Letters
to the editor from this week's Chronicle:
Redneck Review
No. 63 7/4/2016
A look at the news lately and a look at the date cannot but cause an
older person like myself, for lack of a better title, a RED NECK, a serious
moment or two of real concern!
The date, July 4, 2016, means that just a historical short time ago,
240 years to the day in fact, a famous document we should all know about
, the Declaration of Independence became reality, and provided the springboard
for the greatest experiment in freedom and prosperity in the history of
the world! Accepted fact, no argument!!
Maybe it would be a good time to review parts of that famous document!
It begins:
"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with one another...and
to assume...the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature
and of Nature's God entitle them..."
Note the "equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's
God entitle them..." Is this not a ringing call to believe in God and His
Laws? The Declaration continues:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness--that
to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed" and that if a government
"...becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to
alter or to abolish it..." Notice carefully:
"...ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL," and "... ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR..."
Also note: "...GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIVING THEIR JUST
POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED..."
Can anyone dare claim that our country is not based on a belief in
God? And the consent of the people? Or that it has not been the most successful
government in the history of the world? And is not the first one of any
significance that has put the people in charge?
So what recent headlines should cause patriotic Americans genuine concern?
For starters, knowing that two of our contending presidential candidates
are recognized socialists!! And that current polls show the leading socialist
ahead in the coming election! This despite the fact that all historical
experiments with socialism have ended in disaster, in loss of freedom and
destitute poverty! And socialism puts men in charge while denying the impact
of God!
Oh, yeah!! The "conservative" candidate has released his proposed budget
if elected, calling for even a greater increase in the national debt! (See
the front page of the Lewiston Tribune for July 1). If elected, he ignores
the danger posed by our current $19 trillion debt, and adds recklessly
another $11.5 trillion to that debt over the next ten years, while his
"big spending" socialist opponent would add only $250 billion over the
same period! Both of these increases are "on top of the $10 trillion increase
that's already expected under current law" according to Marc Goldwein,
senior policy director for a Responsible Federal Budget. (Tribune)
Hmmm! Is this not enough to worry a concerned patriot? What about ISIS
killings around the world, and even here? Still not concerned? Well, maybe
keep reading the daily news!!!
Jake Wren |
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