Posted by
Patrick Henry on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:02:39 PM
Russian academic Igor Panarin, citing uncontrolled immigration, economic collapse
and moral degradation as proximate causes, suggests that the USA will collapse in the
year 2010. The economic siege has been laid, and the unwillingness of those in power
to close the borders suggests that the flow of illegal immigrants from the south will
continue unabated. Much has been written about both demons, including posts on
this blog.
But who would ever have thought the day would come when people of other
nations could, with a straight face, accuse the USA of becoming steeped in moral
degradation? A closer look suggests that they may be right. The nation has largely
abandoned constructive dialogue about "right" and "wrong," preferring instead
to stand on "legal" and "illegal." Is there really a difference? You bet there is!
In today's USA, a man can engage in an extra-marital affair, impregnate his
paramour, take her to have an abortion and lie about the whole thing to his wife.
So you have adultery, dishonesty, cover-up and, according to some, murder, and
every bit of it is perfectly legal in most states. Does that make it right? Well, if
you think so, your moral compass is so screwed up that you need not waste the
time to read further.
A constant liberalization (and erosion) of law at the hands of judicial activists
and the American Civil Liberties Union threatens to erase the moral basis for ALL
law. The Constitution and the plethora of laws that have flowed from it are based
squarely on Judaeo-Christian morality, even though revisionist legal historians
lampoon the notion. The reason the ACLU so badly wants to deny this is that
causes they like to champion, e.g., gay rights, run squarely counter to the moral
convictions not only of Judaism and Christianity, but also of Islam and all of
the other major religions of the world. A nation in which infanticide, gay marriage,
public sexual displays, the expulsion of God and all things religious from public
view and discourse, serial adultery are not only legal but become the subjects of
art and feature motion pictures should not be surprised to be seen as morally
bankrupt -- even if it IS all nice and legal.
But most of it used to be illegal. What happened? The pervasive influence of
liberalism has preached and cajoled that people should be able to do pretty much
whatever they want to do and that the laws should be constantly modified to be
as permissive as possible. Some elected officials are now pushing for the legalization
of controlled substances, euthanization of the elderly. What's next? No-fault RAPE?
The point is that what we have here is a brewing perfect storm. An overcrowding
of the country with illegal immigrants, the declining availability of jobs and the
value of the dollar, the pending unaddressed insolvency of Medicaid, Social
Security and Medicare and the ever growing gulf between what's legal and what's
right is VERY likely, at some point, to throw the United States of America into
cataclysmic turmoil. Remember, America was born in revolution. It may have
to be re-born the same way. And it shouldn't take a KGB analyst to figure that
out. Our leaders need to stop flailing to prop up the system and acknowledge that
the system is broken -- REALLY broken. But don't bet on it happening soon.