Posted by
Annie on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:00:00 AM
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a small book for parents and grandparents. It was a story by a 68 year old grandmother and written for two basic reasons, (1) Bring Parenthood back into style, and (2) Expose the meddlers (special interest groups, lobbyists and pork barrel pigs), the peddlers (Liberal news media) and the Government.
So today 7 days before the Presidential Election, I took it off my old history shelf and thought I’d share one small chapter with America. As you’re reading this, remember the American Dream – don’t sell the dream for a few idle promises and the Obama philosophy.
One question that keeps running through my mind is, “what were we doing and thinking while they (I’m using this term ambiguously) started chiseling away at our Nation’s foundation.” Excuse the english pun, but none of us know for sure who "they" really are...
Their intent was to destroy the once strong family unit and they haven’t succeeded – in fact they’ve bitten the “hand that feeds them.” They forgot that those playing with fire will sooner or later get burned – America’s parents are resilient and frankly have had enough.
Families have been put threw the ringer the past 60 years as we experienced and practiced the new child psychology theory, the women’s movement and the unrestricted world that the “baby boomers” advocated, which included materialism.
Our country went from “One Nation Under God” to a Heinz mix that advocated and condoned materialism and freedom of “self.” Yes, we bought into this newfound freedom and enjoyed a few years of unrestricted, undisciplined living, but now we’re at the crossroads and parents are down to two choices; (1) Restore our Nation morally and spiritually or, (2) Let the meddlers and peddlers take over ownership of our Nation.
Obama and gang are just waiting to pounce on Americans, their children and their country. We're on the verge of going from a Democracy to Obamanism.
Blame isn’t the answer and won’t solve our problems! Parents can consider taking the first giant step of restoration by choosing the right leaders for our country.
Before the election, our Presidential Elects needs to step forward with “real solutions for real problems.” In plain english, we want to know in detail how they plan on solving America's dilema. This time patches, quick fixes and band aids aren't feasible solutions. John McCain and Sarah Palin aren't the "home health aid" squad - nope they're the surgeons that don't believe in "quick fixes."
The American people don’t need more taxation and false promises – parents, grandparents and concerned citizens want a strong honest government that can actually correct the run away problems of oil, health insurance, education and a weak economy that went south a long time ago.
We've got our work cut out for us because during the past 60 years many of us have turned our heads and been content to blame our government, the meddlers and peddlers. It's unfair to expect John and Sarah to fix everything via the government - we the people must promise to do our part.
Individually we can take back our rights, roles and responsibilities and build strong family units again! We can't continue being passive and blame someone for our children’s promiscuous way. Glenn Beck on CNN has absolutely hit the nail on the head - as individuals we must step forward and make a conscious decision of what road we wish to take during the next 4 years.
We need to make a moral and spiritual stand for our children and our country. All citizens should consider returning to an old fashioned idea of budgeting – our uncontrolled spending via plastic needs to stop immediately.
We can’t restore our Nation or our families at this time, because we want what we want, when we want it. Just getting a handle on the spending frenzy will be the beginning of a great new era for each and every family!
The peddlers (news media) need to join hands with us and help us build a strong nation again – citizens are tired of the “trickle down news” that is laced with propaganda and a large dose of bias tossed in...
We’re capable of making good decisions and tired of being treated like a bunch of preprogrammed robots. For now let’s revisit where America has been tramping around the past 60 plus years.
Let’s trek back to the 40’s when teachers were faced with minor disciplinary problems such as talking loudly during class, chewing gum, running in the hallways etc.
Now teachers must cope with rape, robbery, assault, drug and alcohol abuse and at times murder. So what happened between than and now? Why have teachers and school administrators been a helpless target without any real support from our Nation?
I say this because our US children’s education ranks quite low compared to some other countries. We talk a good talk, but that’s all it is – just idle gossip. Our public schools are in a world of hurt and we’re ignoring their cries for help and parental support.
It’s almost like our public schools have turned into baby sitting institutions where we expect teachers to teach if they have time, but lord forbid if they should discipline our kids.
Here’s a news alert, many awesome and dedicated teachers have received our message and many have stepped down from their teaching positions and others (not qualified to teach) have stepped in as replacements!
Remember when it was decided that teachers should be the ones to teach our kids sex education and at the same time the elementary schools were telling our kids that, “It’s alright for Johnnie to have two daddies or mommies – my little grandson came home from school one day and discussed this new philosophy.
So, grandma tell me why Johnnie has to have two daddies, where’d his Mommy go? Boy, grandma couldn't come up with any good explanations for that question - so I told my grandson what I believed in my heart and why I believed certain things to be true!
Along the way, many Americans have adopted the attitude that anything goes in our country because we’re in the land of the free. So it’s easy to understand why morality and spirituality has taken one hit after the other.
We try so hard not to offend anyone and in the meantime our true identity is being lost in the modern mix. It’s difficult to admit that our complacency and busy life styles kept us totally off guard, but whatever the reason – we certainly were too preoccupied in our own little world!
Although, parents didn’t always agree with the changes taking place in our schools and society; they didn’t disagree with enough intensity to stop the meddlers. Was prayer really removed from schools because of a few over zealous teachers and parents or was it's removal spawned by those special interest groups that I refer to as the meddlers?
At the same time we experienced hoop la about the Ten Commandments and we were told that they needed to go too! So gradually with the help of a handful of bored cantankerous people, parents are the ones controlled – not the ones in control.
Over a span of many years we have experienced numerous alterations in our society, especially our social environment. Some of the changes are good, but others aren’t morally or spiritually acceptable. Progress isn’t progress in the USA – when the family unit is weakened. It’s regression!
Due to our materialistic binge and newborn freedom of "self," we've treaded into no man's land and we're stuck in the mire!. As I mentioned earlier our credit card debt alone is enough to confirm that many have lost their ability to budget, let alone save any of their hard earned money.
Materialism is ruthlessly devouring our children and our country; it has become the dominant stimuli that keeps everyone scrambling and out of balance. If materialism is the status symbol of a man or woman’s true worth, than our accumulation of “things” must represent who we really are…
When our worth is monitored in dollars and cents, or the degree of fame and fortune achieved – we’ve truly bounced right off the Richter scale. So my question is, “why are we wasting our time collecting treasures that we can’t take with us at the end of life?
Many have tread the narrow materialistic path only to find out in the last few hours here on “Mother Earth,” that they wasted a lifetime spinning their wheels in the search for peace of mind and happiness.
This is just an observation that I’ve made from my hospice experiences; believe me in those last final hours the one making his or her final journey isn’t sitting there counting their worldly possessions one by one!
The materialistic struggle is dangerous because its one of compromise – in order to be a participant we must sacrifice “self.” No doubt materialism boosts the weak ego and serves as a powerful message for those in search of false “Gods.”
But what about our heart and soul – do we really think being a worshipper of materiality is going to bring us eternal peace of mind and happiness? How did we arrive in this precarious position - could the reason be our desire to give our children a better life? The question here is what is "a better life?"
Many of us chose a lifestyle that forced us to jump on the fast track in search of a better life for ourselves and our children. We had a burning fear of being left behind!
While we spent years trying to keep up with the “Joneses” - our children were sort of raising themselves and about the same time, we started hashing around the problems that our ‘latch key” kids were experiencing.
Shortly thereafter we were hearing about teen pregnancies and serious problems in our schools, but few of us really took the time to figure out where we’d gone astray. It was much easier to place all the blame on "they!"
Don’t assume that I’m pointing my finger in a better than thou attitude – nope, I was one of the baby boomers and I’ve been there and done all of the above! I’m hoping that as a Nation, we can address some of these problems and restore our countries’ foundation and I'm here to help all of you.
Our children don’t need more gifts – they need us minding the home front and keeping our families safe. To all of the meddlers and peddlers – get a life, do something constructive or just flat “Get Out Of Dodge.” Our Country needs the two mavericks. http://www.yourannie.com
As Always, Annie