National security grunt for many years; now retired so I can speak my piece.
Born and raised in New York City, I escaped. I’m a Virginian now, have been for decades. My heroes, even back in my New York days, were those who stood tall for liberty: George Washington, James Madison, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson among them.
Our task as Americans is to at least attempt to live up to our Founders’ ideals of defending life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To me this means that our government should protect us from enemies, foreign and domestic (hmm, sounds like an oath I swore…). And little else.
Limited government, low taxes, personal responsibility, free trade and free enterprise. It’s worked for us so far, although liberals have been chipping away at it since they were One-Worlders in the Wilson administration.
Under Obama we have unelected “czars,” unfettered regulations, Obamacare with its coming tax tsunami, more than tripling of the deficit in three years, and in general an unsustainable expansion of government. He seems to believe that the United Nations is more important than our Congress. Perhaps worse, he kowtows to anti-American tyrants and is hostile to some of our best friends.
Enough is enough. It is time to take our country back.
And, yes, I do kind of resemble the old guy in the graphic.
Nice blog. balanced and committed to shed light.
It’s a pleasure to read, in sharp contrast with the self delusions of other blogs on similar subjects
Take care.