For Americans, Failure is Not Inevitable

In a speech to the Heritage Foundation, Victor Davis Hanson said that “decline is a choice.” He’s right. As Americans, we can choose to do nothing and fade into a black hole or we can choose not to and come out even shinier and sharper.

We have been told for over 2 years, by this president that we are not exceptional, that we do not deserve the wealth (as a nation and as individuals) that we have earned. We see it in the movies and on television: we are not the good guys anymore. Americans are evil and greedy, we are gluttons, we are wasteful, fat and bloated.  This is the message we are hearing from our so-called leaders, from the celebrities that we (falsely) admire, and from the educators in academia whose salaries we pay.

This message is not new coming from teachers or celebrities – we’ve been hearing that for decades from those corners – but it is new coming from our nation’s leader.

It is new for Americans to see a president bow to monarchs. A president who not only feels submissive to the rest of the world but wants to make the nation so, as well. In his warped mind, he believes it. He’s not proud to be an American and as all Americans know, his wife has only once been proud to be one.

Obama bowing to the Saudi king/WND.com

I believe that he is preparing us for the fall that he is creating. I believe that he wants us to feel unworthy of our place in the world so that when he ushers us into 3rd world status, we will be not only prepared but, feel deserving of that place.

The man who said he was going to be a unifier has divided us further. We are more polarized as a nation now, than since the Civil War. From his first missteps (“the police acted stupidly”) to his latest (“I’m here. Congress should stay here too” as he prepares for a weekend at Camp David and a vacation in Martha’s Vineyard and another round of golf on Sunday) he has proven himself to be completely out of touch with the people who put him there – and the people who didn’t put him there but who he represents.

Obama’s uplifting message (Yes We Can!) has become one of misery and depression. He’s produced a national gloom that we must shake off before we become forever mired in this depression.

We do not have to accept his vision of America in decline. It’s a choice. We must stand up and celebrate being citizens of the greatest nation and society mankind has ever known.

The time is now.

You can leave. Really. We won’t stop you.

We really don’t need California.

• Oranges can be grown in the southwest and southeast. My relatives grow them on their patios in Phoenix.
• They can keep Disneyland. We have DisneyWorld and several of our states have 6 Flags. And hey! we have DOLLYWOOD!
• Without the Socialist Republic of California, we still have plenty of beaches.
• They can have Yosemite. We’ll still have Yellowstone and Glacier and lots of other great parks.
• They can keep the 9th circuit. Those justices are goofy as hell!
• Screw their golf courses. There are primo courses all over America and especially in Michigan.
• Make the entertainment industry stay in Hollywood. We still have NYC (for the time being, that is. Trouble is they have Bloomberg and probably, Weiner next.)
• We need border patrols because I’m sick and tired of them moving away from the government they hate and then make my states (AZ and NV) just like what they left.
• We’ll be glad to take their goldfish, hamsters, dogs and cats.
• They can keep their foreskins. Most of us don’t want our own, let alone theirs.
• We have lots of room for all the refugee Conservatives and we’ll welcome them with open arms!

You have anything to add that I’ve forgotten, be my by guest adding in the comments.

 

For Obama, golf is a nice walk spoiled.

It's apparent how much TheOne doesn't like golf. from the reddogreport.com

He doesn’t really like golf all that much. He’d rather be sitting in the park, people watching or “rolling out of bed” on Saturday mornings to go squeeze fruit in the local market, unshaven, with his daughters.

All he wants to do is go for a walk but he’s too famous now, so he’s settling for a weekly round of golf.

Although, regardless of whether he’d be walking in the park or walking the course (which he doesn’t do, he uses a golf cart) he would still be surrounded by secret service agents. So call me stupid, but I’m missing the point.

All he wants is to be anonymous again. Ha! Well I’ve got a news flash for him and for his wife who told Mrs. Sarkozy that being first lady was “hell”: You ain’t never gonna be unknown again! You wanted this job? You wanted the perks? You wanted the weekly celebraty entertainment parties? It’s all yours now, pal, that and the loss of your privacy.

The most AWESOME athlete

When Tiger doesn’t play, golf viewership falls by at least 25%; some polls say more than that.

I’m tired of hearing about his personal life. I’m tired of hearing his apologies. I’m tired of women coming out of the woodwork claiming to be his “one and only after Elen.”

Tiger’s personal life has become a tragedy for many people. And the media is driving a story that I think most people no longer want to know about. He made a series of huge mistakes but like thousands of others, I want to see him back on the course. He’s made the apologies to the people that matter and bogus or not, he’s atoning for those mistakes now. I’m in no position to judge his infidelities or his sincerity and I won’t.

I want him back on the course where I think his real rehabilitation (spiritual, public and private) will occur.

If you’ve never watched him, you have no idea what you’re missing.

If you’ve never played golf, you have no idea what this means but to watch Tiger or Ernie or Phil and see them mess up a putt or slice a drive and know that you’ve done the exact same thing makes the game and those athletes feel almost like personal friends. And to watch when they do something so phenomenal, so amazing, so almost other-worldly on a golf course, is for me at least, breathtaking.

I know this: I watch Tiger play on tv and he is THE most amazing athlete of my lifetime. Golf is not the same without him.

I miss him and I want him back. And yes, I know how selfish I sound…