Patriotic holidays always lead me to reflect on the sacrifices made by members of our armed forces to protect American freedoms.
In 2011, the scorecard shows we civilians have not done very well in protecting the nation that so many thousands died to defend. The borders remain largely open, allowing hostile persons to enter at will, from unfriendly Muslims to Mexican organized crime. Our elected representatives can’t begin to stop spending money we don’t have, even after the Tea Party electoral success in 2010. One example: spending grew by $145 billion in fiscal 2011 compared to a year earlier, according to the CBO. America’s future looks dicey at best, given the financial irresponsibility of Washington on the most basic task it performs, that of taxing and spending.
But to be fair to Tea Party efforts at reform, immigration is the ground-zero issue showing how little control we citizens have to effect a government increasingly run more by globalist ideology and money than allegiance to US sovereignty. The American people have insisted for years that immigration be legal, controlled and reduced, with no substantial change. The reason is that the enemies of American sovereignty are very powerful.
Still, without reformist efforts, the border would certainly be entirely open by now in some sort of North American Union, and tens of millions of lawbreakers would be on the famous “path to citizenship” so beloved by the post-sovereignty bunch.
Patriotic holidays are therefore an appropriate occasion to rededicate oneself to saving the country, because it needs all the help it can get. And soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have showed the real cost of preserving freedom.
