Soap Box

America has always been known as the champion of huddled masses, the refuge for the poor and politically dispossessed, a haven of peace and safety, a land of opportunity where the poorest of immigrants could become the head of a corporation or at the least begin a successful family business to be passed down through the generations.

America - especially in times of trouble - has always had a, �We�re all in this together" attitude an �all for one, one for all� approach that has brought us through tough fiscal times, wars and natural disasters.

For well over two hundred years, we have lived together, worked together, fought our wars together, faced down epidemics, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and our latest deadly plague, terrorism.

Being a nation of immigrants � and a fairly new one by old world standards - we have always welcomed other immigrants to our shores, and although they all brought parts of their culture with them, they eventually assimilated, pledging their allegiance and their loyalty to America and - while still holding onto the pride in their ethnic origins - folded into the mainstream of American life.

America has always been known as the great melting pot where our differences were put aside in an effort to become and remain one people, under God, created equal and entitled to the pursuit of happiness, whatever that happens to mean to you.

Our efforts together have spanned a continent, won wars, cured diseases, built superhighways across high mountain passes and in the process, created the greatest nation Planet Earth has ever known.

Being proud of being an American citizen has always been a major part of our culture, no matter what our ethnicity, our cultural differences or the color of our skin, down under it all beat the heart of a proud American.

With the election of Barack Hussein Obama, the tacit acknowledgement of American exceptionalism came to an internationally viewed public end as Obama went around the world bowing and scraping, and apologizing for America being what it is.

He berated our history, questioned our intentions, redefined our role in the world from benefactor to meddler, from liberator to nation builder, from trustworthy friend to ill-intentioned acquaintance with a "What do I get out of it?" motive.

And he made no secret of the fact that he intended to bring this out of control behemoth to heel, to right the gross wrongs two centuries of capitalism had wrought, to make those who had been successful in this "unfair" system pay their "fair share" and introduce the United States of America to the delights of European style socialism.

In his efforts to do so, as we all well know, he has doubled the National Debt, sent the demand for food stamps through the roof, exponentially increased the number of "disabled" workers on the federal dole, fostered the worst race relations since the civil rights struggle, reduced the number of full time workers, gave Iraq to ISIS, betrayed our only true ally in the Middle East, Israel, by signing a one-sided deal with Iran and the tale is still unfolding as to how Obamacare will effect health care, the juicier parts being withheld until he departs office in hopes of placing the blame on someone else.

And now the Middle Eastern refugee tap is opened and no matter what the Obama administration says, the amount of refugees who will end up coming to this country will be many times the original figure they are quoting now.

Thousands upon thousands of young, military-aged men - most of which will neither assimilate nor become productive members of society - will be among them, the covert ISIS operatives notwithstanding. 

This phase of our history will only end well with divine intervention.

The house of cards is almost complete and someday soon it will come tumbling down.

Russia is already back in its eternal role of international trouble maker, China is very soon going to demand the trillion dollars they loaned us, the Middle East is a powder keg with a lit fuse, we are importing our own intifada and there's an idiot with nuclear missiles in North Korea.

It's strange that the supposed party of the downtrodden would allow their president to normalize relations with Cuba without even a mention of civil rights for the long oppressed Cuban people and trust a couple of murderous old communists to make changes on their own.

Oh well, I guess that would be meddling or nation building.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

� Charlie Daniels

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