It is Time To Take Stock.....Political Commentary

Where are the Nations' True Conservatives????


It’s Time to Take Stock> by> Colonel Bob Pappas, USMC, > Retired>

The more one learns about politics, the more the> well-known comparison > between politicians and harlots makes sense. There> was a time in this > nation that politicians embodied righteous principle,> today’s lot is vastly > different than the Nation’s founders, all one has to do> is observe Pelosi dance > (and now refuse to answer further questions about her> outrageous charge against > the CIA), Biden’s foot-in-mouth affliction, and Obama’s> power lust. > > In the early days of this nation, service in> Government was an honorable > vocation and election to public office a trust not to be> betrayed or abused. But > today, one can cite so many abuses as to boggle the mind> and disgrace by nearly > all politicians, at the forefront of which is the current> Administration.

In the > first months of its regime it has done more to change (into> socialism) the > economic fabric of this nation than all foregoing> Administrations combined. One > wonders why the U.S. resisted socialism/communism at great> expense and sacrifice > only to embrace those inherently evil ideologies without so> much as a whimper in > relative terms.> > What has gone wrong? Like most things in life, change> has been incremental, > one small erosion at a time. As long at it didn’t affect> one personally, as long > as changes were small enough, people became less aware and> increasingly > lackadaisical. In the writer’s opinion, the decline> began with the > “church.” Ministry became, not a vocation of service,> called of God, but a way > to escape the military draft or to become self-serving> demigods who relished > power over people and their pocketbooks. Pastors decided it> was okay to be > wealthy, okay to live the good life, okay to fleece their> willing sheep, okay to > live a double standard, okay to “play” religion; and> some TV Evangelists have > honed it to a fine edge. > > There was a time in this nation that if one were to> attack basic ethics, > Judeo-Christian principles, Church leaders, or religious> faith, they would be > summarily run out of town. Now that has changed, Church> leaders have brought > shame upon themselves and the gospel they profess (fingers> crossed, of course). > Some churches embrace evil in a perversion of God’s> intent and word; and > politicians have amassed a shameful record, one that even> includes criminal > activity. Again, one could cite volumes of abuses by both.> > >

Does all that change basic principle? Do their abuses> change God or God’s > law? Does a Supreme Court ruling that normalizes homosexual> conduct change the > intent of the Creator of the Universe? Will the Supreme> Court decision in Roe v. > Wade change the nature of murder at the ultimate Judgment?> Can they claim, “I > was only following orders?” Orders, that is, from an> increasingly ignorant and > decadent world that worships pleasure, lust, power and> greed.> > From all indications, liberals want people to be> ignorant so that they can > control those ordinary folks’ minds and bodies like> Hitler, Stalin, Saddam and > the other despots of history. Does posting the Ten> Commandments in a public > place establish religion? Nonsense! But it does provide a> moral rudder that > liberals abhor because without one, like sharks, they can> feed on “the masses” > at will. It is reminiscent of the words, “…is it not> written, My house shall be > called of all nations the house of prayer? But ye have made> it a den of > thieves.”

Alas, this is liberals’ finest hour. If one> is unaware of the > decimation of the nation’s future over the course of the> last four months, one > is oblivious to events, doesn’t care, or both.> > Where are the patriots of old, the Mastodons, as one> observer noted? The > ones who signed the Declaration of Independence with the> words: “We, therefore, > the Representatives of the united States of America, in> General Congress, > Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for> the rectitude of our > intentions… And for the support of this Declaration, with> a firm reliance on the > protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each> other our Lives, our > Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” They would be run out of> town by the liberal > media and their congregation of liberal followers in> Government.> > Somewhere along the line, politicians, abetted by> church leaders, abandoned > their faith, if they ever had “faith,” and reduced> politics to a shell game that > is devoid of ethical, moral or spiritual content, and now,> they ravage the > nation. > > Will real Conservatives please stand up? No, not RINOs> or their fellow > traveling Democrats. And, this call is not for those who> feed on division and > hatred.

Needed today are political and religious> Conservatives who have read the > Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, American> History (warts and all) > and who might have actually read and internalized the> message of the > Bible.> > Sometimes, the best step forward is a step to the> rear, a return to the > basics; and if church leaders and politicians won’t lead> the right way, it’s > time for the laity, ordinary people, to take charge and> lead the nation back to > its founding principles; one can be sure, bottom feeders> that they are, > politicians and church leaders will follow.> > Semper Fidelis >