WHEN
THE DUST SETTLES IN AMERICA, WHAT WILL WE HAVE?
By
Greg Evensen, January 17, 2008
At the end of December,
my wife Liz and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We chose a
particularly beautiful lakeside location in the small northern
Wisconsin town of Florence to spend a quiet evening. Maxsell's Bed
and Breakfast is both a remarkably restored mansion and a superb
place to dine as well. This was a memorable evening spent with the
gracious hosts at Maxsell's. Other patrons celebrated with us and
we left our concerns at home. For a brief time, the continuing
economic, political, governmental, military, and security failures
that have left all of us in personal jeopardy, were forgotten. We
were able to enjoy the fine cuisine, gentle discussion, and
comfortable glimpses back in time to great experiences almost lost
in the bad dream that has become our everyday reality.
Because of the current administration's
failure to tell us the truth on so many critical issues, we have
lost sight of how far this country has strayed from its noble path
of a century ago. This was a time before massive
government agencies that ruled our every thought and action. It
was a time before world wars, national self-destruction through
entitlements, a freedom robbing fraudulent income tax on wages and
a food industry working with a pharmaceutical behemoth that
plotted how to poison Americans with preservatives, sweeteners,
soft drinks, cooking agents, synthetic butters and radiation
treatments of foods that killed their nutritional value while
slowly starving the general population. The fast track approval
for drugs that kill us or only "manage" disease are approved,
while needless over-regulation or prohibition of natural cures and
supplements that actually assist our general health are increased
each day.
Ridiculous and insulting labeling in four languages
validates two realities in present day America. We are
increasingly stupid and at the same time, many are ignorant of the
national language. Tort attorneys wage a costly,
continuing war with industry and both sides are wrong. Society is
the victim, common sense is completely lost, and another
generation of Americans is raised on a negative model of how not
to be responsible for one's actions in school, at home or on the
street. Most parents continue the "we're raising a family" joke
with supplemental marijuana use in the home, D.U.I. on the
highway, and being a cool parent by supplying the latest insane
video game or IPOD for their children. Fewer and fewer parents
provide any moral guidance or church attendance for these
spiritually bankrupt offspring. Gang
affiliation, elementary school drug use and sexual relations are
common. Children can cheat, intimidate adults, and steal without
remorse, but they can not write well, think for themselves,
or imagine their way through an art class. These are the same
children that are statistically behind every major nation on earth
in their demonstrated abilities in math, science and mastery of
English and reading skills. You are doing well parents. At this
rate, we will need governmental assistance with grocery shopping
and dressing ourselves in the near future.
The military has always
been the "backstop" for failed parents and children who chose to
leave responsibility in the ditch. They soon found that discipline
has no substitute on the road to maturity and responsibility.
Unfortunately, governments and presidents have decided that to
test tactics, weapons and "national resolve," we needed a steady
crop of bodies to prove the war colleges and service academies
leadership training regimen were correct. But what a price we have
paid. To move a society to war, some provocation by the other side
is usually the excuse. When you don't have it, you make it up. The
sinking of the Lusitania, the attack on our Navy in the Gulf of
Tomkin, the pre-intelligence interception of the Pearl Harbor
attack, the WMD issue in Iraq, are all examples of just such a
horrible policy. Get the war started however you need to-with or
without just cause. Who pays? The American soldier, the American
nation, and thousands of innocents foot the ultimate bill.
American military personnel are mercenaries for business, banks
and politicians. That is the truth and that is a fact.
Who wins and who profits? The world
class banking whores in Washington being pimped by Congress to
fill the vaults with blood money. Will it ever
end? No, most likely it will not. At least not until these rotted
human beings are forcefully thrown into the street and ground into
the soil.
The conspiracy to deplete this nation of its moral
character and its sovereignty within each of the states is clear
to the student of history. The march by corrupted
politicians to complete a kingdom within the American nation grows
with the issuance of each new debt-stained Federal Reserve
banknote. Raiding our state and national "treasuries" to pay for
social security, medical and other social benefits for illegal
border jumpers so that veterans and widows have to choose between
bread and medicine is epidemic. President John McCain or President
Rudy Giuliani would love that. So would President Hillary Clinton,
or President Barack Obama.
Computerized voting
systems were compromised before they came on line. The circle of
intrigue has closed around the neck of the American voter.
Many elections have always been rigged;
it's just the means that have changed. Dr. Ron Paul's candidacy is
not the only issue here. The hopes and dreams of America's real
warriors and true believers were in place long before his
presidential run. His chance for success is that of the preverbial
snowball in hell. The election system and other candidate issues
have begun to wash over the multi-million dollar miracle that is
Ron Paul's stake in the 2008 race. His staff seemed annoyed at
supporters who wanted a fight for New Hampshire's rigged results.
Were they tired or are they just paid staffers with no real gut to
win? Have we placed too much emphasis on Dr. Paul's political
positions and not enough on the process that it takes to compete
and win fairly? Have we come to the place where even the election
marathon is beyond redemption? Perhaps we have. Indeed, I believe
we have. Therefore, we must be looking at what we will do and how
we will challenge this complete breakdown in election integrity
and virtue that has been part of America's heart for freedom and
liberty since Independence Day.
For these reasons, and
the fact that my wife must endure a constant barrage of "reality"
rants in our home, that is why the recent swordfish steak and
stuffed mushroom meal was so therapeutic. To spend a couple of
hours with the gracious hosts at Maxsell's was a respite only they
could provide. To only remember America's better days, is a sure
sign that the end has come for our nation's legacy of promise to a
weary world. Now we are the weary and there is no place left to
find shelter. That I cannot long endure.
It is for my children and
grandchildren that I will look for the light of a new and better
America. It is for thousands of students that have crossed my path
that I will continue to speak out for and encourage them to do
their ultimate best. It was as a peace officer that I gave my
youthful energy to serve and protect America from the enemy of her
families.
We need a revived
America, spiritually and physically, governmentally and
economically. We need leaders who
will not give up and remember their oath of office is to the
people of America, not its political apparatus. We
need business people who will serve their employees first. We need
generals who will serve their troops first. We need doctors who
will step over the drug companies and prescribe natural remedies
that cure instead of cripple. And by God Almighty, we need pastors
who will preach and exhort the truth, daily practice courage and
discipline, and help to turn this nation around from man's
darkness into the light of His ultimate goodness.
When the dust settles on
America, a new road needs to emerge from the swamp leading home.
When the air clears, a new vision of honesty and hard work for the
good of American freedom needs to emerge. When the smell of rot
and decay finally is replaced with that of fresh northern
Wisconsin pine and clear lake water, join me in Florence at
Maxsell's for a hearty meal, great wine, and pleasant people
called Americans.
To listen to the sound
bites from a few selections, click on the links below. To order
the CD's
click here.
"Hymns from the
Heartland."
© Copyright 2007. by
Greg Evensen
