Losing Precious Freedom

I have written several times about the preciousness of freedom. It is a gift, and we are its caretakers. Never in my lifetime did I ever think I would witness what I am seeing today. If there was any doubt in my mind that our democracy is in more peril today than at any time in our history, it has been removed by numerous things that I have seen this past week. The disdain that this administrations and its allies have for the American people is growing by the day, and they are emboldened to the point that we should be taking serious notice. It is insidious, and these folks are playing for keeps.

1) Andrea Mitchell, commenting last week on NBC news about the recent the tea party events, said that our “system” has provided a “mechanism” by which “these people” can “communicate” with each other. I guess I am one of “these” people.

2) CNN had little coverage of the march on Washington on September 12. What they did cover was an examination of the “dark undercurrents” of the event. And folks, the anchor and news reporter wouldn’t let it go. I have witnessed radical protests since I was 16 year old mostly staged by the whacky left…and these folks were the walking definition of “dark undercurrents.” Is CNN serious?

3) An article in the New Yorker magazine this past week, written by Hendrik Hertzberg, stated: “This sort of lunatic paranoia—touched with populism, nativism, racism, and anti-intellectualism—has long been a feature of the fringe, especially during times of economic bewilderment.” So over a 400,000 people marching on Washington are suffering from “lunatic paranoia”?

4) Tom Friedman, a respected New York Times columnist, wrote an editorial last Wednesday extolling the virtues of the Chinese autocracy, and how this system of government “…is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people.” Then he pretty much ripped the United States system of government apart.

5) The participants in last Saturday’s march on Washington was populated by regular folks like you and me. There was NO mention of it on ABC, CBS, or NBC except as passing aside to commentary relating to other issues. CNN had a small report, and was derogatory in its tone. If any of you saw the aerial shots of the crowd, you can easily reach a figure between 400,000 – 500,000 if not more, not to mention the many hometown rallies like the one in Columbiana which was attended by more than 800 people on a Saturday afternoon. If this group of people were protesting against the war or marching for black rights or gay rights or feminist rights, you can be sure the coverage would have been wall to wall for days. Instead the media chose do to something I have never seen before…they deliberately ignored a major story for overtly political purposes.

There is a sickness growing in this country based on intellectuals drunk on power. Those who are in charge are either in denial as to how serious the country’s unrest is becoming, or simply don’t care believing we are too stupid to acknowledge their elitist, intellectual superiority.

The media's behavior is frightening. It is becoming increasingly clear that these folks are infatuated with dictatorship, or are so far in bed with Barack Obama’s narrative that they are willing to sacrifice their principles. It scares me, and it should scare you. Any student of history will tell you that from Obama’s shadow government, to his cult of personality, to his rhetorical skills, to his making side deals with the business and the media and takeover of major segments of the economy, to his emphasis on the collective and “service” to humanity instead of the sanctity of individualism, to his stony persona, arrogance and use of the words “I” and “me”,to his continue presence on television to the point his face is there all of the time…this is the stuff from which fascism grows. You mark my words…he will go after alternative media and energy companies next.

Wake up America. When the New Yorker magazine runs a story about the greatness of a Chinese communist dictatorship, there is trouble. Freedom is precious, and unless we begin to restore the voice of the people, it may be too late.