of sheep, driven
by self serving politicians with government hand outs and big
businesses who move factories and outsource work to foreign
countries and still expect us to buy their products? Businesses
who want to dilute the labor market to keep wages down by importing
and legalizing millions of unqualified workers, while the American
tax payer bears the brunt of their greed?
We are bombarded by dire warnings of global warming by jaded
politicos and spoiled Hollywood stars who insist that we give
up our comforts while they make not the slightest change in
their bloated lifestyles.
The biggest newspaper in the country prints downright lies and
Senators and Congressmen endanger the lives of brave young men
and women in harm's way for nothing more than political gain.
The price of health care has gone through the roof and we sit
here wringing our hands and wondering when it¹s going to
get beyond the financial reach of many Americans.
Our politicians tell us that Social Security is slowly going
broke and they are trying to add twenty million people to its
roles.
Where is the outrage, where is the common sense? It's certainly
not in Washington D.C. and never will be.
The greatness of this nation is in its people, their will, their
determination and their willingness to act.
Other than Almighty God, the strongest force in this nation
is public opinion and if America doesn't begin to let that opinion
be known in the voting booth and beyond, we are going to lose
some of our most precious freedoms and much of the prosperity
of this great nation.
What a pity.
Pray for our troops
What do you think?
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
June 1, 2007
