Things are not always as they seem.
There is so much to be learned from this
article..Interesting email that was sent to me by a friend who knows..
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 1960s. His
family was more fortunate than most as they were able to bring a suitcase and
$100 when they fled Castro's newly formed revolutionary paradise.
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 Barack Obama 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
Barack Obama?"
He responded; "Yes, just like Barack Obama."
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
1960s.
But the news of injustice keeps increasing.. Black Panthers are not charged
with wrongdoing 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 overrun 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 overrun. 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..PLEASE COPY AND SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW ...
And may God save the United States of America!
