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2008 Soap Box Archives Crucial Times I don't remember a time in my seventy-one years when America had as many enemies, as many internal problems and was divided into so many factions. There was a time in this country when we were able to come to a pretty solid consensus on most of the things that seriously affected us but now it seems that we can't agree on anything. And even when we do the three branches of government can't summon up the political courage to work out a solution. Even with a problem as devastating as the never-ending flood of illegal immigrants pouring over our southern borders there are fervent opinions on both sides. The majority wants rigid enforcement, the rest are split between meaningless enforcement or no enforcement at all. We are involved in what will be an ongoing war on radical Islamics who want to completely destroy us and our way of life and there are still people who refuse to take the danger serious and others who blame the whole thing on America. The A.C.L.U. and other organized groups want to take every vestige of the Creator and his Son out of public life, they want on demand abortion, gay marriage and federal judges who will force their agenda. They accuse Christians of trying to legislate morality while they support federal judges who do exactly that, albeit from the godless point of view. A man is running for President whose experience in National and International matters goes no deeper than two years in the U.S. Senate. There is another man running for President who thinks the war on terror is nothing more than a bumper sticker or a slogan. There is a woman running for President who is basically a socialist and they all believe in higher taxes and big government. America can no longer number our enemies and many of our friends have turned out to be the fair weather variety. Russia is coming back on the world military scene with a vengeance. The Arab countries who claim to be friends of ours are totally untrustworthy and China just sits back and bides its time becoming a more powerful economic force all the time. The price of crude oil continues to spiral out of control, the dollar continues to fall against other international currencies and still Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and company are more interested in convincing the world that the war in Iraq is lost than doing anything about it. The drug problem has all but been forgotten about in the aftermath of the war on terror but it still wreaks havoc and wrecks lives every day. Teenaged pregnancy, teenaged drug abuse and teenaged crime plague America and the streets of our cities run with the blood of gang violence. Is this not depressing, to think of the violent, unprincipled, incohesive, divided and confused place our beloved United States of America has become? Is it terrible, yes? Is it hopeless, no? What is the answer? Kneel down and look up. Pray for our troops What do you think? God Bless America Charlie Daniels January 28, 2008
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