Posted by
Phillyfanatic(KGK) on Friday, April 04, 2008 5:16:04 PM
For the last 47 years, I have been teaching about history, govt., economics, culture round the globe. And I have been teaching senior citizens in a class over the last 25 or so years covering all these topics. It is amazing how much seniors have experienced. Over the years I have had teachers, coaches, engineers, newspaper media people and many of the seniors have come from other nations. Politics, elections, the economy, foreign affairs and even religion have come up in our discussions. It is amazing to me just how many of the seniors have had so much contact with the unsavory in our society and also the best. I have had military people as well as cops represented in the classes. I even have had some ministers. So many of us today think that our nation is in bad shape but others think the best is yet to come. I get very tired of the media trying to talk down American: whether it is our economy, our health care or military institutions. There are lots of things flawed in America. We still have racial divisions, and our educational system is really a disaster. But, Americans have always been optimistic. Even these seniors are optimistic though many of them are in their 80's. As a senior myself, I am always like Scarlett O'Hara. ' After all, tomorrow is another day.' We are the greatest next year nation in the world. Yet, yet, there are signs that our nation is close to vast changes which will not be in line with our Constitution, our heritage, our history or our economic systems. There is a good chance that our system will turn to be a socialist pacifist system unlike anything that this nation has seen in any of our isolationist eras. Dependency on the Government and victimhood seems to be riding high nowadays. It is not good for this nation to lose faith in itself, its foundations and even in its Creator. Yet more and more we see this happening. Churches don't seem to be making much impact on this malaise. And politicians, well, they are politicians. Calls for hope and change without telling us what that means frankly scares me. One thing I know is this. A lack of faith in ourselves, our heritage and our Creator will destroy us a sure as an Islamofascist suicide bomber.