Are We An Entitled Nation?

 One of the most beloved Presidents in modern history made a profound statement in one of his speeches. I don't remember which one, but I believe it was his inaugural speech in 1961. In that speech is one of the most repeated statements since it was made. What is it? “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”

Granted, that was a different time, a totally different way of thinking for most Americans. It was a time of civil unrest, we were on the brink of war, in the middle of a cold war with the Soviet Union, but most importantly, we were proud to be Americans and were patriotic to our flag and our national anthem. Yes, a totally different time.

What changed us? What made half the country hate what America stands for? When did we become so anti-capitalist? What started this change?

I am of the firm belief that the class of 1980 was the last class that government-run schools actually educated students instead of indoctrinating them. I know that since that time students have not been taught the truth in history; math has been perverted into something that is unrecognizable, cursive writing is no longer taught, vocational studies have been done away with, and the Constitution is being ignored.

How do I know this? I've had children in these schools withing the last ten years. I've had friends with children in these schools over the last twenty years. I remember a friend that lived in Arizona but worked in Portland, Oregon. He was my neighbor, and he went home every weekend. One Sunday night he stopped by and said, “You aren't gonna believe this.”

He proceeded to tell me that his son, who was studying the Vietnam Conflict, had told him some 'facts' that weren't even close to the truth. When my friend corrected him, his son said, “But, Dad, it's right here in my history book. It had to happen that way.” His response? “I was there. It didn't happen that way.”

With CRT and transgender studies being pushed by the blue states and government-run schools, it's no wonder our children are confused, depressed, suicidal, and socially inept. With our elected officials pushing racism, division, class warfare, it's no wonder under 50's are the same. They were programmed to believe what the government told them; without question. I was taught to think critically, to question everything, to demand proof.

John Kennedy's famous statement doesn't mean anything now. It isn't what the individual can do for his/her country but what can the country do for the individual. We have become an entitled, self-centered, egotistical, hedonist, narcissistic society. We have been programmed to be that way by people that have to interest in the well-being of the country but only the well-being of their power and wealth.

When the decisions that affect the country are put into the hands of those that have nothing to lose, it's a losing scenario. Your city council, mayor, state legislature, governor, the United States Congress, even the President, none of them are going to lose anything by the decisions they make. Only YOU, the taxpayer, the American citizen, have a vested interest in those decisions.

Is Congress spending their money for frivolous projects, illegal aliens, illegitimate wars, gender studies in Pakistan? NO! YOU are. You, the taxpayer. It couldn't have been better proven than when Ron DeSantis sent 50 illegals to Martha's Vineyard. It was fine, fantastic and the right thing to do letting all those millions of illegals enter the country at the expense of the border states and wherever else the Federal Government sent them. It wasn't affecting the elites, to power brokers, the decision makers. When they showed up on THIER doorstep it was a different story. Nancy Pelosi had a group arrested that breached HER WALL in California and the residents of Martha's Vineyard sent those 50 to a shared military base just to get rid of them.

With the Democrat Party pushing college tuition forgiveness (which is just another way to say that the taxpayer is going to pay the debt instead of the person that took the loan), increasing welfare and food stamps, affordable housing, free phones and service, etc., it is throwing away everything that built this country. Self-reliance, self-responsibility, self-respect. Now, instead of asking what you can do for your country, the Democrats are making it 'Ask not what you can do for you country. Ask what your fellow taxpayers can do for you.”

Kennedy, Trump and Hitler

“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country”; a statement made so many years ago by one of America’s most beloved Presidents, John F. Kennedy. JKF was not a President without conflict, trials and tribulations, or even scandal; still, he was loved by the majority of the country.

Dwight Eisenhower didn’t like him because of his youth. The Republicans didn’t like him because he was socialistic democrat, and a Catholic. Yet, this young man narrowly won the election from Richard Nixon in 1960 becoming the youngest man to be elected. Sadly, barely a thousand days into his presidency, JFK was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas, thus becoming the youngest President to die.

From the very beginning of his administration, JFK was tested. In April of 1961 he initiated the failed Bay of Pigs operation to try and overthrow Fidel Castro. Later that year, in June, he met with Nikita Khrushchev to deal with the division of Berlin and then in October of 1962 he met with Khrushchev, again, to deal with the Cuban Missile crisis. In 1963, Kennedy escalated the US’s involvement in Vietnam to try and curb the spread of communism.

Because of America’s moved beloved President, the Civil Rights movement made great leaps, the Peace Corp was established and the United States geared up its space program. Both good and bad came out of the Kennedy Presidency, as does almost every administration.

Where am I going with this article besides a history lesson? I just wanted to show that even though a man is both loved and hated, has an administration that doesn’t get everything done that was promised, presents a Presidency filled with trials and tribulations, that administration, that man, can do great things and become a great President.

Donald Trump is such a President. He is hated by the left, his policies are obstructed by the left, he is fighting a battle that he may not win on a lot of issues but he is fighting for America. He is fighting to make America great again, to keep the socialistic/communistic policies that a far left wing party would like to see instituted into our country. Does this mean that he will be the next John Fitzgerald Kennedy? Highly doubtful. What he very well could become is one of the most prolific policy changers that ever sat in the Oval Office if the left would just stop obstructing everything just because it comes from someone who they didn’t believe would ever become President of the United States.

The far left has often times compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. There is absolutely no comparison there. There is a much closer comparison between John Kennedy and Donald Trump. Hitler was a monster out to control the world and eliminate anyone that he did not believe was of the perfect race. Hitler was not a blond haired, blue eyed German. He was a dark haired, dark eyed Austrian. Hitler killed over 6 million Jews because he believed them to be the scourge of the Earth. He also ruled with an iron fist.

Donald Trump has made some pretty off-the-cuff remarks against several nationalities including our southern neighbors, the Mexicans. One thing that people need to understand is that he is not out to kill off any nationality. The only ones that Donald Trump wants to eliminate is the Radical Islamic Terrorist organization known as ISIS. If he was the same as Hitler, he would be killing off Muslims just as Hitler killed off Jews.

As for ruling with an iron fist, the Donald really isn’t. Yes, he gets extremely pissed off at the media and all the leaks of classified information from our own Intelligence agencies but he isn’t controlling what is going on and censoring said media. As for the leaks, that is a national security issue and needs to be dealt with.

So, in conclusion, please, let the President do what he needs to get our country back to the greatness it once was. The paid protests, the obstruction in Congress, the constant berating really needs to stop so that the rest of the world can see that we are a UNITED country that is strong and committed to keeping our borders secure, the defeat of ISIS and helping our allies protect themselves.