The birth of America has at its roots three main themes: Expansion of power, Money, and Religious & Individual freedom. The first two factors are the driving motivation for European powers (at the time), such as England, France, and Spain, to devote resources to developing the new world. The latter is the motivation that drove ordinary individuals to these shores. It was the opportunity to carve out in this new land a place that was owned by the individual. It meant owning the land and dictating your own affairs. Of course the route to Liberty was paved with struggle, revolution, and hardship. In the end, America was born out of these struggles, motivated by the desire to be free and love God in the individual’s own way. Early Americans crafted our nation with the belief that it was ordained by God. They believed that God gave America to world to be a beacon of hope, liberty, and opportunity. Our founding documents spell this out. The writings of our founders bare this fact out. We are a nation conceived and (supposedly) motivated by Liberty and Freedom, but also reverence to Almighty God.
Today, We find an America in which this motivation is a diminishing notion. Liberty and Freedom of God, by God, has been replaced by a twisted sense of “I’ll do whatever I want” attitude. A large portion of our country believes that anything legal, and in some cases things that aren’t legal, are the okay and the individual’s choice. This is true. Any individual can choose any path in their life. I can choose to rape, murder, drink myself into oblivion, or extort the hopes and dreams of those less fortunate. It doesn’t make those things right or okay. There are moral decisions that we face in our lives. We, as Americans, have the freedom to choose either path. The problem lies in the choosing. God gave us this country as a base of Liberty. He meant it as a place where ordinary men and women could pursue their individual (and collective) dreams and a place where they were free to love him.
The America of today is still blessed with Liberty and God-fearing people. It is also plagued with those who choose the other path and blame others for their choices. In some cases, when they feel a choice is limited, they blame God fearing, Americans for they discomfort. Case in point, in the most recent Limbaugh Letter, Rush references a comment by Sharon Stone. Ms. Stone complains that she and Halle Berry were not able to share a lesbian love scene is a recent movie. She explained that in a country where George Bush is President, that kind of thing is not allowed. How she can blame George Bush for decent Americans not wanting to see a Lesbian love scene in a Comic book movie is beyond me! It is people with this mentality that are supporting John Kerry, Again I ask, Is there really a choice in November?
