Posted by
Traci Martin on Monday, September 29, 2008 2:08:00 PM
Warfare, rioting, assassinations; this is what comes to mind when we think of America in the mid-1960s, with Lyndon Johnson as President.
Concerned with him grand vision of the "Great Society" Johnson was much like Obama and his dream "A Time For Change" In fact, while Johnson put in place the infrastructure for this great society, Obama dreams to pump even more money into it. Obama sees this society as flailing. Pay no mind to the low unemployment, low bankruptcy rates, don't be fooled by the wall street crises. This was the doing of Democrats like Obama, who voted to pour more money into mortgages with no down payment necessary. Giving money to people essentially getting the middle class into debt that they could not afford. Shame on them.
LBJ dreamt of a society that took care of all people, and great strides were made. At the same time, with great strides, comes great sacrifices; riots, racial division, hate crimes, assinations.
It makes me shudder to hear Obama speak, to see the masses well up in hope of a new future. What more do we want?
More freedom for minorities ? Less Restrictions at our borders? More money for Education?
LBJ said we could have both guns and butter. Essentially food at home and security over seas.
Eerily Obama promises the same thing. Kill Osama Bin Laden, Control Afghanistan, Control Iraq, Control Pakistan, Create new forms of Power, Health care for all. End the war. Promise Promise Promise.
What happened when we were promised it all? We lost. We lost the war, we had tax raises. We had emotional turmoil.
During a time of war, it is not a time to promise butter. It is a time to tighten the belt. Get the war over. And then start putting money back into America, back to the people where it belongs.
But it is never possible to have it all. This is history. The reason we study history is to learn from our mistakes.
Lets start learning.