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Today is a very special day here in the United States of America. My heart is full of thanks to the many tens of thousands who have done something very special. They have redeemed this land by the shedding of blood. All of us who come after you owe much of what we have to your willingness to stand up against enemies foreign and domestic and to stare down the face of evil in all types of conflict.
I honor the fallen heroes from all branches of our Armed Forces and also those in the Intelligence community, our police officers, and our firefighters; along with all others who have given their lives for their country.
I salute all the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this nation. Who have kept and preserved our freedom for well over two centuries and who have made it possible for me to enjoy the liberties afforded me in this free land.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you. When we meet in the next life, I will owe each of you a tremendous debt of gratitude. I also wish to thank the brave men and women who have been injured in the line of duty — your sacrifice is considered no less heroic.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
A Devious Plan Indeed...
It seems a society that enjoys a comparably excessive amount of freedom is doomed to move down the path toward tyranny and oppression for several reasons. I will address one that has been spoken of since the inception of representative government itself.
I was listening to an address in which the speaker was berating business and entrepreneurship because of the extensive use of sexual images in advertising. While this practice is largely contributing to the unraveling of society's moral fiber, the equally distressing problem is the general demonizing of business — large and small. This practice will ultimately, if left unchecked, fuel the advocacy for and imposition of absolute government control and regulation.
Look what has happened in the last eight months since the supposed financial meltdown in our country — the government has thus far seized enormous power and control over the banks and the automakers as well as mortgage and credit lenders. In the next few months we will watch an out of control government continue to nationalize industry after industry and become more and more powerful. They will seek to control your life by taking over the health care industry and seeking to control news and media.
So, in spite of the shortcomings of business in an imperfect society — one in which men are easily corrupted by wealth and power, we must be very very careful when deciding who the villains are and who the heroes are. We cannot get in the habit of throwing out the baby with the bath water and making sweeping generalizations that are not rooted in principle.
Above all, we must be alert and aware because in making one group the "bad guy" you may inadvertently allow a really really bad guy to make things much worse than ever. before possible. So let us be very careful when and how we scrutinize business and capitalism; for if we are careless in this debate we could one day find ourselves free of all the possible or inherent evils of business but enslaved by government because we fell prey to the deceptive enticement of the benevolent central power that will never exist in our imperfect world.
I was listening to an address in which the speaker was berating business and entrepreneurship because of the extensive use of sexual images in advertising. While this practice is largely contributing to the unraveling of society's moral fiber, the equally distressing problem is the general demonizing of business — large and small. This practice will ultimately, if left unchecked, fuel the advocacy for and imposition of absolute government control and regulation.
Look what has happened in the last eight months since the supposed financial meltdown in our country — the government has thus far seized enormous power and control over the banks and the automakers as well as mortgage and credit lenders. In the next few months we will watch an out of control government continue to nationalize industry after industry and become more and more powerful. They will seek to control your life by taking over the health care industry and seeking to control news and media.
So, in spite of the shortcomings of business in an imperfect society — one in which men are easily corrupted by wealth and power, we must be very very careful when deciding who the villains are and who the heroes are. We cannot get in the habit of throwing out the baby with the bath water and making sweeping generalizations that are not rooted in principle.
Above all, we must be alert and aware because in making one group the "bad guy" you may inadvertently allow a really really bad guy to make things much worse than ever. before possible. So let us be very careful when and how we scrutinize business and capitalism; for if we are careless in this debate we could one day find ourselves free of all the possible or inherent evils of business but enslaved by government because we fell prey to the deceptive enticement of the benevolent central power that will never exist in our imperfect world.
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