[TheRealThing]

As I have mentioned on here before, the writings of the Founders reveal their concerns for the well being and longevity of the American government. Therefore in view of the fact that they actually risked their own lives to see their dreams of true freedom for all Americans realized, it is my opinion that each one anguished mightily where it came to establishing our founding documents.

With that in mind consider the state of affairs of present day. Under this elected government, America has enjoyed an array of tremendous success. In my mind, nothing this President has said, past-present or hopefully future, has or will give the citizens of this land the slightest reason to be suspicious of his love of country or his intentions to govern from a traditionally conservative slant. Enter the US media corps.

Without getting into the vast litany of derogatory ravings and conjecture laden tripe that has been published about the President, his family, or those of his administration, let's just say that the body of work produced by said media about his campaign and his noteworthy efforts to be a good president have been in a word, traitorous. Further, the intent of every effort by the media has been only to undermine or subvert a legitimately elected President. And working closely with the disloyal opposition they have in my view, conspired to thwart the efforts of this administration on every possible front, to include blocking every single nominee that the Congress must confirm.

The lunacy as outlined above, has such long tentacles that even our enemies use the US press corps to their own advantage. Listening to the US news for these guys has been job one. Because the daily treasure trove of dirty laundry and the open aired exposure of the workings of our country's government by those of American blood who oppose same, are published using every imaginable detail to make their case. Nothing is held back. And for the intelligence agencies of the afore mentioned enemies? The last decade has provided a once in history field day, as that which roughly 2 million American soldiers died to protect we now cannot seem to compromise, expose for all to see outright, or otherwise give away fast enough.

If the Founders could see today's ridiculousness IMO, they would be both astonished and devastated. The Founders had come from the oppressive regimes of Europe. The pressures exerted by government on the daily lives of the common folk of that day were enormously grievous. Thus the great clear mindedness of those who created our way of life and who had their sensitivities to that end hammered out on the anvil of social oppression. But for liberal/progressives incredibly, that once in history gift of equality hasn't been good enough. Marxist overtones now permeate every walk of American life, as the 'fair-share' view has nearly succeeded in washing away the sacrifices that the Founders and successive patriots paid for in such dear terms. Ben Franklin--- "When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the Republic."

Somehow I believe the sage and clear lucidity of the Founders, which gave them their trial-by-fire vision for the greatness of this land, also afforded them a justifiable foreboding of the forces which according to those hard lessons they had learned so well, were surely to come against that which they loved so much. The land of the free. Which though dreamed about for time immemorial, as far as I know this country is the lone example where the concept of a life lived freely actually happened. Much less enumerated as a constitutional guarantee. The Founders knew and understood the forces and dangers ahead, and worded the Constitution with great care. Thus today's desperate attempts by some to redefine it.

Hence the bittersweet reality that with the clear mindedness necessary to form this government, also came the foreboding of the destructive forces which would certainly come to test us. And as those twin peaks of understanding gripped the Founders, and after realizing against all odds that the magnitude of their unthinkable quest for freedom, was only exceeded by their incredible success, they were understandably awestruck. Thus with reverence they reminded themselves often that surely the hand of God had been upon them.

Feb. 13—The great American patriot Benjamin Franklin was asked, upon his emergence from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, what form of government the United States was going to have. Franklin answered succinctly, "A Republic, if you can keep it.".


Will we vote to 'keep it'? Or will we vote for the promise of instant (though likely hollow) gratification as offered by the left?