While Men Slept

What follows is a message regard-ing our world and the condi-tions therein, as well as a forecast of what lies ahead. I quote from an impec-cable source: St. Matthew 13: 24-30.

“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”

Fellow citizens: Wake up! An enemy is in our midst. But do not despair. A plan to thwart him, a plan imperceptible to human eyes and ears, is magnificently unfolding. That plan is in capable hands, and it is on track and on schedule.

Nevertheless, while we wait for the day of the harvest to arrive, if there is something you can do to help alleviate even a small portion of the fear, anxiety and suffering that currently abound in our world, among our fellowmen, please make yourself useful.

And then be content to leave the rest in God’s hands.

The Perfect Opportunity

Twenty-ten is an election year. One-third of our U.S. Sen-ators, includ-ing public menace num-ber two, Harry Reid, and all members of the U.S. House of Represen-tatives are coming up for re-election. This sets up the perfect opportunity for all good Americans to muck out the stinking pile of excrement accumulating in Washington. As a grateful American and a native Nevadan, I would like to direct my remarks specifically at what I will call the “Harry Reid Problem.”

Though I have made an exhaustive study of the matter, I have failed to detect any virtues in our state’s senior senator. And now his unrelenting barrage of campaign commercials has removed any doubt whatsoever that modesty might be one of them.

Never before in the long and tortuous history of campaign advertising has anyone so blatantly and shamelessly portrayed himself as the indispensable conduit through which all things good and wonderful flow from the U.S. Treasury to the awaiting public.

And yet when you analyze it, what is he really doing to improve things? He is simply seizing other people’s money and handing it over to someone else, minus the huge portion wasted by the federal government. His contemptible scheme consist of nothing more novel or ingenious than that. Nevertheless, after each underhanded exchange is completed, he takes full personal credit for giving a helping hand to the needy, without even bothering to mention the heavy contribution borne by the great American working class, their children and grandchildren.

I ask you, is that your idea of true generosity? Is that your idea of genuine compassion? Is that your idea of real humility?

All we hear day in and day out is what Harry Reid is doing. Yes, we all can agree that Harry Reid is busy. He and his liberal cohorts are drawing closer to destroying America than any previous enemy ever has. Our challenge, our urgent challenge, is to get them busy doing something else, like licking their wounds and writing their memoirs.

If Harry Reid wants to be a generous benefactor, let’s remove him from the U.S. Senate and see what he can do as a private citizen. Let him put his own money where his big mouth is. If he wants to support incorrigible deadbeats, let him do it with his own ill-gotten riches. After all, somehow the man has succeeded in accumulating a fortune during a lifelong career as a “public servant.” Ever wonder how he did that?

There was a time when Nevada, the United States and the world were getting along just fine without Senator Harry Reid. Let us return to those blessed times.

As the popular bumper sticker says: “Vote for anyone BUTT Harry Reid!”

Fixing the Problem

Some may ask, “How can we get ourselves out from under the heavy hand of the federal govern-ment?”

The answer is actually quite simple. We must stop doing the things we did to get ourselves under its heavy hand in the first place.

Most of today’s problems stem from our eagerness to accept help from the federal government. Had we been unwilling to do that, we would not be where we are today.

Furthermore, we should have advised the politicians who first made those clearly unconstitutional offers that it was inappropriate for them to be doing so, and that we would boot them out of office if they persisted in their un-American behavior.

Our Founders provided us with ample warning that politicians crave power. Yet we have permitted them through the years to inch closer and closer to gaining absolute control over us. And they have done this largely by offering us help, or perhaps I should say bait, that we stupidly accepted.

If we ever expect to get the government off our backs, we must start taking care of ourselves again, like our ancestors did. And when our neighbors are down, we must offer whatever help we can to them. We must work out our problems locally, as communities, rather than at the federal level. Experience has shown us that it is by far cheaper and more efficient to help a friend or neighbor directly than to invite an oversized and overbearing federal government to do it.

It is becoming quite apparent that the price we pay for running from our own and our neighbor’s problems is government intervention and control in all aspects of our lives, for we are being asked to part not just with our hard-earned dollars, but we are being asked to part with hard-earned liberties as well.

We must decide whether we want to go back to the old philosophy of solving our own and our community’s problems at the lowest possible level and retain control, or continue surrendering control to the federal government and live with all the many uncertainties and dangers that choice poses.

My advice: Get control back into our own hands and keep it there! To do this we must make every effort possible to ensure that we and those we are responsible for never become a burden on anyone else. Yet we always must be willing to reach out to friends and neighbors who despite their best efforts are unable temporarily or permanently to provide for themselves.

At first this may seem like the hard way of doing things, but in time I am confident we will realize it is the right way. And that is what is important. The Bible tells us that following the ways of truth will lead us to freedom. Therefore, we may conclude that following fallacies, no matter how inviting they may seem, will lead us into captivity.

And one more thing. At the next election we must mercilessly vote out all those in Washington who have an uncontrollable penchant for “helping.” Contrary to what they may be saying, these misguided souls ( I could use a much less flattering word) are not helping. They are driving our once great nation into economic and moral bankruptcy.

We need to start realizing that, and act accordingly. Then we’ll be doing something tangible and meaningful to extricate ourselves from our current predicament.

Let’s be upfront about this, we can’t go on accepting handouts from our government and expect its size and power to diminish.

“They have rights who dare maintain them.” --James Russell Lowell

The New Values of a New Order

I am a victim of an out-dated education and up-bringing.

I was taught that America is the land of the free and that we are fortunate to live here. I was taught that our system of government is superior to any on earth. I was taught that I am a human being, and that as such I am endowed by my Creator with certain inalienable rights, rights the government can’t take from me. I was taught that our government is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, that its just and lawful powers are on loan from us and that we are still the title holders. I was taught that our Constitution is the supreme law of the land and worthy of our continuing respect and devotion. I was taught that the President and all elected and appointed officers of government are but public servants, bound by the Constitution and answerable to the people. I was taught that our Founding Fathers were brave, wise and honorable men, men who wanted to secure and pass on to their posterity the priceless blessings of liberty.

Now, however, I am being advised that these principles and ideals I was taught in my youth are both wrong and dangerous, that we are entering into a new era of enlightenment in which my stubborn adherence to them will only hinder our advancement as a people.

You see, for the first time in human history, or so the story goes, a choice group of politicians and media luminaries have evolved into a master race, wholly and unquestionably superior to all the rest of us. These great men and women, acting in their official capacities as supreme beings, now are able to discern from heretofore unreachable heights what man never before has clearly seen nor fully understood; namely, that it is order, not liberty as was once believed, that mankind is sorely in need of. So that is what these high-minded and noble personages mean to secure for us and our posterity--the blessings of order.

The question now is, where do these astonishing revelations leave those of us who were born prior to the dawn of this bright new age, those of us who were grievously misled by our parents and school teachers, those of us who didn’t have access to the unimaginable advantages of today’s children?

Well, this is how I look at our dilemma. We can only hope that our new, all-wise and beneficent president will see our plight and take pity on us, that he will kindly send us to government administered reeducation centers where our obsolete beliefs and values can be washed thoroughly from our brains, and where we can be instructed in the new values of a new order, and be molded into the obedient and unquestioning world citizens he wants us to be.

I don’t know how the rest of you are coping with these new political and economic discoveries, but I don’t mind telling you that I could use some serious help making the necessary adjustments. My problem is that no matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to shake this crazy, recurring thought from my head that President Obama’s new vision for America and the world is nothing more than socialism and tyranny concealed under a fresh coat of paint.

Every day I fight these delusions. Believe me, I really do. But until I can receive some government approved and regulated counseling, all I can do is keep reminding myself over and over again that these hallucinations are merely the result of my substandard mid-20th century upbringing.