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The Day After the Election
Bob Hazlett
Today isn't that much
different than yesterday - in weather, gas prices, bailouts, your favorite
foods, or most anything else you can think of. We didn't even head much
farther down the road to socialism yesterday, and I only mention that
because it has been a hot election topic lately. No matter what you think,
socialism (and the totalitarian state that ALWAYS comes with it), has
already infected us to a great degree. We can quibble over how much - but
control of the means of production and redistributing money, goods, and
services by government, on a large scale, began a long time ago (since FDR,
and at a faster pace since LBJ). "Government", at all levels
combined, controls nearly a THIRD of employment and spending in our economy,
or more, with both numbers growing. I don't know what you would call
control, but they are well on the way.
So, why was yesterday
important? With our election yesterday, we enabled government to take us to
a point (over the next few years) that is the most important point in the
history of any society. In our case, with the coming legislation, the
continued growth of government, the selection of judges at many levels, the
increased regulation, the demands placed on industry and the private sector
(energy demands, health insurance demands, etc.), we will reach that
important point.
Well, what point is it? Quit
beating around the bush already. What point will we reach because of
yesterday?
Imagine paddling your canoe
down the river, knowing there is a waterfall ahead. You know you can stop
and go to shore any time before getting to the waterfall and sure doom. So,
you keep paddling happily, enjoying your beautiful surroundings. Even though
you know it's there, and you can hear the crash of the waterfall, and the
river is flowing faster, you feel safe, because you know you are in control.
The point? You don't actually have to hit the waterfall to be doomed. All
you have to do is get to a place where we "elected" to go yesterday.
The point or place we got to
yesterday? It's the place where you can't physically get out of the river
anymore. It is the "Point Of No Return". There is no sign post. There is no
warning. But if you go there, you can't go back. IF we weren't necessarily
heading there yesterday morning, we were by the time the day was over.
The waterfall IS socialism,
and yesterday, we VOTED to go past the point of no return. We voted to never
get back to what our Founders founded. We voted to never even have another
chance.
It's still a matter of time,
but this country is done. Too many pulled the lever for the candidates with
a "D" next to their name - AGAIN. That is the sole reason we are done. Do
the "R"s always fix things? NO. (That's a separate issue.) However, do the "D"s
always take us closer to the point of no return? YES. When we look into
history, which we don't do nearly enough, the proof is there.
On a somewhat humorous side
note, I'll bet you no one pulls the "O"s off the keyboards during the
January transition, like they did the "W"s eight years ago. That should tell
you a lot. It should have eight years ago, before we voted to pass the point
of no return.
And if you don't believe that
one-third of jobs and spending are already controlled by government (the
premise upon which my predictions of doom are based), I can prove it. With a
small amount of investigation, you can too. These numbers aren't advertised,
and that is intentional. They should be. If you can't find them, I'll be
happy to show them to you.
Bob Hazlett - Smithville |