Problems, Problems, Problems

You ask are we worse off now than we were five years ago, I answer, depends on how you look at it. Let me explaine my position in the area of Race Relations-YES, in the area of the Economy-YES in the area of Unity-YES, and every other possible way a country can be described as being worse off-YES.

Next question, is there a way to overcome it-YES, is it a reachable goal-YES, will it require sacrifice-YES.

Next question, who is going to be sacrificed, the one on the Left, the one on the Right, or the one in the Middle. Lets do some classification here, as per reports stemming from all over the country, here and now, today, and for tomorrow. The extremists on both the left and the right will of course offer up the ones in the middle, why, Well everyone knows that they are the only ones who know anything---RIGHT!!! Historically speaking, this is a truism, yet so many fail to follow through on what happens when this happens, for those of you who live east of the Rockies, look to your east, for those of you who live west of the Rockies look to your west, Don't say anything, don't make any observations, forget everything the government of any country on the face of the earth tells you, just look at the citizens of that country, not the 1%ers the normal everyday people that do the work, pay the taxes, and surrender their individuality to the state, does the Left or the Right have the answers?

If you say NO!!! Then it's time to stutter-step, break cadence, and get a different drum to march to. You see, the only thing either the Left or Right wants is power, the power to control your lives, your resources and everything else you have, do a reality check and see if I am wrong.

Now, let's go to the second question and sit down and think about it a bit, you see America here's where we as a nation screwed up, we got caught up in a dream that turned into a nightmare, we lost track of our end result and our path of achievement. Going to make a comparison here, follow me on this , it's kind of really important. I understand weapons, I know for a fact that there is no weapon on this earth that kills anyone because it is an inanimate object, by itself it can do nothing, so much for the argument guns kill (another load of crap Piers), excuse me I sometimes get distracted by stupidity. Using the example of a rifle, let's say, I give you a Savage 110 BA semi-auto 338 Lapua, which by anyone's standards is one heck of a rifle, and I give you say 100 rounds of ammo to shoot. Now picture this, we are in the middle of an open field, nothing around for at the very least 3000 yards and I tell you to hit the target ten times, then go and sit behind a rock, what are you going to do? Absolutely nothing, why? Because there's nothing to shoot at is there?

So how does this track for us, we have the a country which by anyone's standards is one HECK of a country, within the framework of that country we have the tools to make everything run so everybody, and I mean everybody has the opportunity to realize their dreams, we have the willingness, we have the strength, we have the ability, but, we just stopped using them, why, well we have to accept the responsibility of our own acquiescence in surrendering that which made us strong, our identity as Americans. That identity had been purchased by many, many individuals who not only dreamed about, bur panted after, and pursued with vigor the dream of being their own person, not just a number on someone's clipboard. We went form a self-actualized, goal oriented, human being to a bunch of butt-sucking, repugnant leeches living on the backside of what used to be humanity, we became a generation of handout seekers instead of doers like our ancestors. We have more people on government handouts now than at any other time in our history.

To get back on our feet, and hold our heads up will take some grunt work and sweat equity, but, I promise, it will be worth it. Can I say this for sure, you bet yer ass I can. Whenever you as a shooter put 10 rounds downrange and hit you're target be it at 100-250-300-500-1,000 or 1500 yards you get a big rush of satisfaction, I don't care who you are. The same holds true on anything you invest yourself in, the sense of accomplishment you receive is of far more worth than the sense of discouragement you wind up with when you do nothing. Case in point, look to Ferguson and the protesters. A picture showing three black youths with a comment that you had best rebuild what they tore down or there will be no peace, now tell me, where are the almighty protest leaders like Jackson, Sharpton, and others of that ilk? For all intent and purpose doubt casters and hate monger are of no use.

In the area of race relations that under the present leadership have fared worse than any other aspect of our lifestyle, (although this is not meant as a cure-all it can be used as a starting point,) I heard some iniquitous celebrity saying we should accept responsibility for the damage of slavery going back 237 years and make reparations, my answer, two words, “Stuff It” It appears stupidity is rampant in Hollywood these days. Leaning to the practical instead of the oblique statements of air heads I would suggest common ground. Put aside the petulant and seek a place from which to start. Let go of the past for now, and build a different future, once that is stabilized then let's work together and fix the other problems. This remedy will entail a change of our paradigm from the individual to the community, big step, but it can be done when we work together with a purpose in mind, think about it, then get together and talk about it as normal human beings, not angry individuals spurned on by “Well I didn't get mine”

Somewhere along the line, “mine” has to change to “ours!”