THE END OF THE AMERICAN WORK ETHIC RANT

     Since its founding and before, the United States has been renowned as the land of opportunity where dreams, hopes, and aspirations could indeed become concrete and achievable realities.  Millions upon millions of immigrants from all over the world have proved this basic tenet down through the generations.  They came here with virtually nothing and within a relatively short time they and their progeny began moving up the economic ladder, improved their fiscal condition, and realized in their own fashion what’s been termed the “American Dream.”  The same has always been true for those who have been born in this country.  Of those, for example, who began life in the lowest quintile (the bottom 20%) only about 3% remained there permanently.  Upward mobility, a concept really not known or experienced by the vast majority of the planet’s population, became not just a reality in America but a reasonable and realistic expectation.

     Only in America could such a phrase as “workaholic” have been invented and applied to so many who took that term as a huge compliment and a source of pride.  Most of the rest of the world, by the way, thinks we’re absolutely nuts to take the concept of work so seriously.  According to them, we have simply not learned to stop and smell the roses or appreciate those “finer” things in life.  We’re in way too much of a hurry trying to accumulate that next “buck” and have over emphasized the material aspects of life at the expense of the more leisurely pursuits.  Too many accuse us of allowing our work to define who and what we are and claim that this has caused us to become overly crass, grasping, and materialistic.  We don’t know, they insist, how to be truly happy and satisfied but instead must ever strive to achieve more.  This may sound like envy or jealousy, but in some regards our critics are correct for work in many ways does indeed define us.

     It is not so much the specific job, career, or profession that define us but rather the very concept of work.  Most Americans throughout most of our history have had an absolute need to work and that includes the vast majority of folks who have accumulated sufficient wealth to enable them the luxury of sitting on their asses doing absolutely nothing should that be their choice.  As a people, however, that kind of option has been widely spurned and rejected because it is not productive and Americans have long been known for their astounding productivity.  Historically, we have been far more productive than any other nation in the industrialized, developed world.  We work longer hours and days and take far fewer vacations than our counterparts in other countries.  To work is to feel necessary and useful.  To work, regardless of the task, makes us feel important and valuable.  To work means we are active, contributing members of society rather than merely “hangers-on” or parasites living off the productive class.  To work is a main-line adrenalin boost and builds self-esteem and a positive outlook on life that can be matched by very little else.

     Work instills in us a very real and palpable sense of self-reliance, rugged individualism, and independence all of which throughout the years have become major building blocks and cornerstones of the American character and psyche.  To work means not having to depend on others for the necessities or luxuries of life however they may be defined.  To work instills a sense of pride that comes from the knowledge of being able to support and provide for loved ones without assistance from the community or the government.  To work is to be whole, to be fulfilled, to be satisfied.  To work is to be motivated to succeed and throughout the years no one has more appreciated success than Americans so long as it has been honestly and honorably earned.

     To work is to be admired by one’s peers, family, and others – especially the children who see fathers as examples to be followed and emulated.  To work means to develop habits and attitudes of reliability, punctuality, and trust.  To work means dependability, steadfastness, and even a sense of sacrifice and self-gratification delayed or denied.  To work is uplifting and builds character and instills a deep sense of morality for the concept and act of work is supremely moral.  To work fosters a sense of right and wrong and helps to keep most of us on that straight and narrow path that provides nations and societies a sense of boundaries and limits that should not be crossed.  To work helps instill a sense of honesty and integrity that carries over into the realm of family, friends, and acquaintances.  To work is to be both enabled and ennobled and to work means acting on what’s been deemed the “American Work Ethic” in order to achieve what has been famously termed the “American Dream.”

     The American Dream – now there’s a concept for you.  It’s a term we’re all familiar with and means different things to different people.  No matter how we as individuals choose to define it, the term is imbued with a sense of boundless optimism and hope for the future.  It is an overwhelmingly positive statement about what individuals can accomplish in this country and that the only real limits to success are those that are self-imposed.  It should be noted, by the way, that the idea of an American Dream is peculiarly and uniquely, well, American.  I’ve never heard of the English, Italian, or Russian dream.  I’ve never heard of a Chinese or Korean dream.  Sadly, the only images that come to mind when trying to conjure up a dream associated with Africa or the Middle East are horrific and gruesome nightmares.  No, it is a term and attitude that is uniquely American and is an essential feature of what has been correctly referred to as American Exceptionalism.

     One writer explains that the, “American Dream can be described as a belief in freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States of America to achieve their goals in life through hard work.  Today, in America it generally refers to the idea that one’s prosperity depends upon one’s own abilities and hard work, not on a rigid class structure.”  The author recognizes that the term does not mean exactly the same thing to all people.  He notes that for some, “it is the opportunity to achieve more prosperity than they could in their countries of origin,” while for others, “it is the opportunity for their children to grow up with an education and career opportunities.”  For still others, “it is the opportunity to be an individual without the constraints imposed by class, caste, race, or ethnicity(http://askville.amazon.com).” Others define it simply as the, “notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual,” or as, “an American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire.”

     Realizing the American Dream, however, is not a given but rather involves a cost.  Simply to be born here or to travel to our shores is no guarantee.  The American dream cannot be realized unless it is tied to the concept of work.  Our streets are not and never have been paved with gold as one old myth used to claim.  Work – hard work – is and always has been the crucial element for achieving the Dream.  For those who fail or refuse to acknowledge this reality, the American Dream will remain an elusive even a mythical concept and through the centuries, Americans have come to understand that the concept of “something for nothing” produces only disappointment, failure, and bitterness.  Realizing the American Dream has always depended upon an American Work Ethic.  The Oxford Dictionary defines it as, “the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward,” while the Collins American English Dictionary notes that it is, “a system of values In which central importance is ascribed to work, or purposeful activity, and to qualities of character believed to be promoted by work(www.collinsdictionary).”  Yet another source notes that it constitutes, “a belief in the moral benefit and importance of work and its inherent ability to strengthen character(http://dictionary.reference.com).”

     For most of our history, the concepts of the Dream to be realized by the Ethic have been the staples of our success as a nation and a people.  They have helped make this country the wealthiest, most powerful, and most generous entity the planet has ever seen.  Tragically, that America seems to be rapidly coming to an end and both the American Work Ethic and the American Dream can be properly placed on the EPA’s endangered species list if not the fabled ash heap of history.  Make no mistake, for both are near to extinction in the second decade of the 21^st Century.  The American Work Ethic has been under assault for many decades and it appears that those leading the charge can actually see their victory in sight and that prospect leaves them literally salivating.  Who are they?  Who are they that so loathe America as founded and presently constituted that they would gladly destroy it?

     “They” would be America’s Liberals who espouse the very destructive philosophy of Liberalism.  I have dubbed the leaders of this insidious movement as the LFE (Liberal Fucking Elite) and they spearhead the drive whose basic goal is to usher in the demise of the United States of America.  The modern era of Destructive Liberalism can be traced directly back to the 1960’s with LBJ’s Great Society and his bogus War on Poverty.  Every single Liberal policy and philosophy since that time has been nothing more than a frontal assault on cherished American traditions, values, and norms.  Every single program enacted by those enemies of America has been purposely designed to bring our country to its knees and to deny the fact that without the United States, the world would be in far worse shape than it is today.  Those saboteurs and their minions will never acknowledge the goodness that is America nor will they recognize that we have been throughout the years a beacon that has lit the way for countless millions of the oppressed and impoverished the world over.  To them, we represent nothing less than evil incarnate and an enemy that must be defeated and discarded to be replaced by the forces of statism, collectivism, and Socialism.

     Under Obama’s stewardship, we have seen the United States take on all of the visages of a Socialist State that provides cradle to grave everything with the recipients having to work no harder than to fill out the required government forms.  Are you hungry?  No problem.  Barry Boy and his Fellow Travelers will provide all the food stamps you require and if you’re one of the few who hasn’t heard of this program, the government runs television commercials urging as many as possible to sign up for the goodies.  Lost your job because of our evil and heartless Free Market Capitalist economic system?  Not to worry, just sign up for nearly two years of unemployment insurance.  Should that run out, SSDI is right there to pick up the slack! Don’t have a cell phone?  Go see Barry Boy and that problem is solved!  If you are deemed to be “poor”, congratulations!  We now have something like eighty federal programs, many of which are redundant, to provide the material necessities that you can’t seem to provide for yourself.  What a great country!!

     The problem with the above – and so much more – is that nowhere is the concept of working or earning what you have ever even hinted at.  When Gingrich and the rest of the Evil Republicans took over Congress back in the ‘90’s, they replaced the concept of welfare with a really radical idea called “Workfare.”  If you want the freebies, you had to prove that you were at least actively seeking employment.  Crazy, right!?  With one stroke of his “Entitlement Pen”, El Destructo destroyed that horrid concept and now once again all you have to do is stick out you hand and your demands are met.  It has been estimated that over 100,000,000 people in this country are currently on the receiving end of some form of unearned tax-payer largesse and that number is rising.

     This signals the death knell of the American Work Ethic and so too the American Dream, as historically defined.  That dream will be replaced by the utter nightmare of full-blown, unabashed Socialism which is exactly where the Liberals amongst us want our nation to go.  With the demise of our Work Ethic, so too comes the death of such uniquely American characteristics as rugged individualism, self-reliance, and an overwhelming attitude of optimism, hope for the future, and unlimited possibilities.  Because nature abhors a vacuum, these American values will be replaced by an overwhelming dependence on government for all of our wants and needs, an inability to provide for ourselves and our families, and a complete and utter lack of confidence regarding the future of the greatest nation God ever granted mankind!

     This attitude and mindset constitutes and aberrant and radical break with past traditions and values.  Since our nation’s inception, not working at some useful and productive occupation has been viewed as shameful, embarrassing, and un-American.  It was a rare occurrence and those who could or would not successfully support themselves and their families were seen as failures, losers, and free-loaders.  They could not carry their own weight and in most cases were ashamed and mortified by their inability to succeed at any level.  It was a horrifying embarrassment to have to ask for help, to beg with hat in hand.  To actually wind up in the Poor House (yes, they really did exist) was to stigmatize oneself.  To have to accept charity from the community or church was deemed shameful.  This sense of shame at receiving charity both undeserved and unearned also served as a powerful motivating force.  Folks back then did all they could as quickly as possible to better their condition for charity all those years ago was viewed as only temporary.  If someone had fallen on “hard times” the community understood and helped – for a while.  Hand-outs would be tolerated but only temporarily.  One was expected to find a job, learn a skill, start a business, or perhaps head out West where more and better opportunities might be found.  Charity was not considered permanent and anyone who didn’t understand that was viewed as anathema.

     This attitude is all but extinct in the United States today.  The concept of charity has been replaced by that of “Entitlement.”  Yes, literally tens upon tens of millions of us actually feel that they are somehow deserving or worthy of the fruits of another’s labor.  That, by the way, used to be called stealing and was against the law.  Welfare has now become so institutionalized and ingrained in our society that most Americans can’t conceive of the notion that no one deserves what they haven’t earned and this attitude grows ever more prevalent.  Depending on how we define the term, America is in its third or forth generation of welfare recipients.  Entire families from great grandma on down have known nothing but welfare and government hand-outs.  It’s become an intergenerational phenomenon and much to the nation’s detriment, it has become permanent.  Welfare recipients feel no guilt or shame anymore and to criticize them in any manner, shape, or form has been deemed the epitome of Political Incorrectness, bad taste, and a heartless insensitivity!

     A piece entitled the, “Socialist Work Ethic(http://canadafreepress.com),” relates the experience of an immigrant to America who came from a Communist country.  She, “was in awe at the long hours Americans worked, their dedication to the work place, productivity, personal responsibility for errors, much better remuneration based on merit, and pride in a job well done.”  The writer goes on to note that, “Unfortunately, things have changed in the 35 years since I arrived in the United States.  Half the population subscribes to a socialist welfare work ethic long forgotten.  Why try so hard to work when welfare, food stamps (EBT Cards), disability, out of wedlock babies, and 99 weeks of unemployment are so much more lucrative?”  She continues, “Let the other 50 percent of idiots go to work and earn distributive welfare income for the rest.  Government taxation and income redistribution are very generous.  All welfare recipients have to do is keep voting Democrat and the bonanza follows.”

     Unfortunately, the writer’s assessment of the American condition is spot-on accurate and it’s only getting worse.  Speaking of those who are habitually and chronically on the dole she posits that, “Surely they cannot believe that it is morally and socially just to steal from the labor of those who work and give it to those who prefer sloth.”  This is exactly and precisely the attitude of too many millions of present-day Americans and the Liberal Elites whom they blindly follow.  In today’s atmosphere of class envy, class warfare, and jealousy it is somehow believed that those in the productive class who have worked hard and succeeded have done so dishonestly and immorally.  They believe that somehow success has been achieved by stealing from the backs of the poor.  Does that concept even begin to make any sense at all?  The poor by definition have absolutely nothing to steal!

     The article continues, “Greece is a good example of the deliberate demise of a country caused by the depreciating work ethic.  Greece, once famous for its art, architecture, and military genius, is now famous for its social, political, and economic bankruptcy.”  This, tragically, is exactly what is happening in the United States and for those of you who can’t recognize this, it’s seriously time you removed your heads from your asses and looked around!  The article further notes that the, “socialist workers of Italy, Greece, or France are not giving up their life-long secured employment perks to adopt an American work ethic of responsibility, accountability, and decency,” but instead, “Americans are adopting by the millions the socialist work ethic.”

     Author Dr. LLeana Johnson Paugh concludes that, “The American work ethic, based on values of hard work and diligence, has enhanced the moral character of millions.  Americans with a strong work ethic are reliable, entrepreneurial, take initiative, and always pursue new skills and ventures.”  She notes, however, that, “a degradation of the moral character has resulted in a diminished work ethic.  The entitlement mentality . . . has driven more nails into the work ethic coffin, promoting the European socialist mindset and a dubious ethic, alien to our American values.  Our anemic economic recovery is a result of this mentality.”  Unfortunately, her assessment is not only accurate but is indeed prophetic.  There are people out there who are not working and have absolutely no intention of doing so.  They have stopped actively seeking employment and either will not or cannot develop the education and skills necessary to allow them to become part of an ever-dwindling productive class of citizens.  It has been estimated that something like 91,000,000 Americans are no longer part of the work force.  They no longer participate.  They have dropped out.

     This used to be unthinkable – unimaginable.  Years ago, it literally meant an inability to feed, clothe, and house yourself and those who depended upon you.  It guaranteed regular visits to the soup or bread line and homelessness or life in a shelter was virtually inevitable.  Years ago, poverty was a feared and dreaded thing to be avoided at any and all costs.  Well, not so anymore.  If you analyze the conditions of the “poor” in America, they would be envied by most of the world’s population.  Almost everyone from nations like Bangladesh, China, India, or anywhere in the so-called “third world” would love to live even nearly as well as do the poor in the United States.

     Most “poor” households in America are safe and built to code.  Indoor plumbing with working flush toilets and hot and cold safe running water are the absolute norm.  You will also notice showers and baths, dependable electricity, fully stocked refrigerators and freezers, and a working stove/oven.  Hell, most of the world’s population can’t come close to this level of affluence and luxury!  You will also see at least one and probably two late model flat screen television sets hooked into a cable or dish network system.  Computers, both desk and laptops, abound.  “Poor” folks who live in the suburbs are almost certain to have an automobile which is usually gassed up and serviceable.  Cell phones are everywhere, iPhones are ubiquitous, and full-fledged entertainment systems are more than common.  Does this sound much like traditional poverty to you?  Yeah, me either.  How is it possible for so many of tens of millions of unemployed folks to live so well?  You got it, Skippy – Liberalism.  That philosophy promotes utter and complete dependence and completely destroys the ability or desire to fend for oneself.

     An article entitled, “5 Reasons America Is In Decline(http://townhall.com),” notes that our early, “settlers and prospectors had no other choice but to work hard because they didn’t have the option of turning an exorbitant social safety net into a hammock.”  Author John Hawkins explains that the, “more government does, the less reason there is for a man to take care of himself.  When the government takes on the role of the father with welfare and food stamps, pays workers for being unemployed, pays for retirements, pays for people’s medical care, and pays for charity, a significant percentage of people see no need to continue to do these things for themselves.”  Hawkins continues that the, “more Americans turn into dependent sheep that need big daddy government to take care of them, the worse off the country is, but the better off it makes the politicians.”

     Have you noticed that dependent sheep have absolutely no work ethic whatsoever but are perfectly happy to sponge off of those who still do?  The piece concludes that, “This country is not doomed to continue to slide down the back side of the mountain, but unless we start to seriously address our weaknesses, future generations will grow up in a place where their grandparents will have to tell them what it was like when America was a great nation to call home.”  Mr. Hawkins seems to believe that our nation is not yet doomed.  I and many others, however, believe that a vanishing work ethic can mean nothing else than the destruction of the United States as historically founded and presently constituted.  Until the tide of Liberalism is turned back by those with a love of country and a mere modicum of common sense, our nation’s prospects are indeed dim.

     Unfortunately, I see very little if any evidence that Liberalism is in decline.  Many of us believed that after the 2010 mid-term elections, a light at the end of that very long tunnel was visible if one looked hard enough.  The Anointed One’s reelection a mere two years later, however, gave the lie to that bit of wishful thinking.  At his very, core Obama despises this nation and all that it stands for and is bound and determined to destroy it and turn it into something it was never intended to be – another failed Socialist state.  There is no better or effective way to do this than to destroy the concept and reality of the American Work Ethic.  A piece entitled, “Work Ethic, the Welfare State and the Income Gap(www.baconsrebellion.com),” notes that, “the erosion of the work ethic has been most acute among those raised in the multi-generational culture of poverty, e.g. a culture of welfare dependence.  Insofar as the lowest income Americans regard financial support from the government as a right and entitlement, they feel less motivated to make the sacrifices needed to acquire an education, work hard and find better jobs and make more money.”  This, folks, is key to understanding Liberalism and our current President.  It quite purposely and intentionally robs the individual of any incentives to work hard and be productive.  Once enough Americans adopt attitudes and behaviors of sloth, laziness, and turpitude the Work Ethic will come to a crashing and crushing halt, shattered beyond redemption, and our enemies will have succeeded in bringing the United States to its knees!

     A piece entitled, “B.S. Report Election Analysis:  Obama Voters Reject America’s Work Ethic and Individual Responsibility(http://thebsreport.wordpress.com),” notes that Obama and his Lemmings have succeeded in turning the United States on its head.  The article notes that the, “Founding American principles of hard work, individual responsibility, private property rights and free market economics have all been repudiated. . . .”  Additionally, “Voters signed onto Obama’s class warfare message:  a government green light to hold anyone but themselves responsible for any tough breaks that life meets out.  Obama’s government ‘self-esteem’ program encourages people to blame others for their own lack of economic success – regardless of the amount of time, effort or initiative put forth.” Obama and his allies in the LFE couldn’t be more pleased at the results of their purposely destructive plans and policies because it means that they are succeeding beyond their wildest dreams.

     The destruction of the American Work Ethic can mean nothing less than the destruction of the country and all that it stands for and represents.  Our Socialist-in-Chief and his sycophants on the Far Left have been working to that end for decades and it appears that they have finally succeeded!!

Much Luv Y’All and Have a Great Day!

The Fifth Horsemen (Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)

            

       

              

   

    

    

       

                   

The Nanny-State In America Rant

When I hear the term “Nanny,” I conjure up an image of a very prim and proper English spinster whose job is to raise and protect the children of the wealthiest of the British upper, upper class. Our Nanny runs the household, supervises the staff, and is always the very soul of virtue and respectability. First and foremost among her awesome responsibilities is to see that absolutely no harm, physical or otherwise, befalls the offspring of the upper crust Brits in her charge. After all, the future leaders and rulers of the “Empire” must be protected at all costs regardless of the hardship and sacrifice to be endured. I’m not really sure just how close my stereotypical characterization comes to hitting the mark never having had the opportunity to experience or witness it first hand. For myself, I wouldn’t want my young ‘uns raised that way but it’s really a very personal issue and I sure as Hell don’t think I have the right to tell others how to raise and bring up their Rug Rants as long as it doesn’t interfere with me and mine. After all, I suppose the Nanny performs a service that is needed and desired by those who can afford it and do not want too much interaction with those they chose to bring into this world. Good for them, I guess.



When I hear the term “Nanny-State,” however, my reaction is vastly different and overwhelmingly negative. The Nanny-State and the Nanny-Staters do most definitely interfere with me and mine and this is simply unacceptable and not to be tolerated in any manner, shape, or form. These folks and their philosophy are reprehensible and pose a clear and present danger to all those who value freedom and independence. Those who believe in this tyranny euphemistically known as the Nanny-State represent the very antithesis of choice, free will, and personal responsibility. To a man and woman they have nothing but contempt and loathing for the American way of life. They deeply despise our traditions, institutions, and even our own history. They are authoritarian in the extreme and ardently believe that most Americans constitute nothing more than the, “little people,” who cannot think for themselves or act in their own best interests. According to them, we simply lack the intellectual prowess or acumen to make decisions for ourselves and live life as we so choose. We need to be led around by the collective nose and be told what we are to do regarding every single aspect of our lives no matter how seemingly insignificant and inconsequential. They believe in a philosophy that might be termed, “For Your Own Goodism,” and are utterly convinced that they constitute the “Enlightened Ones” who will paternalistically make all of life’s decisions for us. You see, only they are qualified to do that.



In our country, the devotees of the Nanny-State are members of an exalted Far Left niche known as the LFE(Liberal Fucking Elite). They are really nothing more than extreme Socialists and absolute statists. They believe in micromanaging every and all aspects of life in America from how it is governed right down to what each individual can and cannot eat and drink. They are “Cradle to Gravers” and will provide all of life’s necessities and desires whether we approve or not. They treat the American citizen much like an overbearing and bombastic parent treats small children. In that type of environment, they need never make decisions and never have the luxury of choice. The tyke will listen and obey or face serious consequences meted out by the adults who control his or her every action, movement, and thought. The youngsters grow up without free will and never learn to mature and take responsibility for their own actions and mistakes. They are taught that without the parent, they will never and can never succeed. They are not taught to think independently and for themselves but rather are forced into a position of complete dependency and reliance upon others for everything and anything they will ever need, have, or want. They, therefore, can never become adults in the true sense of the word but rather are forced into a type of permanent adolescence and can thus never become independent, self-reliant, and free.



This is exactly what the Nanny-Staters desire for the American citizen. They want us ever so compliant and obedient to their world view and, like children, we are to be seen but never, ever heard. A compliant, obedient population is easily controlled and managed. A docile and passive population is ever so malleable and moldable and is easily persuaded or coerced into doing the bidding of a self-proclaimed and anointed “Master” class even if it is patently harmful and inimical to its own best and self interest. The LFE, the Nanny-Staters, are creating an entire population of lemmings who will blindly rush off the cliff even if it means their own demise. They are easily swayed and led because they cannot think for themselves and make rational decisions and choices. They blindly follow no matter where they are being taken and this is exactly where those on the Far Left want our nation to go. It appears that so many more of us have come to rely on government for our every need that the very nature and character of the United States has been forever subverted and destroyed. Virtually gone are defining American characteristics like rugged individualism, providing for oneself with no outside interference or force , and a boundless optimism in the future that has driven so much of this country’s unparalleled success. American Exceptionalism has seemingly been replaced by the concept of American Mediocrity and too many of us have been taught – brainwashed – into believing that mediocre is the most we can expect or strive for. This is certainly not the America I grew up in nor is it the one I want to leave for my children and grandchildren.



How, then, is the Nanny-State defined? A web-piece entitled, “Nanny State (http://en.wikipedia.org),” explains that the term, “conveys a view that government or its policies are overprotective or interfering unduly with personal choice.” The same source also notes that according to Dictionary.com it means, “A government perceived as authoritarian, interfering, or overprotective and has also come to be associated with socialist practices of having the government basically baby the populace by being in charge, in control of, and even financing all of its needs.” Those descriptions seem an apt characterization of life in the United States in the early 21st Century because we are becoming rapidly less self-reliant and ever more dependent upon government largesse much as the masses of ancient Rome relied upon their elite for their very survival. At times, I fear that we have already walked so far down that path we many never find our way back.



The American Heritage Dictionary (www.ahdictionary.com), explains that the Nanny-State is a, “government perceived as having excessive interest in or control over the welfare of its citizens, especially in the enforcement of extensive public health and safety regulations.” Encyclopedia.com explains that the Nanny-State means, “government institutions and practices of the Welfare State collectively, perceived as overprotective, interfering, or excessively authoritarian.” Can anyone say Obamacare (see The Obamacare Rationing Rant of 4/15/12)? Can we all say massive new taxation? Huge and failed government bailouts? Unaccountable and unelected government Czars? Massive and useless government “stimulus” packages? Our sorry excuse of a leader and his cronies are nothing less than extreme anti-Capitalists, anti-American collectivists and Barry Boy Obama is our Socialist-in-Chief. Everything he has done and will continue to do comes at the expense of our liberty, our freedom, and our independence and it’s being perpetrated upon us by design, on purpose, and with tremendous malice aforethought!



As I look around and see what is happening to my country, I am ever more convinced that we are living in a real, live version of George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984. I never thought we’d ever confronted by an actual “Big Brother” bent on controlling every facet and aspect of our lives from the simplest to the most intricate and personal. Well, apparently I couldn’t have been more hopelessly wrong and naïve. This is what happens when so many of us stop vigilantly and jealously protecting and preserving our hard fought for rights and freedoms. They gradually slip away and are lost to us forever never to be regained. That’s what Nanny-Statism and the LFE are all about and that’s all they’re about! That’s all that Obama and the Boys are all about.



He and the other Socialists in our midst know full well that they can’t stage a third-world style military coup in this country so they rely on a strategy known as incrementalism. They chip away at our liberty and freedom ever so slowly – just a little bit at a time – so that we barely notice the slow erosion until one day we wake up to find that the beach is completely gone swallowed up by an unrelenting and unstoppable ocean! Alright, we say, so this mayor says I can’t have salt and that one says that we can never consume trans-fats while some other self-appointed guardian of my health insists that I can no longer smoke. These are such little things, right? Wrong! They represent a true loss of freedom and choice. They represent government micromanagement of our very existence and deciding what is and is not good for us much as the parent of a young child carefully and thoughtfully selects what the tyke can and cannot eat or drink, where he can and cannot go, and with whom he may and may not associate.



I hope we all had these kinds of concerned, responsible parents but I have news for the Socialists and Statists out there: the government makes for one damned lousy Mom or Dad and as far as I’m concerned is guilty of extreme child abuse when it gets this involved in our everyday lives! This is absolutely not what our Founding Fathers envisioned all those years ago. They foresaw a nation of free responsible adults more than capable of making their own decisions and acting in the best interests of themselves, their families, and their communities! Those folks expressly created a strictly limited government which is why the Ninth and Tenth Amendments were included in our Bill of Rights (No, you can look ‘em up if you’re so inclined). Well I gotta tell you, a government that can regulate or forbid my salt intake or force me to wear a helmet while riding a Harley or a Schwinn is by no stretch of the imagination in any way limited!



You care for a few examples of just how far the Nanny-Staters have succeeded in implementing their agenda and completely subordinating the individual to the will of those who would control and regulate our every waking – and sleeping – moment? Certainly, you got it. A piece entitled, “18 Examples of the Nanny State Gone Wild (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com),” perfectly illustrates just how far we have moved away from the Founders’ vision of a strictly limited and nonintrusive government of, for, and by the people. The article points out, for example, that one Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s Mayor with a pronounced Napoleonic Complex, “has announced that he wants to ban all large sodas and sugary drinks in order to fight obesity.” Where the Hell does the Diminutive One get off dictating what size beverages we can consume? He seems to be reacting to the so-called problem of childhood obesity that I’ve been hearing so much about recently. Hey, Mike, here’s a news flash for you. My family’s girth is absolutely none of your damned business! I guess New York City must be doing really well if this is what the Mayor deems a top priority. Give me a freaking break and mind your friggin’ concern!!



Wait, for it becomes even more ridiculous and nonsensical. In a place called Minnetonka, Minnesota, “you can be fined up to $2,000 for having a muddy vehicle.” A muddy vehicle? In Hazelwood, Missouri, it is “against the law for little girls to sell Girl Scout cookies in front of their own homes,” while over the “past couple of years there have been quite a few instances all over the country where lemonade stands run by children have been shut down by police because the children had not acquired the proper permits.” Proper permits? Lemonade? Let’s see, here we’ve got a bunch of enterprising kids building some sort of stand, offering a perfectly legal product to folks in their neighborhood, and hopefully making a few bucks! They are learning first-hand and early about satisfying consumers, profit and loss, and the problems to be overcome when starting your own business. Can’t have that, now can we?



The article further points out that in, “many states it is now illegal to collect any rain that falls on your own property,” and that in San Juan Capistrano, California, “it is against the law to hold a home Bible study without a conditional use permit.” Hmmm, if I understand this you can’t have a bunch of folks over at your own home to discuss the Bible. You need government permission to discuss religion with like-minded friends and acquaintances? This sounds very close to Totalitarianism to me and absolutely nothing like the nation I grew up in and have come to love so much. Furthermore, in Hilton Head, South Carolina, “it is illegal to have trash in your car,” while in Louisiana, “one church was ordered to stop passing out water because it did not have the proper permit.” Additionally, “at public schools all over the United States, the lunches that little children bring from home are now inspected to make sure that they meet USDA guidelines.” I’ll tell ya, if any damned school official tried to inspect and then confiscate the lunch my mother had packed for me those folks would never have gotten over it and then they’d have to deal with my father when he got home from work. It sure as Hell wouldn’t have been pretty!



When taken as individual, isolated instances, the Nanny-State examples proffered thus far don’t seem all that ominous. When viewed collectively, however, they can only be seen as extremely menacing and freedom-destroying designed to subordinate the individual and the family to the whims of an ever increasing pernicious and pervasive Statism that will, if left unchecked, destroy this nation as envisioned by our Founders and as presently constituted. There can be no doubt about that whatsoever. The author of the piece correctly maintains that at, “at this point the nanny state has become so oppressive that it is strangling the life out of us. If you look back throughout history, the societies that have really thrived have had a very high degree of liberty and freedom. When the bureaucrats get the upper hand, it can suck the life out of any economy.” It really doesn’t take much analysis or observation to realize that the professional bean counters, pencil pushers, and paper purveyors have gained the ascendancy and they along with the LFE in America have changed for the worse what used to be properly termed the American Dream. They are rapidly turning that dream into a Hellish nightmare!



The piece correctly notes that our, “rights are being stripped away a little bit with each passing day, and we are being told that we need a permit or a license for almost everything. Many younger Americans have been living this kind of straight jacket existence for so long that they don’t even remember what real liberty and freedom are.” In fact, we “are steamrolling down the road to totalitarianism, and most Americans don’t even realize what is happening.” The piece also speaks to something that I find more than just a tad worrisome and if my fears ever come to fruition, it can mean nothing less than the destruction of the United States and everything it stands for and represents. It seems to me, that far too many of my fellow citizens are completely unaware or are not even slightly troubled by government’s intrusion into our daily lives and activities.



They seem to view this ever growing encroachment, this increasing attempt to exert more and more control over everything we do as just no big deal. Americans have always jealously and passionately defended and guarded our precious rights and freedom. It seems, however, that this is no longer the case. It appears that far too many of us have become dangerously apathetic and cannot connect the dots between an ever more powerful government and a loss of freedom and liberty. We are allowing our nation to be destroyed without even putting up a fight or voicing and objection. Apparently, we have become so fat, lazy, happy, and stupid that we don’t even recognize the dangers we face. As the piece concludes, “Sadly, there are many Americans that actually agree that the state should regulate nearly every detail of our lives. There are many Americans who actually believe that life is better when there are millions of rules that we all have to follow. There are too many of us who sincerely believe that too much liberty and freedom is a bad thing.” Finally, the author concludes that, “if we are not careful the control freaks are going to destroy this nation. They always tell us that the rules that they are imposing upon us are for our own good, but every time they lay another burden on our backs they just suck a little bit more life out of us all.”



Implementing the Nanny-State is the goal and battle plan of the Far Left in the United States and they are not at all shy about what they want. They need to smother and stifle us with so many rules and regulations that we’ll literally drown in them. The hope of the LFE is that most Americans will simply throw up their hands, give up the fight, and raise the white flag of surrender. They hope we’ll just go along to get along, stop resisting, and simply give in to the Liberal destruction of the United States. Americans, it seems to me, no longer have the will, stamina, and determination to endure a long and vicious fight. This is what they’re counting on and hoping for. They want us to become too tired and worn out to keep the battle between Liberalism and Americanism going and that we’ll just go away resigned to our fate. They want to wear us down to the point that we simply no longer have the energy to keep on defending and fighting for our precious freedoms, institutions, and way of life.



The LFE among us think in the long term and if it takes 20, 30, 50, or 100 years they’ll keep fighting to implement America’s demise until they emerge victorious. No fight is too small for them to wage and this is why we see so much of the Nanny-State being constructed at the local and community levels. When Nanny-Statism is the norm at the town and community levels, it will move in a coordinated fashion to the state and national stage. That strategy may be termed the “trickle-up” implementation of Nanny-Statism but the “trickle-down” theory works as well. If they can implement their agenda on the national level as in Obamacare then it will spread to every level of society from the top down and this is equally effective.



For example, “in the United States it is illegal to operate a train that does not have an “F” painted on the front. Apparently without that “F” we all might not know where the front of the train is.” I kid you not folks and you simply can’t make this stuff up. That’s how stupid and moronic those on the Far Left actually believe the rest of us “Little People” really are! How about this for all you damned Socialists out there? “F” You!! Additionally, I’m willing to bet that you had no idea that in, “America today it is illegal to milk your cow and sell the milk to your neighbor. If you do this, there is a good chance that federal agents will raid your home at the crack of dawn.” Furthermore, it is, “illegal to give a tour of the monuments in Washington D.C. without a license.” Let’s see, your Aunt Tilly and Uncle Jasper from Podunk, Iowa, have come to visit and you’ve planned a trip to our nation’s capitol to show them the sights. They’ve always wanted to see the Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Memorials and they’ve even brought their camera to record their visit. Watch it, Buddy, for you are now guilty of the heinous crime of touring without a license and there’s gonna be Hell to pay! Furthermore, “In the state of Alabama, bear wrestling is completely illegal,” while in, “Fairbanks, Alaska, it is illegal to give alcoholic beverages to a moose.” Listen, if some damned fool wants to wrestle around with a bear, that’s his own business but I’ve gotta tell ya, I’m greatly relieved at the prospect of not having to deal with the all pervasive and overwhelming societal dilemma of drunken moose! I’ll sleep better just knowing that. The author of the piece concludes that, “This is not what our Founding Fathers intended and this is not what America is supposed to be about.” Yuh think!?!



There is really only one word that sums up the total effect of the myriad rules, regulations, and laws that seem to control an ever expanding area of our everyday lives. It can be defined as no less than out-and-out and undisguised oppression. We are no longer ruled by an absolute monarch by are indeed ruled by an absolute ideology that is no less tyrannical than the potentates of yore. The breaking point for Americans back in the 1770’s was the onerous Tea Tax that was arbitrarily dictated to the colonists and about which they had no choice – or so thought the royal authorities. Come on, you all remember the rallying cry of, “No taxation without representation!” I’m sure you do. Well, I’d be willing to bet the ranch that children and young adults from elementary school right through college are completely unfamiliar with battle slogan for, sadly, it is no longer even taught. The powers that be do not want our youth to learn that at some period in our history, there was a point at which the average citizen stood up and yelled, “No, you’re not doing this to us!” There’s virtually none of that spirit of freedom and independence left in America and we seem to have become a nation of sheep eagerly waiting to be shorn. We face a tyranny today no less harsh and freedom-denying as did folks back in 1776 but it is not the fault of some foreign monarch in a far off, distant land who demands to be obeyed.



No, unfortunately it is our own fault. The people who would enslave us now and destroy our freedom and liberty are fellow Americans. They are Socialists, statists, and absolutists who are every bit as dangerous as were the old Divine Right Rulers of centuries ago. They are the main components of the LFE and are Hell-bent on destroying our rights – all of them. They will not rest until the only choice we have left is blind obedience to the whims of an elite class to which the vast majority of Americans are forever denied entrance. We are here only to do the bidding of our so-called enlightened “betters”. Anymore than that will not be tolerated, expected, or permitted by those on the Far Left. You see, those extreme Liberals have no desire to govern but rather prefer to rule with an iron fist and a hob-nailed boot! They do not believe in uniquely American institutions like separation of powers, federalism, or limited government and in fact do all they can to first weaken and then destroy them until the land of our birth is utterly unrecognizable and completely unfamiliar.



The Nanny-State and its big government proponents, of course, could not exist without a base of support. No group or ideology can succeed unless a very large percentage of the electorate is willing and eager to support its policies at the ballot box. The key to understanding how and where that support comes from is to realize that creating dependency in America is a huge priority for those of the LFE. Without a completely dependent and non-thinking constituency, advocates of the Nanny-State could never possibly succeed. Without a huge and multiplying class of dependents, Socialists like President Barry Boy could never have been elected let alone stand a damned good chance of getting re-elected. In the last four years, we’ve experienced more government interference and meddling into our lives than had ever been imagined by all other American Presidents combined. I have read that just in the year 2011, our Usurper-in-Chief created and put into place over 70,000 new rules, regulations, and restrictions that we all must obey or face the consequences. This will seem like a mere drop in the bucket once that horror show known as Obamacare is fully implemented. The monstrosity runs into thousands of pages and virtually no one in America has read it or comes even close to understanding the consequences it will have for the citizens of our soon to be once great nation. Remember, the Affordable Health Care Act has nothing whatsoever to do with the state of our health or our health care system. It is about nothing but control, power, and a tremendous loss of personal freedom and that’s all it’s about.



A piece entitled, “Government or Business (http://mjfellright.wordpress.com),” truthfully points out that if, “re-elected, the current White House occupant will continue to use class warfare as an excuse to reduce and eliminate taxes on political groups inclined to elect proponents of nanny state huge government programs.” If this trend continues, “eventually a majority of Americans will no longer pay taxes.” Right now, apparently, approximately half of the eligible population pays no taxes and there exist fewer and fewer of us out here to carry the load and provide the necessary funds to keep the country going. This can only mean that the administration, “will increase the tax burden on successful businesses and individuals.”



This is simply part and parcel of the Socialist mind-set: punish success and reward failure. It is completely ass-backwards, unproductive, and dangerous to the continued existence of the United States. As a matter of fact, “The majority of people will not care how much tax rates rise. Since they will no longer be paying taxes, higher tax rates will not affect them.” This being the case it is obvious that as, “businesses fail under the added tax burdens, more people will be laid off and require government assistance. This will create a huge underclass of Americans dependent upon government for survival who will exist under government control.” The author ominously warns that, “This is not coincidental.” This is key, folks. What’s happening to America is no mere accident or happenstance. It’s part of the Nanny-State philosophy, structure, and strategy. It is purposeful, well thought out, and planned and is being executed brilliantly and relentlessly. If the Saboteur-in-Chief is granted one more term, our nation as we have come to know and love it can’t possibly survive in any meaningful or recognizable form.



There can be no escaping that conclusion. The train wreck we are rushing toward will be like nothing America has ever witnessed or experienced including the Great Depression and two world wars. What we are heading for will make those cataclysmic events seem like a Sunday picnic in the park. The Nanny-Staters know full well what’s coming and they eagerly, passionately, work for its implementation. It matters not a whit to them that what they advocate has failed miserably every where and every time it’s been tried. They are well aware that the Socialist Nanny-State model has completely destroyed the economy and social fabric of virtually all of Western Europe but they are sure they can get it “right” in America. They are fully cognizant of the fact that as, “more people become dependent on government, fewer people are left to pay the cost. It goes deeper and is far more dangerous than that, however, because, “the socialist entitlement mentality makes more people less productive. As more and more people become less and less productive, an ever-smaller minority of productive people become responsible for shouldering the burden of a completely lopsided, unfair system.”



Not surprisingly, “when a tiny number of productive people are required to deprive themselves of the fruits of their own labor in order to finance the lives of the remaining population, where is the incentive for them to produce?” There is none. There is nothing to be gained financially, socially, or psychologically and this is where the Nanny-Staters want to take us. As more and more Americans realize that there is really no reason to work hard or take risks and start a business more and more of us they fervently hope will simply give up and become dependent upon an all-powerful, all-pervasive, and completely intrusive government. The piece concludes that, “reliance on a big nanny state makes people less responsible for themselves, less self-reliant,” which is, “the antithesis of the American way of life.” That’s where we’re presently headed if those Bastards are not thoroughly and overwhelmingly defeated!



Most of us want to leave to our children and grandchildren a better America than the one we were born into but the problem has become a definitional one. Just how does one define the term “better?” Those on the Far Left define it as restricting and limiting individual choice and freedom in favor of something vaguely termed, “the Greater Good.” They demand that the individual subordinate his own needs, wants, and desires to that entity known as the STATE. All action, ideas, and outcomes will come from the top down instead of going from the bottom up as was intended by the Founding Fathers. In their view, society’s basic and most important unit was the individual citizen for whom the government worked and served. The free individual did not work for the government or the state but rather the opposite was true. The government exists to serve the needs of the citizen and before our revolution rocked the world, that was simply unheard of. For thousands of years of human history, the individual existed solely to serve the needs of the state and the very few elites who ran it. We the people counted for nothing but existed as merely the tiniest cogs in a huge machine. Most folks today are still governed according to this philosophy and mind-set while we, in fact, remain one of the few exceptions to that rule. The Nanny-Staters of the LFE fully concur with the view that the individual counts for nothing. If individual citizens are allowed to freely act or express themselves, that can only be seen as a threat to the state’s power and control over the rest of us. This, of course, must in no way ever be tolerated.



These people want us to display nothing but obedience for that will ensure their total control over all of our activities from the smallest to the largest. How bad is it getting? Far worse than most of us could have possibly imagined. A piece entitled, “Nanny State Betrays Decline and Fall of America (www.infowars.com),” speaks directly and succinctly to that point. Writer Paul Joseph Watson explains that in New York City the, “Department of Health has slapped strict regulations on anything deemed risky recreational activities conducted by programs or organizations.” Well, that’s certainly vague enough to cover anything you can think of isn’t it? The piece notes that activities most of us grew up with are now verbotin. The growing list includes: wiffle ball, dodge ball, kick ball, freeze tag, red rover, frisbee tossing, and tug of war which have all been placed under the new Big Brother rules. Wiffle Ball? Dodge Ball? Now just try and tell me that the Nanny-Staters out there are about anything but control, conformity, and a loss of freedom and choice.



Banning such classic children’s activities as these clearly illustrates just how pervasive and intrusive government has become. They will tell you that these games are being black listed to prevent harm or injury from befalling the “children,” but that is merely a smokescreen. All of these games involve some element of risk and the Nanny-State Socialists are trying to eliminate all elements of risk-taking from our lives and instead replacing it with a government provided blanket of security that will keep us from all harm. Hey guys, I got news for you. Life itself involves risk and in the real world there’s always going to be some harm. To shield our young ones from these facts of life does them no favors and can only prevent them from growing up into reasonable, responsible adults who are not afraid of venturing out into the world and experiencing it as it actually exists!



Additionally, the activities cited above all involve elements of competition which by necessity means that there will be winners and, of course, losers. Most adults know that we can’t win all the time and therefore by definition we will occasionally lose. Again, it’s part of life and the Socialists among us simply can’t have that. They believe in a society where there are no winners and losers but rather everyone is the same. Ain’t equality great? If those Far Left Liberals can grab our kids at the earliest possible age and inculcate them with these beliefs they will develop into nothing more than mind-numbed robots marching in lock-step to do the bidding of the state. This, by the way, is nothing unusual. In ancient Sparta, for example, children were removed from the home and parental care at the tender age of seven to be raised, educated, and brainwashed by the state. By the time Sparta was done with them, they were truly obedient and loyal servants to the whims of an all-powerful and pervasive system that despised anything resembling freedom of thought, initiative, or individuality. This is exactly what happened in Communist China centuries later when the Great Leader Mao of the Little Red Book took the helm. Children were removed from parental control and turned over to the government to be raised and molded by a system that minimized the importance of the individual and severely stifled any form of free will or thought. This is exactly and precisely the goal of the Nanny-Staters and the Far Left in America today. The article further points out that age old favorites like Capture the Flag and Steal the Bacon are also forbidden in the Big Apple. Once again, we see the concepts of competition, winning and losing under assault but to introduce the ideas of Capturing and Stealing? Unthinkable and unacceptable on any level.



The article explains that this, “is all part of the process of the state replacing the parents as guardians of the children and it is designed to ensure that kids become nothing more than drug-addled, dependent slobs with no energy and no life experience, perfectly molding them to grow up as obedient, video-game playing, Clockwork Orange-style Droogs.” The writer is absolutely correct in his assessment of where our nation is headed and there are those of us out here who feel we are rapidly reaching the point of no return. The piece concludes that these, “examples barley scratch the surface of the nanny state offensive that has been launched as part of the establishment’s social engineering programs.” The author further informs us that the, “state is deliberately being extreme in its smothering takeover of society so as to shock and awe Americans into obeying without question. The move is akin to how a stallion horse is castrated and gelded in order to alter their behavior by making them more docile.” The analogy is absolutely spot-on for Americans have indeed been castrated by an increasing intrusive and absolutely out of control central government. Watson correctly insists that these, “developments represent a total power grab on behalf of the federal government as it bids to become the supreme authority over Americans from cradle to grave. This is about a complete transformation and re-engineering of society,” and warns that it, “is imperative that Americans re-assert their individuality and the right to make their own choices and live their lives as they wish by resisting every encroachment the state makes as it tramples personal freedom.”



In an article entitled, “A free ride courtesy of the Nanny State (http://silvie.com),” the ever irascible yet irrepressible Bill O’Reilly remembers that when he was young, “most everybody worked. No one was on welfare,” and in fact, “just 6 percent of Americans received welfare payments in 1962.” By contrast, now more, “than 100 million of us are getting money from the government, and that does not count Social Security and Medicare, programs workers pay into.” This is not an example of government or societal compassion but rather government control and dependence. As that giant government umbrella inexorably covers more and more of us, it is impossible to escape the conclusion that it can only mean a concomitant loss of freedom and autonomy. The individual is being rendered inconsequential and impotent while the power of the state grows exponentially. This must result in negative structural changes to the United States that can only bode ill for the future.



The author continues that what, “we are seeing is the rise of the Nanny State,” and that, “self-reliance and ambition made the United States the most powerful nation on Earth. But that ethic is now eroding fast.” In fact, “Presiding over and joyously encouraging this societal shift is the purveyor of social justice President Barack Obama.” O’Reilly correctly posits that, “We are creating a dual society: In one corner: Americans who work hard to succeed. In the other corner: Folks who want what you have.” It seems more and more that the latter group is growing rapidly while the former is dwindling away at a dizzying and fearful rate. Dependency and unproductivity are becoming ever more the norm while self-reliance and the age old can do spirit of America has morphed into let the government do it for me! What too many Americans seem not to recognize or appreciate is the fact that once government does more and more for you, it will then inevitably do more and more to you. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson: a government that is powerful enough to give you everything you want is also powerful enough to take away everything you have!



I wonder just how long it will be before we begin hearing and seeing news stories informing us that the police power of the state will begin to monitor how our children spend their recreational time? You know – how, where, and under what conditions will our children be allowed to socialize with kids their own age? Will the Nanny-Staters actually become that invasive and intrusive? Will the parent, the child, or both be punished by the powers that be if the young ones are allowed to recreate in ways that do not meet with state approval? Will we see the creation of a Playtime Czar if the Bamster is reelected? How about a full-blown Cabinet position entitled something like the Secretary of Kiddy Entertainment and Activity? Will thousands of official guide lines, rules, and regulations be issued from the White House detailing and specifying just where, when, and how our children’s social activities can be overseen by government ministers, snoops, and spies? I know, I know, it’s just my raging paranoia bubbling and boiling over again and I might benefit from getting back on my “meds” and seriously increasing the dosage!



You think so? Pay attention. A piece entitled, “Cops Interrogate Family for Allowing Kids to Play Outside: Social Services harass mother for having free range children (www.infowars.com),” should serve as a warning shot across all of our bows. The piece informs us that a, “family has been harassed by social services and police for the egregious crime of allowing children to play outside,” and constitutes yet, “another example of how the Nanny State is running wild in America.” You may want to read that last just one more time and reconsider exactly how paranoid I really am. It appears that a Virginia mother, “was interrogated by police four times and visited by social services twice after her children were spotted playing outside unsupervised.” Oh no, not that! The parent at the very least must be sent off to an official Nanny-State Reeducation Center to have her mind made right!! Mom explained she is, “one of only two families that allows my children to play outside at all in our neighborhood (which is very safe).”



Well certainly, something must have been drastically wrong. The “offense” probably occurred at two or three in the morning and obviously the miscreants must have surreptitiously snuck out of the house unbeknownst to the parents of these aspiring juvenile delinquents. When the cops showed up at 4PM on a Saturday afternoon, her 10 year-old ran home to tell the folks that he and his siblings had been busted. The husband went out to see what the problem was and found an officer was writing a report, “stating that the children were left outside unsupervised.” Forget about the fact that the kids carry cell phones and must check in with Mom and Dad every half hour, “the mother was told by her neighbors that it just isn’t safe anymore to allow your kids to play outside.”



I guarantee you that it was the neighbors who called the police and ratted Mom out! Well, she asked the police if her children – consisting of two teens, a pre-teen, and a five year-old – had misbehaved or caused trouble? The officer responded, “No, they were very respectful kids, I just wanted to make sure they were okay because it was odd seeing them outside unsupervised.” Think about that statement for a moment. A cop was just not used to seeing children playing outside by themselves. What does that tell you about where our society has come and where it is going? The author queries, “How fundamentally warped has society become when children are not allowed to play outside in a field right next to their own house without suspicion being cast on their parents by authorities and neighbors?”



Welcome to the Nanny-State, America, and I hope to Hell you enjoy it!



Much Luv Y’all and Have a Great Day!

The Fifth Horseman

(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)