alliegance - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-29T11:13:40Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/allieganceOUR FLUTTERING, FLOUNDERING SHIP OF STATEhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/our-fluttering-floundering-ship-of-state2012-07-09T16:51:13.000Z2012-07-09T16:51:13.000ZNancy Burgehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/NancyBurge<div><p>As a Senior Citizen, and having been raised at a time when patriotism was an important part of daily life. Remember when we started our school day with the Pledge of Allegiance, I am continually surprised at how vitriolic the reaction from the left wing zombies when hearing or repeating that pledge!</p><p>But, I suppose that these days there are a LOT of things that surprise me. And not I might add, a good surprise. So I thought that I would enumerate what I think are the top ten reasons we are where we are. So, here are my......</p><p> </p><p> "<strong>Were We Asleep At The Wheel - Top Ten</strong>":</p><ol><li>Ignoring the emergence of "new world order" as a term describing political thought. (see Woodrow Wilson, "global justice" for a start)</li><li>Increasing expectations as to the roll of "government".</li><li>Increasing "public ownership" of private enterprise = socialism.</li><li>Not understanding that socialism is the precursor of <span class="st"><em>Communism</em> (from Latin communis - common, universal) as a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order would would be packaged to appeal to the masses who didn't realize that it would not produce what it promised.</span></li><li><span class="st">Not realizing that the fall away from God would foster envy and avarice to prevail in the social order.</span></li><li><span class="st">Ignoring our increasing obsession with institutionalized snooping (<span class="ssens">to interest oneself in what is not one's concern) via television and mass media.</span><br /></span></li><li><span class="st">Not venerating education and integrity above everything else.<br /></span></li><li><span class="st">Thinking the "solution" to our problems was going to be easy.<br /></span></li><li><span class="st">Not teaching our CHILDREN about the importance of patriotism.<br /></span></li><li><span class="st">Ignoring our responsibility to VOTE!<br /></span></li></ol><p><span class="st"> </span></p><p><span class="st">I HOPE THAT WE CAN TURN THE TIDE...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!!!!<br /></span></p><p> </p></div>