Posted by
1cncrndAmerican on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:04:43 PM
While I was neglecting to pay attention in my statistics class this morning, I found myself wondering through various conservative web sites. As I sifted through this site, Limbaugh's, Hannity's, I soon stumbled into the world of Mark Levin.
I went to MarkLevinShow.com, and was browsing through some articles. The first clip on his site was about his show on February 6th, which included a tribute to Ronald Reagan's 96th birthday. In the show he played a part of a Reagan speech, given in 1964 in support of Barry Goldwater, a republican presidential candidate. I began to read the transcript, realizing how much more interesting it was than double blind statistical experiments, and stumbled across something that absolutely blew my mind, and that is very tough to do.
"Not too long ago two friends of mine were talking
to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped
from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my
friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know
how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said,
"How lucky you are! I had someplace to escape to."
In that sentence he told us the entire story. If we
lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to.
This is the last stand on Earth."
Wow. Take a moment to read that passage again. "This is the last stand on earth." I don't know about you, but I have never taken time and thought about my country that way. The fact that people from all over the world view us as the last chance for freedom on earth is humbling. That statement of fact, because it is a fact, places a heavy burden upon the United States. President Bush made reference to that fact after 9/11:
"America is the brightest beacon for freedom in the
world; and no one will keep that light from shining."
We must defend ourselves, we have the responsibility to do so. Those who want to wave the white flag of surrender in the War on Terror and the Immigration war, must just be misinformed. Do they not see this. Republican and Democrat alike, the political attitude coming from Washington is frightening. We must see the consequences.
Bureaucrats in our nation's capitol have begun show their political motivations as being self serving, and used for self advancement and preservation. I want to see a prominent official risk his or her political neck and stand up for what is right for America, all of America, not just the right or left of it. I am a Republican, not an Independent. But that makes no matter in this case. The past is the past, the future is now, and if we do not get our heads out of the clouds, the world could very well be rid of freedom, and fall into the hands of those who despise its very principle.
But again, what do I know?