The Sun Sets On The American Empire
Sunset brings with it the promise of a new sunrise replete with hope and anticipation of what the new dawn portends.
The sun setting on the American empire holds no such promise. The canary in the coal mine of American supremacy is NASA, and the American manned space program. President Obama has all but cancelled it.
While gutting NASA, President Obama explained ”The bottom line is: Nobody is more committed to manned space flight, the human exploration of space, than I am. But we’ve got to do it in a smart way; we can’t keep doing the same old things as before.”
The “smart way” laid out by President Obama contains no clear mission and pays the Russians to take American Astronauts into space. For the first time in nearly my entire life the United States Of America will have no means to put a person in space, and no plan to accomplish it.
Since the 60’s “the same old things as before” brought us numerous leaps in technology, innovative products and a sense of national pride and optimism. It didn’t matter what party you were from, the lofty goals set forth by John F Kennedy signified an ability to pursue something bigger than politics, bigger than all of us. We didn’t pursue the moon because it was easy President Kennedy said, we pursued it because it was hard.
Instead Obama takes us where no America has gone before, where more than half the country is beholden to the Government for some essential part of their lives.
Fewer and fewer of us are pulling the wagon of America and the weight of it is becoming unbearable. So much so that we can no longer afford the American Space program and the hope and optimism that it signifies.
Yes I am afraid this symbolizes the rattling last breath of the drive, desire and determination that made America great. The sun is setting on America, and if we continue on the same course, there is no promising dawn ahead.
There are many of us out here that still believe in the dream and promise that is America. We must unite in support of the Constitution and resist this oppression that is embodied in Obama’s attempt to take us to socialism and mediocrity. Vote them out.
College students all over California took to the streets today to protest budget cuts in scenes reminiscent of the anti-war protests of the sixties. Students shut down intersections, freeways and buildings and were countered by riot police armed with pepper spray, night sticks and hand cuffs. The students are protesting fee increases caused by budget cuts that are forcing many out of school as they can not afford their education at the higher rates.
But there is also a similarity. They are both symptoms of bad government, and bad government has sent millions of Americans into the streets protesting. These are the same Americans that rarely pay more than a passing interest in government as they go about their daily lives. A sleeping giant has awakened, it does not like what it sees and if things do not change it will reach critical mass.
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