As one of my favorite people, Rosanne Roseannadanna, often
said, “It just goes to show ya, it’s always something!” I don’t think she realized at the time that
truer words were never spoken. Every day
it’s something. I wish I could say it
was something good. It’s gotten to the
point where every turn in the road leads to lies and deceit. Are you uneasy with the state of our
country? I’m filled with disbelief that
we Americans have allowed a small percentage of bureaucrats, protestors,
activists, racists and political hacks to shove their agendas down our throats.
What is going on? Are
we afraid of these people? Do we not
care anymore what happens to our country?
Has eliminating God from all things important to us made our lives
better? Hello! Is no one listening? Take a look around you; the VA now has to
cover religious statues etc. so as not to offend those who are not
Christians. In Texas, a mayor now wants
to see all sermons by pastors to be sure they are not offensive to those who do
not believe the words of the Bible.
There are even those who are pressing for the phrase “Under God” in our
Pledge of Alliance to be replaced by “Under Allah”.
Our present administration has had one scandal after another
and yet we sit idly by and allow these crooked politicians to continue on their
merry way; after all, we’re nothing but a bunch of dumb hicks who don’t care
about much except free contraceptives and recreational marijuana. Nixon was impeached for a lot less than any
of these government atrocities. It’s
time to clean out the House and the Senate.
Get rid of every last one of those self-serving politicians. None deserve to keep their seats and I’m
tired of listening to their party line blathering. I firmly believe most of us want what’s best
for our country but that takes hard work and perseverance and we’ve become a
nation of lazy and complacent do-nothings.
We are now saddled with the Ebola virus and a lot of finger
pointing as to who caused it. Democrats
say it’s the Republicans; Republicans say it’s the Democrats. I say it’s OUR fault. We have allowed our government to strip
medical research funding for life threatening diseases without batting an
eye. What do we give our tax dollars
to? How about “determining if cocaine
makes Japanese quail engage in sexually risky behavior;” or the “National
Institute of Health spending our hard earned money to study the impact of a
“genital-washing program” on men in South Africa”. Or here’s a real pressing issue, “funds to
train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly”. We allow our politicians to tell us that they
have cut spending as much as they could; those darn superfluous programs like
medical research. President Obama
continues to calm the hysteria over an Ebola outbreak by assuring us (wink,
wink) that all is under control and we need not worry.
For goodness sake, people, WAKE UP! Is anybody home? We’ve got mid-term elections coming up and
unless we begin to voice our discontent in the voting booth, we’re going to be
in for a lot worse than we’ve already encountered. You’re right, Roseanne Roseannadanna; “It
just goes to show ya, it’s always something!”
Diane L. Schabo
511 West F Street
Iron Mountain, MI
49801`
