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 By Ken Hughes Mar. 15, 2006 I wish I were that wise I could recognize all the inequities in the world and have instant solutions for them. Even God who we respect as the perfect all knowing one doesn’t get it right every time or at least by man’s standards. Everyone with a key board, a mouse and the ability to spell four out of five correctly has an opinion on nearly everything they can think of. Right, left it makes no difference “Listen to me and everything will work out.” Should we shouldn’t we that is the question. Fortunately decision makers don’t rely on public opinion or polls to make decisions of great importance. We hope they take the best information available and the best advice available, then consider the consequences and any alternatives and roll the dice. America’s proudest moments came when immigrants were welcomed at Ellis Island in New York Harbor. There is no experience man can have beyond seeing that marvelous Lady with hew hand held high holding a torch welcoming the poor the oppressed to America. For one hundred fifty years America was proud to be a heaven for the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted. Now we’re becoming a tribal nation with out a dominant nationality unless we want to claim we’re Homogametic. We’re rejecting those who were once welcomed for their talents, their gifts that made this great country what it is today. The majority of these Americans who object to immigration forget how their ancestors came here. The term WOP used for years to define Italians meant “with out papers.’ The early European immigrants were as despised as Latinos are today. Is it fair no, is it natural yes. Should it change absolutely? We’re a long way from over population. The founding fathers perhaps the greatest accumulation of intellectually blessed men ever to gather in one spot gave us a nation and the rules to make it a success. The constitution is a simple document, brief by most government standards yet it’s stood the test of time like no other before or since. These words penned by Thomas Jefferson were so skillfully crafted they created the greatest Democratic Republic know to man. The power of the people over the power of the government wasn’t heard of before the American Revolution, now it’s the standard the world aspired to. At the end of the 19 century the United States ended territorial expansion and turned to isolationism and social reform. America was entering the industrial revolution. The Atlantic and Pacific coasts had been joined by the transcontinental railroad and telegraph lines. It was time to enjoy the fruits of America’s bounty. At the end of world war one the country went on a pleasure binge that lasted a mere ten years. The bottom fell out of the economy and the next ten years were lean times for most Americas. FDR and world war two brought the economy back and gave America a new lease on life. !933 started the social welfare reforms that would last for the next seventy five years. Civil rights, women’s rights, victims rights, rights, rights everyone but the taxpayer had rights. Two side effects that will eventfully disappear or bring America down are Political Correctness and Liberal politics. The nation can no longer sustain a welfare economy provided by fewer than half its people. We’re rapidly approaching that figure. The twenty-first century offers more promise than any that has gone before. Granted there are bumps in the road ahead but we’re better prepared to navigate them. God whispered in someone’s ear and gave them the formula for taking a grain of sand and recreate the world with it. The personal computer dwarfs all of mans [Gods] previous inventions. The personal computer and the internet has the ability to educate the world. It’s globalized commerce and eventually will globalize politics. This isn’t to say Nationalism will disappear. Individual nations will still exist and prosper it simply means men will forgo violence in favor of life’s pleasure. When the have-not’s join the haves there’ll be no further need for violence. How long this is going to take I don’t know. Mans lifespan is but a blink of Gods eye. A half of a blink, a whole blink only God has the answer. ------------ About the author: Ken Hughes is a retired businessman, who’s traveled extensively, observed much and learned much. His interests are writing and politics. Mr. Hughes is a conservative Republican who’s willing to share views from both sides of the political spectrum. At age 75 he feels he still has something to contribute. Email: ken-hughes@comcast.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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