The Price of Apathy

Like the story of the Frog in the Kettle (he fell into a kettle and, as the farmer put the kettleover a fire and slowly raised the temperature, the frog died having gradually been cooked, unaware of the danger and simply enjoying the warmth), we are being lulled into complacency and apathy, thinking we can do nothing to reverse the trend of corruption, greed, and selfishness so rampant in our country today.

An account of some election statistics published in recent elections (author unknown) illustrates our current dilemma:

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:

• Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
• Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000
• Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million
• Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: 'In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare . . .'

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the 'complacency and apathy' phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the 'governmental dependency' phase.

The gains made by the Democrats in the recent elections of 2006 and 2008 reinforce this contention. More Americans are becoming brainwashed to become more dependent on government, and the promise that if only they elect the right candidate, "climates will change, the planet will be healed, etc, etc."

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million illegal aliens called "undocumented workers" and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.

If the Secretary of the Treasury diverts $700 Billion into bailing out failed corporations, and gets corporate America used to government assistance every time times get tough, then we lose the incentive for capital risk and entrepreneurship which make this country great. Socialism is the wolf at the door.

If you are in favor of the end of the USA as outlined in the Constitution, ignore this blog. If you are not, and want to preserve our great nation as the Founding Fathers intended, pass this along within your circle of influence to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

Call, write, fax or otherwise communicate your concerns for our nation and call on your elected representatives to listen to the voices of his/her constituents. 

We can no longer afford to stay silent and trusting in untrustworthy people!!