Soap Box

I consider myself most blessed to have been to practically every corner, every nook and cranny of this land we call the United States of America.

When I think about America I think about the Rockies, the Smokies, the Mighty Mississippi coursing through the heartland and the little La Plata trickling through the mountain passes of beautiful Colorado.

The nation that spans a continent, boasts mountains, deserts, glaciers, mighty rivers and redwood forests, the nation that fought for and won its independence, that endured a Civil War that conquered killer diseases and took technology to a height that could only be dreamed about a few short decades ago.

The nation that is unequaled among the nations of the earth with more opportunities, more freedoms, more diverse terrain, more dreams to pursue, more independence and more individual rights than any other place on earth.

A land where liberty is your birthright and a shot at being exceptional is yours to grasp, the land of the overnight millionaire, where, if you�ve got what it takes, you can walk among the giants.

Where �do unto others as you would have others do unto you� is still practiced in the small towns and back roads of fly over country where church bells still summon the faithful to worship on Sunday morning.

The strength of America is not reckoned by the do nothing debating societies on Capitol Hill, nor even the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It cannot be measured by the assets of the banks or the size of its corporations.

The strength, the greatness, the tenacity of America can only be determined by her people, the ones who plow the fields, pilot the 18 wheelers, man the assembly lines, build, repair, protect and serve, defend and cherish.

The people who make up the majority of the population, known as the common folks, blue collar, white collar, black, white, brown with different ethnic backgrounds, different religious beliefs, different heritages, diverse political persuasions, but all still proud to come together under the one banner and thankful to be known as simply �Americans�.

There is a concerted movement afoot by a confederation of politicians, billionaires, power brokers and some powerful media outlets to tear this nation apart, to remake it in the image of all the other failed socialist societies, to have a monolithic central government that would control everything from, if you are even allowed to be born, to the time you die, playing God, the most dangerous game of all.

These people, and with good reason after the Obama years, began to think that they are the greatness of America, that they are wiser and more capable of telling people how they should and must live, that the Constitution is just a list of suggestions to be ignored at the whim of the politically connected and the ultra-powerful.

They forgot the people who make this nation tick, that no matter how much money you have or how much power you think you have, without the rank and file citizens who manually turn the wheels of commerce and progress, money buys nothing and power falls flat.

It cost them an election.

They will not give up, they�re still out there trying to tear down our nation and remake it into a godless, secular country without human compassion, condoning the wholesale slaughter of the unborn and allowing the unproductive aged to die, to destroy the second amendment, interfere with religious doctrine and take away the personal freedoms Americans cherish.

But they forget, we�re still out here too, the Cajun in South Louisiana who is not going to let anybody tell him how to live, the fishermen who fight the angry seas and are not afraid of anything man can throw at him, the cowboys and cattlemen, the factory workers, the truck drivers, the farmers, the common people, who will not give up their America, our America.
Our home.

As we celebrate the two hundred and forty first birthday of the greatest nation the world has ever known let us, first of all be thankful to our God and Creator for allowing us to live in this blessed land.

Secondly, let us honor the memory of those who gave their lives to keep our beloved America free.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

� Charlie Daniels

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