The Right of Way - The Dangers of Yielding to the Left

Funny thing happened on the road to "life, liberty				exactly where our country sits in the spectrum
and the pursuit of happiness;" America yielded her				of empire and history. Just watch the news. Look
right of way to traffic making a left turn in the				around your community. Listen to your heart.
wrong direction.				What do you hear? What do you see? How do
I am not what you would consider politically active				you feel? Is that shining light on the hill, even that
or civic minded. I have never attended a political				beacon of hope throughout the world which is
convention, rally, town hall meeting, cottage				America, growing dimmer as unprincipled
meeting or city council meeting. I have never run				capitalism, governmental intrusion, judicial activism,
for local, state or national office or volunteered in				neo-socialism, and moral relativism continue to
any civic organization or political campaign. I am				diminish our values and virtue? The eternal light of
not an activist for any cause or anyone. I am				destiny simply will not continue to shine on this
simply an average citizen that believes Americans				nation unless the majority of its people begin to
are the luckiest people on the planet.				let their light shine again.
In spite of my lack of political or civic				Battlefields throughout the world and in our own
involvement, I do love my country for all the				land are soaked with patriot blood that won the
freedoms and opportunities she has afforded me.				rights, privileges, and blessings we now enjoy,
Regretfully, this love has been demonstrated				albeit may not appreciate as much as we should.
more by lip service than through action. I have				We can no longer continue to live on the
done nothing of consequence to stand up for,				borrowed light of Revolutionary forefathers or
defend or make this nation stronger other than to				those called the "greatest generation." It now falls
vote in elections and pay my taxes. However, I				upon us to light our own flame of freedom and to
don't believe these are sufficient alone to count				carry our own torch of liberty house by
me a grateful and worthy patriot of this great				neighborhood, community by city, county by
land.				state, all the way to the Capitol and White House.
So what does this make me and why am I				Today, we must fight the good fight for the soul
speaking out now?				of this nation by enlisting the hearts and minds of
First and foremost I am a child of God. I am a				all those who still believe in the original ideal and
Christian by faith and more god-fearing than a				hope that is America. Gone are the days of
casual believer. I am a Republican by registration				citizenship on credit and patriotism by proxy. The
but consider myself more moderate than				American Dream was and is uniquely borne and
conservative or liberal, and more centrist than				sustained by sacrifice, courage, and compassion. It
right or left. I am also a son, brother, husband,				was not just dreamed up; it was inspired. It was
father and friend. And I am an American. As with				not just given; it was fought for and won. So let
all of these labels or titles, I know the honor and				us roll up our sleeves and begin acting as if
right of being called an "American" cannot just be				everything depended on us, and get on our knees
bestowed, it must be earned.				and pray as if everything depended on the
I do not wish to come across as political or				Almighty.
partisan in tenor and tone, but one thing has been				This country became great and is great because
made very clear to me. That is: Taking a				of the faith, industry and conviction of a people
moderate, centrist, or middle of the road position				that believe in God, enterprise, and the promise of
means I am just as likely to get run over from				a better life. Our democratic republic is the
the left side of the road as I am from the right.				greatest system of government ever devised.
For this reason, I have chosen to plant my feet				The United States has been the greatest force
squarely on the right side of the road and to				for good, liberty and charity of any country in the
follow that path which I believe to be right.				history of the world. But our ideals and standing
I believe in this country. I believe it is a choice and				are now in jeopardy of being dismantled brick by
chosen land. I believe the earth is God's creation				brick, liberty by liberty, and principle by principle
and the United States of America is His footstool.				unless we stand up to be counted and speak up
I believe we have a solemn and sacred				to be heard now.
responsibility to be faithful stewards and valiant				Our fundamental principles are under deliberate
protectors of our nations resources and its ideals.				and calculated attack by enemies from within who
I believe we must face head-on and defeat any				would do this country harm through malicious
and all enemies and threats to this nation, both				intent, political sophistry, willful arrogance or just
foreign and domestic.				plain ignorance. By abandoning eternal principles of
I believe the Declaration of Independence and the				truth in favor of relativism, popularism and benign
Constitution were written by men inspired of God,				belief, many of our political leaders and their
for no natural man, mind or institution could have				minion subjects are taking us down a path that
penned these words and raised a country out of				leaves one to wonder, as did Lincoln, how long
obscurity without the guiding and protective hand				God will remain on our side.
of divinity. I hope one day to find myself worthy				The principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of
of adding my voice to a heavenly chorus of				happiness were not created by party, committee,
forefather patriots with the rallying cry of "one				poll or election. These are eternal principles that
nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and				are God given and absolute. Unfortunately, these
justice for all."				principles have been shamefully uncultivated and
One of my favorite quotes comes from				unprotected by the "silent majority" and left to
Abraham Lincoln: "My concern is not whether God				the designs and devices of political machinations,
is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on				vocal minorities, partisan media, elitist academia,
God's side, for God is always right." God never				celebrity, and special interest groups and unions
moves. He is the one constant this nation and its				who seek to first blur then eradicate the lines
people have always been able to depend on in				between compassion and self-reliance, good and
prosperity and peril. But God will not be mocked.				evil, right and wrong, and even life and death.
His protection and blessing is conditional upon our				Whether in the glimmer of night or in the light of
adherence to the principles and values on which				day, these brazen plotters find confederate in
this nation was founded; the very ones that He				backrooms, boardrooms, classrooms,
inspired.				congressional offices, the oval office, committee
So we must ask ourselves: How long will God				chambers, union halls, and in complicit media and
stay on the side of a people possessing so much				entertainment studios. These freedom assassins
selfishness, divisiveness, avarice, apathy and				are nothing more than wolves dressed in
immorality? How long can our democracy,				tolerance, compassion, and enlightenment that
institutions, communities, homes and way of life				would tear this country's ideals asunder and
withstand assaults from false promises, false				devour its soul if their agendas were allowed to
hopes and false gods? Each day we see and hear				succeed. Radicalism and ultra-liberalism must never
and feel the very soul of America slipping into an				be allowed to overpower our collective reason
abyss from which there may be no return. Surely				and conscience.
you have felt a discomfort or uneasiness about				Listen well. A silent majority does not a majority
the direction this country is headed down. And if				make. It is nothing but a puppet majority with no
you listen to that still small inner voice that				power or effect on outcomes or institutions. The
whispers truth even when the cacophony				enemy counts on this majority remaining silent
screams its loudest, you will know, as do I, that				while they seek to change America's ideals under
its time to do something about it.				the guise of having us believe in their false hope.
I am not an alarmist. By nature I am more				But while they may be malicious, misguided,
optimist than pessimist, and more pragmatist than				misinformed, and just wrong, are they any worse
realist. That being said, the direction this country				than the complicit citizen who slumbers in silent
and its people are currently headed is in reality,				apathy, apology or fear and does nothing?
alarming. I still believe that America's best days				We are supposed to be a nation and government
and brightest hours are ahead of her, but more				"of the people, by the people, for the people."
than anytime in our history we are faced with				However, what's been blatantly missing in this
perilous times on all fronts: economic, political,				equation is not the right form of government, but
societal and moral.				the right people participating in it for the right
Undoubtedly, there are wolves outside our				reasons and in the right way. What's been missing
borders that would blow our house down brick by				is you, me, us - the people, the silent majority.
brick if they could. They pose a real threat to our				Our representative form of government as
peace, security and way of life, and must receive				envisioned by our forefathers and documented in
our careful attention. But they can never succeed				the Constitution, along with its system of checks
unless we diminish our institutions and weaken our				and balances, was designed to ensure that the
beliefs enough to let them inside. For this reason,				process of governance was performed in the
we must wake up to the fact that America's				right way. But even if the process is administered
most dangerous enemy is not some foreign				correctly that does not mean that all decisions,
military power or secret band of terrorists from a				programs, policies and laws will be right. You must
far distant land, but ourselves. We have become				still have the right people making the right
too selfish, too indifferent and too faithless. More				decisions. Therein lies the awesome responsibility
than losing job or home, losing our identity as "one				and accountability of "We the people."
nation under God" and our ideals of "life, liberty,				Friends. Americans. Countryman. Fellow citizens
and the pursuit of happiness" represent far				from sea to shining sea. We have much more
greater threats to us than any external force.				going for us than against us. This nation still has
The rise and fall of great empires in history like				more hope and promise than gloom and doom.
the Persian, Roman, and Greek lay in ruin as				But now is the time to act and make a difference
witness and warning to the United States. As				before we lose our sense and soul. Our country
they achieved success, they increased in power.				needs modern Washington's, Jefferson's, and
As they increased in power, they achieved wealth				Lincoln's for sure, but it desperately needs a
until reaching magnificent glory and influence.				whole new breed of citizen patriots full of spirit
Eventually the societies and institutions and ideals				and zeal.
of these empires became so corrupted and				Abraham Lincoln summed it up this way: "I am
polluted by their leaders and citizens that they				not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I
could no longer sustain themselves. In spite of				am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live
contributing much to the world by way of				by the light that I have. I must stand with
intellect, culture, art, science, religion and social				anybody that stands right, and stand with him
progress, these empires and civilizations				while he is right, and part with him when he goes
self-destructed long before they collapsed or				wrong."
were ever conquered. Has our country reached				May each of us be endowed with courage and
its apex of glory, power and influence? Are we				conviction from on high, and with the true
on a similar path of polluted ideals and eventual				audacity of hope, in this our worthy cause.
implosion?				God bless America! And may she never yield the
You don't have to look very far or deep to see				right of way again!

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The Right of Way - The Dangers of Yielding to the Left