We Are Under Attack - But What Can We Do?
A Jihad has been issued against middle America. Those who did seek to replace our Judeo-Christian values with the relative ethics of socialist secularism. First, however, they must demolish our moral fabric and financial strength. Who are they? The enemy within. Their base of operations, the moral vacuum of Washington D.C. Their weapon of mass destruction, the power of big government. Their intended victim, middle America. Their battle cry, “Each according to his ability and each according to his need.”
They have captured or seriously infiltrated a big share of our public and private institutions, leaving them to the spiritual bankrupt to rule and ruin. The 03-21-2010 attack and capture of the production and distribution of our healthcare system was their latest victory. America is a divided camp, half thought it a blessing and half a socialist boondoggle. How can one tell?
Like most elected officials in D.C. as well as the public pundits, I didn’t read the entire bill. I tried. It would be easer to perform a self appendectomy with a wooden spoon.
When discussing the 03-21-2010 healthcare bill with an adherent I admit—like many of our Congressman and Senators and most of the public who support it—I didn’t read the whole bill. Neither did they. So I must make my judgement on past experience. I do know from our federal government’s own lips they will henceforth be even more involved in our healthcare. Is that good or bad? Past experience has given us the answer.
During the last four decades as government became more involved the more expensive and entangled the medical process became. Throughout the late1950s and early 1960s my wife and our four children were all covered under our private health insurance policy. It was affordable. We could go to any hospital or doctor we wished. In fact the doctor came to the house if needed. As government became more involved our great private healthcare system evaporated, replaced with a growing bureaucracy and mounds of paper work, resulting in today’s runaway costs.
“Experience has shown if our federal government was a business it would best be described as a producer of defective products, unprofitable business investments, and morally bankrupt.”
Yet, in spite of run away debt and increased incompetence, government is rapidly seizing more and more of our economy’s means of production and distribution. Some say it is socialism. Is it? Vice President Biden calls it, “Redistribution of the wealth.” Marx called it, “Each according to his ability and each according to his need.”
Call Obama’s government healthcare what you wish. I don’t need to read the entire healthcare bill to understand the concept. Past experience says the outcome does not look good. The present administration in Washington D.C. and many State Capitols are plunging our Nation into a moral void and financial chaos. Buying gold, storing up food, and stop watching the news will not avoid the potential inevitable. We are in a Holy War of moral values and political ideologies. On the surface it appears we are losing. That is the bad news.
“It will be an ideological war, a war of ideas. But great issues will hang upon the outcome: the fate of a culture and the eternal fate of souls.” ____ Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen
The good news, there is an awakening. A growing number of middle America now realizes we are at war. The battle involves two fronts, the moral values front and the political ideologies front. The first will take prayer and national repentance. The second a willingness on each of our parts to stand up and speak out. The one thing radical socialist secularists fear is the truth being heard. Do not let them silence you. Do not become fearful. Become informed, stand up, speak out, join with others who wish to have a government that protects our individual rights and our religious freedom.
“It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.” G.K. Chesterton
By influencing public opinion or being involved in the political process you can replace a judge, change a school director, or elect a legislator. Through prayer we can change a nation. It is up to us.
Be Informed Be Involved _________ Michael E. Odell
What action can you take? Go to Blog Archive at upper right, click on May-11-08, “But What Can I Do?” for six proven action steps. Pick yours.
Your thoughts and comments are welcome, well most of the time.
E-mail: odellmike@comcast.net
