Just in case you needed another reason to distrust the President’s motives and agenda, he said this at the nuclear security summit this week,

whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower

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Today I fear our nation has taken a turn for the worse from which we may never recover.  A colossal Health Care Reform bill was passed that will dramatically change the role of government in citizens’ lives.  Either one of two things will happen next:

1. Progressives have just overplayed their hand and the backlash will be severe.  This bill was clearly passed against the will of the people by the most arrogant, out of touch Congress and Administration and perhaps they have awoken the sleeping giant of the American voter.

Or…

2. Our country has just passed the point of no return into Socialism and bankruptcy is inevitable.  As a nation, we no longer have the desire to learn how to fish; instead we are content taking the fish from the Government who will take it from someone else who they feel is not entitled to it.   There is now a collective sense of entitlement that is derived from the Progressive philosophy that we must strive for equal results rather than equal opportunity.

Sadly I feel that we have become so comfortable, fat, and complacent as a nation at that we are going to continue to bend over, grab our ankles, and continue to be raped by the elitists who will tell us to enjoy it since they are doing it for our own good.  Our politicians have become so emboldened by our apathy that they no longer fear the will of the people.

Nancy Pelosi declared tonight that Health Care is a right and not a privilege.  Think about where that sort of thinking leads.  Sure health care is very important, but I can think of many things even more important than that such as food, water, clothing, shelter, and electricity yet none of those are free.  It seems absurd, but wait a while.  Those will become basic rights as well.  Next will be money, jobs, college, cars, and computers because clearly it isn’t fair that some have and some have not.

The American Dream is on life support.  The Progressive movement has been slowly infecting and spreading across our nation since Teddy Roosevelt.  The radical hippies of the 60’s have become the leaders of this decade.   The education system was long ago completely hijacked and our children are taught to worship the Earth over people.  They have been taught that that right and wrong is no longer black and white but instead are relative and shifting shades of gray.  They have been taught that the Constitution, the greatest political document ever written, is outdated and irrelevant.  They have been taught Constitution is also not black and white, it is a living and breathing document that can be changed and/or ignored based on the ends justifying the means.  They have been taught that America, once admired as the shining beacon of light, is now the major cause of all the world’s problems.  They have been taught that everyone is a winner.  They have been taught what to think, what to say, and what to eat.  A proud nation of shepherds has become a nation of sheep.

I fear that this is the moment that history will recount as the moment that the United States of America abandoned its founding principles and joined the scrap heap of the failed nations of history due to overwhelming debt and misguided social experimentation. There is no one on Earth who can bail us out of budget deficits that exceed $1 Trillion per year.  I can only hope that the States will start to reject the Federal abuse of power and return the power to the states and the people.  If any state (perhaps Texas?) decides to secede from the nation and return to our core principles, I will move there in a heartbeat.

I’m still considering starting my own country.

Harry Reid said that, “Men, when they’re out of work, tend to become abusive”. Since he is trailing badly in the polls for the upcoming 2010 election to all of his Republican challengers, and will most likely lose his own job, if I were his wife, I would run for the hills.

My son and I were in a bad car accident last week. Today was his first day back at school. My son had a doctor’s excuse for being out of school and a note saying he should take “Motrin” for pain. The administrator’s first objection was that the bottle of ibuprofen I gave her was already opened. According to school policy, which she made clear I signed at the beginning of the school year, all medications must be unopened. Apparently the school nurse is allowed to open medication, but I’m not. That is a bit insulting since it insinuates that I may have tampered with the contents and cannot be trusted. That was Stupid Rule #1.

Next, the doctor’s note said he should take “Motrin” for pain. Her second objection was that I gave her a bottle of ibuprofen and not Motrin. I said quite perplexed, “Motrin is ibuprofen”. That’s like saying a Ford is not a car, it’s a Ford. She again started spouting the school policy which she again reminded me I signed. I said, “You know this is ridiculous, right?” She ran and got a copy of the policy to show me. I told her I understand what the policy said but that I wanted her to agree that this was ridiculous. I wanted her to show me that she is able to think for herself and not be some sort of mindless drone. I believe most Nazis said they were just following orders without questioning them also. That was Stupid Rule #2.

Apparently she was unable to do this because her next objection was that the bottle of ibuprofen says for ages 12 and up and my son is only 11. Never mind that the doctor’s note says to give him the “Motrin”. At this point I took the excuse and the bottle from her and told her that the excuse allows him to stay home another day and I would be taking him home so he’s not walking around in pain all day. This seemed to upset her even more I think because she realized I still had some control over the situation. Stupid Rule #3.

The final compromise was that they would allow him to leave class early and get his neck iced during lunch period. I would give him the ibuprofen at home after school even though it would be about 2 hours late.

This is the 3rd time we’ve been assaulted by the Nazi school system that wants to decide how I should raise my child. The first time was when I brought my son a cheeseburger Happy Meal for lunch in the 3rd grade. This was not allowed because it wouldn’t be fair to the other children even though they were serving cheeseburgers in the cafeteria that day. The second time was when my daughter asked to drink water at lunch instead of milk. She doesn’t like milk and won’t drink it, but school policy says all students must drink milk unless they have a doctor’s note showing an allergy. How can they deny a kindergarten student or any student water?

Unfortunately the school system and government in general believes they are better parents than we are. It’s very sad the direction our country is moving.