What others see plainly,
we often ignore.
*Here's something to
think about.*
I remember asking dad
about Castro when I was about 9 years old. I asked, "Is Castro a good guy
or bad?"
Dad said...he couldn't
tell!! This was about 1955.
We were living in
Louisiana ...at the time.
Dad was in the Army
there.
Cuba was fairly close
and in the news a lot.
The Cubans were asking
the same question!
Ike was president.
This past July, we had
the pleasure of sharing a summer barbecue with a refugee from Cuba.
Our dinner conversation
was starkly different than most.
This refugee came to the
United States as a young boy
in the early 1960's. His
family was more fortunate than
most, as they were able
to bring a suitcase...and $100
Our dinner consisted of
all-American fare:hamburgers, potato salad, watermelon and fresh ears of sweet
corn. This is a menu shared with family and friends nationwide...while
celebrating the birth of our beloved America ...on the Fourth of July.
We began with a simple
discussion about our country, and the direction it has taken since the current
leaders came to power. We shared the usual complaints about the sour economy
and liberal social engineering emanating from the rulers in Washington .
But then he said it. The
sentence came naturally. I assume it was unplanned. But it carried the weight
of a freight train. "You know when Castro took power, none of us knew he
was a Communist".
We sat stunned. He
continued, "Yes, we all thought he was a patriot, a nationalist. Before
the revolution he didn't sound like a radical."
The comparison at this
point was easy, and I interjected,
"You
mean just like our leaders now?"
He
responded; "Yes, just like now."
He continued, "We
were all shocked as the government just continued to grab more power. First
they said the revolution is over, so please turn in your guns. We all
complied."
I remember my uncle
saying after it started; “Castro will only nationalize some of the big industries. He will
never come and take our family hardware store!!” But that is exactly what happened. Castro
started with the sugar mills and the large industries, but they eventually came
and knocked on the door of our family hardware store. My family had run this
store for generations. They said we now own the hardware store, you work for
us. And that nice, large four-bedroom home you own...it is now our property
also, and...you can move yourself and five children into two rooms of the house,
because others are moving in with you."
The lesson learned from
this discussion, is a lesson most Americans refuse to hear. Political leaders
can lie about their agenda and once in office...they can take totally
unexpected turns.
If you had asked us three
years ago if we thought General Motors would be nationalized, we would have
never believed it. We could never contemplate a country where the rule of law,
the most fundamental building block of a justice society...would be
evaporating, just like it did in Castro's Cuba in the early 1960's.
But the news of
injustice keeps increasing. Black Panthers are not charged with wrong doing by
the U.S. Department of Justice...because their crimes are against whites. The
bondholders of GM are stripped of their assets...without due process by the
government! Governmental leaders are bribed in full daylight...only to have all
investigation of the crimes stifled...by the Attorney General.
The U.S. borders are
over run with crime and illegal activity, and the leaders in D.C. act as if it
is important to protect the lawbreakers...while the innocent are killed and
over run. When local communities attempt to enforce the law, they are
ridiculed...and threatened as racists and bigots. They are sued by the very
administration...entrusted with enforcing the law.
Without the rule of law,
the U.S. Constitution is a sham!! Without the rule of law, our beloved America
is swiftly becoming a country where only the well connected and politically
powerful will be safe. As Michelle Malkin has so eloquently explained in her
recent book...a culture of corruption has replaced honest government.
The only way this
problem will be fixed, is by massive citizen action. All honest citizens that
want to be treated equally, must come together...and demand that the
favoritism, the bribes, the uneven enforcement of law...end now!! And yes, it
can happen here.
May God save the United
States of America!
6 million plus Jews didn't believe it would
happen in Germany either!!! If you're a Christian in these United States of
America, you're next on the list. The real problem here is, the boy from Cuba
did manage to make it to the U.S. We will not have any place to escape
to...except death!
"There's never a
wrong time to do the right thing, and never a right time to do the wrong
thing."
People think this will never happen in America ,
but it IS HAPPENING TODAY!!!
h/t RM
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