A nation in trouble

It's hard to feel good about our nation right now. Our economy has been in a prolonged tailspin. The slaughter of unborn babies is passed off as a mother's "choice". More and more states are legalizing homosexual marriage and a vocal minority of LGBT people are trying to convince us we're intolerant if we disagree with their lifestyle. Yet these are the same people who wanted a man fired from a television show because he expressed views that disagreed with theirs. Views that are not new or unique. They're over 2000 years old. How is THAT tolerant? The supposed answer to school shootings is gun control. I fail to see how taking guns out of the hands of the good guys is a way to get rid of heavily armed bad guys. You don't really think gun control laws will disarm criminals, do you? Drugs are illegal and there is no shortage of those on the streets. Apparently they are easy to get, although I've never tried. Remember a few weeks back there was a shooting at a school in Colorado? Up until a few days ago the only fatality was the gunman himself (Sadly a 17 year old girl has since died). I'll bet you didn't hear much else about that shooting, did you? Some of you may not even be aware that it happened at all. Do you want to know why? It's because the gunman didn't murder dozens of students and teachers. How is it that a heavily armed gunman can walk into a school full of defenseless people and kill only one person? It's simple. This school had an armed resource officer in the building and that officer neutralized the threat before he could massacre dozens of people. A case of a good guy with a gun using it for its intended purpose: to stop bad guys. If schools had armed personnel, I highly doubt these whack jobs would waltz into schools and shoot students like fish in a barrel. Notice these nuts don't often walk into police stations and shoot a bunch of cops. Why? Because the cops have guns and can shoot BACK! I'm not saying armed police officers in schools is a pleasant thought. It's a sad commentary on our nation today, but I am saying disarming the citizens at large is not the answer to these problems.

How did our nation get in this mess? Well, it didn't happen overnight. First and foremost, our country is quickly becoming a Godless nation. Our government is doing everything possible to erase God and Christianity from every aspect of public and government places. Look at the battles that are waged in court over the posting of the Ten Commandments in government buildings. This nation was founded upon and built upon Christian principles, but now those same principles are offensive to some and must be eradicated. This mess is also a result of many years of electing poor leaders. To be fair, I blame Democrats and Republicans alike. There's plenty of this knuckle headed-ness to go around. It's also a result of a dumbed down electorate. This will not be a popular view, but I'm sorry folks, it's true. Don't believe me? Watch Jay Leno do his "Jay Walking" segment some time. Jay goes out into the streets and asks common people very simple and basic questions about our government or geography. These people have no idea who the Vice-President of the United States is or where to find Minnesota on a map. But these same people can tell you every winner in the history of American Idol or Dancing with the Stars. The same people who can't tell you how many Senators are in the U.S. Senate are the same ones who can tell you what Snookie or Kim Kardashian named their babies. It would all be hilarious if it wasn't so sad. These are the people electing our leaders. It scares the living daylights out of me. When this nation first began, only male landowners were permitted to vote. I'm not suggesting we go back THAT far, but I do think a person should have to pass a VERY SIMPLE basic knowledge test in order to vote. Nothing daunting. I'm not talking about needing a PhD to vote. I just feel if you don't know who the Governor of your state is, you have no business voting. Perhaps if we had a smarter, more informed electorate, we just may get better leaders representing us. Not a bunch of greed mongers looking out only for themselves and their personal interest groups. Something needs to change or this nation will not be long for this world. The United States of America is not invincible. I'm not saying we're on the brink of collapse, but I am saying that's the road we're on if we don't wake up and change some things.

The best thing I can do for my country is pray for it. Pray for our country, pray for our leaders, pray for God to have mercy on this vile, filthy nation that so strongly rejects Him. I do believe things can turn around, but I also believe this will only happen if we pray these things specifically. Won't you join me? This great nation is worth it.

Winston Churchill was a brilliant man. He accurately said this long ago: