The Road to Perdition (HELL)
Posted by Advocate Aaron · Leave a Comment
Ok, I understand my blog is about uninsured and underinsured pregnant moms and their unborn babies but I continually keep getting questions about healthcare, our government, the presidential race and most disturbing question is “Who is best going to take care of us?” I am so tired of hearing this. It is time we stand up and take care of ourselves. I also think it is time that we erect a new statue right next to the Statue of Liberty and it needs to be the Statue of Personal Responsibility. (REALLY)
When I think of the office of the President of the United States; indeed, when I think of my country, I think of big things. I think of a nation born out of a quest for freedom. I think of struggles for liberty that include the deaths of 600,000 Americans in order to end slavery. I think of millions of people, considered refuse in their native lands, coming to this nation for a chance to succeed. I think of billions of dollars sent to other countries partly in a bid to protect them and us from socialism and the totalitarian tendencies inherent in that corrupting ideology. I think of the self-sacrifice of thousands of American lives spent all over the world to safeguard the single most precious inheritance we have – liberty.
That’s why I lament the state of our political discourse today. It makes us so – small. It seems we can’t balance our own checkbooks, take out a loan for a house, handle a credit card, keep our own tires inflated, or keep our kids from stuffing their faces into Type II diabetes without the government holding our hands. Listen to the candidates. All too often, that’s what’s implied.
It doesn’t matter what party we’re talking about, although the party of Obama does seem to be the worst transgressor. Still, Texas’s current Comptroller, Susan Combs, a Republican, when she was Agriculture Commissioner, made it her mission to fight childhood obesity. She still makes noise about it every now and then. I mean, come on, I don’t mind if politicians make a little social commentary on occasion. It helps us learn about them and their judgment. But really, is Susan Combs going to appear at our houses like Santa Claus and tell our kids to get their butts out of the chair, stop playing video games, and get outside?
Both of the presidential candidates make sure to empathize with the plights of Americans struggling to pay their bills in the midst of uncertain economic times. During the Democrats’ convention we got to enjoy the spectacle of Joe Biden figuratively sitting down with us at our kitchen tables poring over our finances. Barack Obama spent time instructing us all how we need to learn foreign languages and properly inflate our tires to save gas.
Obama promises to rescue us from the need to save for retirement or health emergencies. Just about everybody is promising to rescue us from dumb and unaffordable home purchases. And, Lord knows we can’t make our own decisions about what to listen to on talk radio. They promise to make us play fair in that arena too, with the reimposition of the so-called “fairness doctrine” in broadcasting.
This is my question, now that we’re into small things. When will the government step in and make sure toilet paper doesn’t rip? Don’t they know that there are unscrupulous toilet paper producers making cheap, shoddy paper that fails to be both absorbent and tough? Others make cheap stuff that can’t get you clean. And, not all toilet paper is rated for septic systems! Some even has perfume that causes allergic reactions in people.
Now that my government is into small things, besides making sure that each of my children has enough to eat along with 100 percent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals, perhaps a federal agency could make sure their underwear is clean. I need a haircut. My cars need oil changes.
All this stuff about a war on terrorists, preventing a lunatic regime from getting nuclear weapons, and helping others to gain their freedom. That’s so not now. People are suffering right here, after all.
This is the kind of thinking that frightens me. It’s the kind of thinking that makes it difficult to afford bridges and roads. It’s the kind of thinking that makes it hard to secure our borders. It’s the kind of thinking that makes us all dependent. It’s the kind of thinking that makes us all slaves.
