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WAKE UP AMERICA ARCHIVES _____________________________________________________ The
Political Counter Culture ______________________________________________ SOCIETY IS A REFLECTION OF ITS LAWS Society is a reflection of its laws and how those laws are administered. It is also a reflection of the higher moral laws and how those laws are respected and kept. If you accept the premise that a society is a mirrored reflection of it's laws and the administration of those laws, America is a nation in deep, deep trouble! The crisis reaches into every vital area of society including but not limited to constitutional, political, economic, financial, governmental, justice, social, moral and spiritual. Several decades ago America was one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. Many of the social issues we see today had not become hot button political social issues. Most of the nation regardless of the different cultures of people was headed in one direction and that oneness was the glue that held America together while becoming the greatest nation on earth. We are still a great nation but the nation is becoming very fragmented and divided. History teaches us that strength is anchored in "united we stand and divided we fall." We are no longer one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. We have become one nation under the professional politicians with selective liberty and justice for the politically connected and the social issues drive the professional political agenda. The public media with their self-ordained position of the fourth branch of government has contributed to the ploy helping to divide the nation with the red and blue states philosophy. The nation has lost its sense of its direction and where we came from. Just like our personal individual existence on this planet there are no more vital questions that can be asked and answered than (1) Where did we come from (2) What are we doing here and (3) Where are we going. Just the same as in our own personal lives, as a nation those three questions are inseparable for our national success, peace and well being. Today we have a selective memory about where we came from and we are struggling to answer question number 2 and 3 because of that selective memory. Because of that selective memory several vital parts of our national history are missing as self-serving social issues cause the political spotlight to shine brightly. Traditional family values is one of the cornerstones of a nation on its way to greatness. The basic social unit in any society is the family. The family has always been the laboratory of society and what comes out of that laboratory is what we get in society. Today that memory lapse of our history is missing. We have a 53% divorce rate and that laboratory is in a shameful state of disarray and shambles. Another cornerstone in our great nation is our service to each other. Today we see a self-serving culture asking what can you do for me, bent on instant personal gratification with no concern for consequence to our fellowmen. The third cornerstone is our human relationships. All human relationships have spiritual roots. Cut those roots and violence will spread like wildfire. Today we have gained the title of the most violent nation on earth. The fourth cornerstone is our rights and freedoms under the Constitution. The right of freedom of speech today comes to the forefront. With every right there is a required responsibility. Today that responsibility in freedom of speech is no where to be found. Freedom of speech has become a right of passage for a counter culture to create a utopia of peace without God and divide the nation. Our media screens and the Internet feeds Americans a steady diet of Pornography that was born out of the freedom of speech right. That shameful industry has grown to a $50 billion per year demeaning the great women and children of our society. Demagogues have appeared atop the political power forums in our society as self appointed moral leaders that in fact are hypocrites and racist promoters further dividing the nation (Al Sharpton comes to mind). Finally our recognition of and worship of the God that led every race of people to this very special continent is the very foundation of our entire national structure. Today we have a very deceptive counter culture that has turned the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" inside out. Today there is little forgiveness to be found for anyone's mistakes. In fact the public media has dogged determination to place blame and cause continued conflict to protect their ratings. It is all about "do others before they do you" and that has led to very extreme behavior. THE SAFETY NET IS BROKEN Now back to the question of laws. What is the safety net? We said a society is a reflection of its laws and how those laws are administered. When people forsake the higher moral laws the counter culture of crime and violence increase. We see that today. As a matter of record crime has increased in America during the past 40 years by 350%. A staggering part of that statistic is violent crime such as murder, manslaughter, assault and battery, armed robbery, rape, domestic violence, child abuse and other violent crimes of force. If we added the some 40 million unborn babies that have been killed since Roe vs. Wade in 1975 the crime increase would be astronomical. The safety net is our own man-made laws and judicial system that administers those laws. When a judicial system becomes a monopoly of political, corrupt and a financial opportunity for lawyers the nation suffers. The one shelter of refuge designed to protect victims from lawbreakers becomes a game of Russian roulette for the victimized. The criminal justice system has become a revolving door for criminals. Recently in my own city a man with 55 prior arrests was arrested fleeing from law enforcement. Also in my city a DWI was arrested with 21 prior arrests and several convictions. Illegal immigrants flood across our borders at the rate of over one million annually. Over 80,000 of those illegal immigrants are known criminals and their whereabouts are unknown. While professional politicians jockey for personal and party position the nation is placed at great risk. Is the safety net broken? Do we have serious social issues? Do we have a counter culture making great inroads? Will these problems evolve into an ugly state of vigilante justice? Will the nation finally reach a state of anarchy? Time To Remember Our Beginning And Where We Came From Before all our national social issues became hot-button political issues traditional values would solve the problem. Community and political service to the nation was found in the man who would drop his plow at the end of the furrow, go and serve for a couple of years, come back and pick up his plow and get on with his life. Traditional family values was found in our dedication to our family units, our schools, community and our churches. We were a God-fearing nation willing to follow the roadmap that our Creator designed for us, the Ten Commandments. Out of that roadmap came service to and love for our neighbors. Forgiveness of offenses and mistakes of each other. The acts of adultery and murder was at an all time low. Violence upon other citizens was rare. Children were taught by a loving father and mother to do good and avoid evil. It was out of this setting that a great nation was born that became a beacon to all the world. Finding Our Way Back Everywhere we look today social issues appear to be overwhelming. A nation is divided. What happened to that great nation and how do we find our way back. We must look at what has changed to find the answer; 1.
We have lost our self-identity as a God-fearing nation. *A CONTINUING SERIES* BACK
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