Is America In The Grip Of Cowardice?

By Ron Ewart
December 18, 2013
NewsWithViews.com

“There are those that recognize a wrong and act to right it. There are those who “see” the wrong, but do nothing. But unfortunately there are way too many of those who don’t “see” anything at all.” -Ron Ewart

If you were standing on the railroad tracks and you saw a train bearing down on you at high speed, what would you do? If your child was playing next to a cliff and you saw him chasing a ball towards the cliff, what would you do? Ifburglaries and thefts were rising in your neighborhood, what would you do? If bullies and thugs took over your town, what would you do? If a man confronted you on the street and demanded your money, what would you do? In most cases you would act swiftly to get out of the way, save your child, take action to stop the neighborhood crime, confront the bully and resist the robber from stealing your money ….. or would you?

What if your neighbor came over one day and said, I need more of your property and I am moving my fence twenty feet onto yours and I’m not going to pay you a dime, what would you do? If your boss said that he has established a new policy of welfare and has decided to take a percentage of YOUR paycheck (not his) and give it to the poor, what would you do? If you were part of an organization that existed on private donations and the board members decided that they were going to use fear, intimidation, threats, lies and propaganda to increase donations, what would you do? If you were a deacon of a church and you discovered that the other deacons were using parishioner money for their own use, or grossly wasting that money, what would you do? If the local school board decided that they were going to include in the curriculum for your children, a course on Earth’s salvation that required teaching the kids that their parent’s lifestyle was environmental heresy and should be condemned, what would you do?

In all of the above cases, a normal, reasonable and prudent person would set about to right the situation, one way or another and if necessary, he would enlist others to help him, because a normal, reasonable and prudent person has a sense of what is right and wrong. When they see a wrong, they try to right it, provided they have the courage to face those who desire to continue the wrong for their own benefit, or a hidden agenda.

The Revolutionary War righted a wrong and declared freedom in America. The War of 1812 was a continuation of the Revolutionary War and our winning it prevented America, once again, from falling under British rule. The Civil War righted an egregious wrong and ended black slavery ….. well sort of. The first and second World Wars righted international wrongs against human life, dignity and individual rights. These wrongs were righted by courageous leaders and individuals who knew that they might have to make the ultimate sacrifice to right those wrongs.

Today, we have a litany of wrongs that need to be righted, right here in America. We have government perpetrating on the people the same “wrongs” that we mentioned above, that a normal, reasonable and prudent person would take immediate action to right, when the wrong was recognized.

Why then would the normal, reasonable and prudent people of America turn their heads when their government commits the same wrongs as the neighbor, the bully, the boss, the board members, or the deacons, but on a much grander scale? Why indeed!

Americans, by the millions, are getting hammered by Obama Care through no fault of their own. Why do they take it? Why isn’t there a massive uprising? Why aren’t lawsuits flying all over the place? Why aren’t the people demanding that heads roll with the large, unified voice of millions?

Our school children are being brainwashed and indoctrinated by a federal government-created curriculum (Common Core Standards, Race To the Top and No Child Left Behind programs) that emphasize socialism, collectivism and multi-culturalism. Why aren’t the parents crying foul? Why don’t they take over the local school boards and reverse this garbage? Why aren’t they at the state legislatures creating all kinds of Hell? Do they just not care ….. or are they afraid?

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