FW- Here is something to think about... Thanks Judi Cole!

Here's something to think about . . . .



I remember asking dad about Castro when I was about

9 years old. I asked , "Is Castro a good guy or bad?"



Dad said he couldn't tell!! This was about 1955. We

were living in Louisiana at the time . Dad was in the army

there.



Cuba was fairly close and in the news a lot. The

Cubans were asking the same question! Ike was president.



This past July, we had the pleasure of sharing a

summer barbecue with a refugee from Cuba . Our dinner

conversation was starkly different than most.



This refugee came to the United States as a young

boy in the early 1960s. His family was more fortunate than

most as they were able to bring a suitcase and $100 when

they fled Castro's newly formed revolutionary paradise.



Our dinner consisted of all-American fare:

hamburgers, potato salad, watermelon and fresh ears of sweet

corn. This is a menu shared with family and friends

nationwide, while celebrating the birth of our beloved

America on the Fourth of July.



We began with a simple discussion about our country

and the direction it has taken since Barack Obama came to

power. We shared the usual complaints about the sour

economy and liberal social engineering emanating from the

rulers in Washington .



But then he said it. The sentence came naturally.

I assume it was unplanned. But it carried the weight of a

freight train. "You know when Castro took power, none of us

knew he was a Communist."



We sat stunned. He continued, "Yes, we all thought

he was a patriot, a nationalist. Before the revolution he

didn't sound like a radical."



The comparison at this point was easy, and I

interjected, "You mean just like Barack Obama?"

He responded, "Yes, just like Barack Obama."



He continued, "We were all shocked as the government

just continued to grab more power. First they said the

revolution is over, so please turn in your guns. We all

complied."



"I remember my uncle saying after it started,

'Castro will only nationalize some of the big industries, he

will never come and take our family hardware store. 'But

that is exactly what happened, Castro started with the sugar

mills and the large industries, but they eventually came and

knocked on the door of our family hardware store. My family

had run this store for generations. They said we now own

the hardware store, you work for us. And that nice, large

four-bedroom home you own, it is now our property also, and

you can move yourself and five children into two rooms of

the house because others are moving in with you."



The lesson learned from this discussion is a lesson

most Americans refuse to hear. Political leaders can lie

about their agenda and once in office they can take totally

unexpected turns.



If you had asked us three years ago if we thought

General Motors would be nationalized, we would have never

believed it. We could never contemplate a country where the

rule of law, the most fundamental building block of a

justice society would be evaporating just like it did in

Castro's Cuba in the early 1960s.



But the news of injustice keeps increasing. Black

Panthers are not charged with wrongdoing by the U.S.

Department of Justice because their crimes are against

whites. The bondholders of GM are stripped of their assets

without due process by the government. Governmental leaders

are bribed in full daylight only to have all investigation

of the crimes stifled by the Attorney General. The U.S.

borders are overrun with crime and illegal activity and the

leaders in D.C. act as if it is important to protect the

lawbreakers while the innocent are killed and overrun. When

local communities attempt to enforce the law, they are

ridiculed and threatened as racists and bigots. They are

sued by the very administration entrusted with enforcing

the law.



Without the rule of law the U.S. Constitution is a

sham. Without the rule of law our beloved America is

swiftly becoming a country where only the well connected and

politically powerful will be safe. As Michelle Malkin has

so eloquently explained in her recent book, a culture of

corruption has replaced honest government.



The only way this problem will be fixed is by

massive citizen action. All honest citizens that want to be

treated equally must come together and demand that the

favoritism, the bribes, the uneven enforcement of law end

now. And yes, it can happen here.



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And may God save Us & The United States of America !



May your blessings out number the shamrocks that grow.