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Published Brownsville Herald April 8, 2007
This week in the press we saw votes changed because the leadership allowed more government programs of largess benefiting certain Congressional Districts to be included in a bill.
This is part of the reality of daily political life and after an indoctrination of some weeks it seems normal. The idea of sticking to one’s ideals becomes weaker and weaker, not just in Congress but at the State level and even in local councils and boards.
At this time in America there is a substantial movement towards a large socialized government where government provides all of the people’s needs allowing no private ownership of companies and ruled by an elite cadre of experts. On the other extreme there is a movement towards a “New World Order” – a World government ruled by another bunch of elite experts or are they really the same goals?
In the middle there are those who believe in Capitalism, private ownership of property and businesses with the opportunity to pursue success and happiness as was described in the Declaration of Independence. We are not guaranteed it by the Declaration or the Constitution, but are assured of the opportunity to make choices that may bring great success or abysmal failure. We even have the choice to define how we view success.
A few days ago I watched the newer version of the movie “The Manchurian Candidate” which described the creation of a President of The United States by a mom who was an elite and part of a company “Manchurian Global”.
Immediately my mind filled with conspiracy theories involving Halliburton and Big Corporate America. More »