2/6/2019
It’s a little late in the day for me to start a blog, but, you know, when you have something to say…. Just a word or two about the world we live in: we will not improve this world in an overall sense. I’ve been following the political strivings since 1956 (maybe a couple of years earlier) and I see no hope in the patterns of things being done by any of the politico du jour.
Eisenhower is known for the fantastic highway system in America (and it is great), but his administration started what has become thought of now as a necessity: the farm subsidies program. A horrible waste of taxpayers money, yet I don’t know a farmer who could get along without it. It is everything from “pay to not grow” all the way to “drought insurance.” Makes no sense whatsoever.
Kennedy was great in his approach to many things, so “they” killed him.
Then, we got Johnson-he started a 12 year massive war in SE Asia, and the explosion of the “military-industrial complex” which Eisenhower had warned of.
When he decided not to run, Bobby Kennedy stepped up, made too much sense in his approach, so they killed him before he ever got into office.
That gave us NIxon—great about one or two things, horrible concerning “price fixing”?? Are you kidding me! Then, he opened trade with China—look where that has us now? And, of course, resigned the presidency.
Ford was a good man, used veto power to gain his program, but lost to the farmer.
Carter was a good man, but a bit overwhelmed with the job, was beaten in 1980, and has worked for the common American ever since and is well loved for that.
Reagan gained the White House in 1980 and was terrific for a couple of years, so they shot him—didn’t kill him, but it was like someone else’s agenda for the remaining 5 years. (Had a great tax reduction package, negated by the 3 years leading up to leaving the office.)
The first Bush was next and he fostered a horrible legacy by proudly introducing a “new world order” for us to digest. He was right in the goose-step pattern his “nwo bosses” pushed him toward.
Follow by Clinton who had no chance to do what was right because it didn’t seem to be in his heart. Second term only improved because for the first time in 40 years, the Dems did not control the house!
The second Bush in the WH was confronted with the 9-11-2001 tragedy and no matter what you believe about it, it shaped the terrible oughts (0s). By the time the two terms were over, the idiocy of the federal government had come out completely: they were bailing out banks and automobile companies because they were “too big to fail!” Good grief!
Obama comes in, probably not a natural born citizen, probably a closet Muslim, and definitely the most liberal president ever (including FDR and WW.)
Which brings us to where we are. Trump has done what he said he would do in several areas, yet gets no credit from the left and the moderates because they don’t like him. He will continue on his own route, something the two prominent generations of Americans have never seen and it irritates them and scares them at the same time. Whether there is any noticeable-to-all improvement when he leaves office is up for grabs. But, this I know: for the first time in the 55 years I’ve paid any attention at all to politics, this is the best opportunity we’ve ever had at fixing anything, or returning to the values that made the country great until 1913.
Integrity demands, but cannot enforce. For the moment, we still make our own decisions, but if momentum runs toward the socialism side, we’ll not be independent at all. Many of us saw the result of the failed USSR and the despair in the hearts and attitudes of their people. The entire Balkan states “war” was the result of a lack of leadership and direction toward open economics and constructive growth. We’ve seen the demise of the Nicaraguan nation and its wealth, etc. Surely, the youth of this nation will turn away from socialism.
Sorry this is all political. I’d rather talk about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanks for reading, the Elder
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