I don't know anything...
I picked this up off of an e-mail floating around. Very well written.
__________________________________________________ ____
Well, It's official; I don't know anything.
I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote
for love of country over revenge.
I was wrong.
I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the
bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.
I was wrong.
I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to
still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public
system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and
elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.
I was wrong.
I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our
first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so
dangerously at odds with the American experience.
I was wrong.
I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.
I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted
with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.
I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of
trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.
I was wrong.
Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support
a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies
overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched
in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.
I was wrong.
We were offered the clearest choice we've had since 1980, where we had
malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on
the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the
choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the
new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken
entities.
We chose to stay broken. And Broke.
Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills
will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America
diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a
threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was
always over rated. Maybe life under sharia is not bad at all. Maybe
when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever
paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've
borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper
inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money
and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable
daughters as payment.
I've watched my candidate lose elections before but I've never felt the
way I did when this one was called for Obama.
It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a
while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror.
Pure, unadulterated horror.
Not because of Obama, but because of what it says about us, the American
people, that we chose this.
It shouldn't have even been close. Faced with the choice between taking
charge of our destiny and tackling our financial problems, we opted to
get high and have sex. We re-elected a guy who doesn't understand that a
growing economy that creates more tax payers will bring in more revenue
than higher taxes. A Commander in Chief who doesn't know our military
still uses bayonets. A man who wants to control the economy without even
knowing the difference between bankruptcy and liquidation. It was one
thing to elect an unknown quantity, buying his line of 'Hope and
Change'. It's something else to deliberately choose his failed
policies over someone who has actually achieved success in life. I
never dreamed America would do that.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, Hello Idiocracy!
Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, American dream.
It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world but we
threw ours away for cell phones and birth control pills.
In the twentieth century (the American Century), we stepped up to the
plate three times and saved the rest of the world from fascism, nazism
and communism. We were the cavalry, always riding to the rescue.
now, we've gotten rid of our horses, spent all our money on windmills,
alienated our allies, bowed to our enemies, cut ourselves off from our
own natural resources thrown away our children's birthright and spent
their inheritance.
And we did it on purpose.
When the wolf is at the door (and he's coming, yelling 'Allahu Akbar')
we're going to find out that there is no one out there to come to
our rescue.
On the bright side, maybe it'll all turn out great. After all, I don't
know anything.
An uneducated voter is the politicians friend.
CAN'T, never did anything.
FL Native - A rare species.
NRA Member.
Retired LEO
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I picked this up off of an e-mail floating around. Very well written.
__________________________________________________ ____
Well, It's official; I don't know anything.
I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote
for love of country over revenge.
I was wrong.
I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the
bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.
I was wrong.
I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to
still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public
system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and
elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.
I was wrong.
I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our
first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so
dangerously at odds with the American experience.
I was wrong.
I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.
I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted
with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.
I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of
trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.
I was wrong.
Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support
a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies
overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched
in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.
I was wrong.
We were offered the clearest choice we've had since 1980, where we had
malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on
the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the
choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the
new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken
entities.
We chose to stay broken. And Broke.
Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills
will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America
diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a
threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was
always over rated. Maybe life under sharia is not bad at all. Maybe
when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever
paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've
borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper
inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money
and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable
daughters as payment.
I've watched my candidate lose elections before but I've never felt the
way I did when this one was called for Obama.
It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a
while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror.
Pure, unadulterated horror.
Not because of Obama, but because of what it says about us, the American
people, that we chose this.
It shouldn't have even been close. Faced with the choice between taking
charge of our destiny and tackling our financial problems, we opted to
get high and have sex. We re-elected a guy who doesn't understand that a
growing economy that creates more tax payers will bring in more revenue
than higher taxes. A Commander in Chief who doesn't know our military
still uses bayonets. A man who wants to control the economy without even
knowing the difference between bankruptcy and liquidation. It was one
thing to elect an unknown quantity, buying his line of 'Hope and
Change'. It's something else to deliberately choose his failed
policies over someone who has actually achieved success in life. I
never dreamed America would do that.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, Hello Idiocracy!
Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, American dream.
It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world but we
threw ours away for cell phones and birth control pills.
In the twentieth century (the American Century), we stepped up to the
plate three times and saved the rest of the world from fascism, nazism
and communism. We were the cavalry, always riding to the rescue.
now, we've gotten rid of our horses, spent all our money on windmills,
alienated our allies, bowed to our enemies, cut ourselves off from our
own natural resources thrown away our children's birthright and spent
their inheritance.
And we did it on purpose.
When the wolf is at the door (and he's coming, yelling 'Allahu Akbar')
we're going to find out that there is no one out there to come to
our rescue.
On the bright side, maybe it'll all turn out great. After all, I don't
know anything.
An uneducated voter is the politicians friend.
CAN'T, never did anything.
FL Native - A rare species.
NRA Member.
Retired LEO
Reply With Quote
