This country is changing. It is becoming something that I, personally, didn’t vote for. In fact, I don’t believe that a majority of those who voted for President Obama wished to see their country “change” this much. It angers me to see how the media fawns over President Obama, so much so that ABC devoted 48 straight hours of programming to broadcast his plan for health care. Forty-eight hours straight without a single dissenting opinion. That is clearly not America. As a Conservative, I believe in the power of the American citizen that is granted to the government in order to run the country, not given in order to rule and change it. President Obama was voted into office as a steward to oversee and uphold the Constitution according to its laws, not as a king to make changes as he sees fit.
Many people are confused by what or whom a Conservative is. Our beliefs are not widely known. I will draw upon the words of another Conservative, one that is much more prominent (and controversial) than I. In his “First National Address” at CPAC 2009, Mr. Rush Limbaugh defined who we are as Conservatives.
“Let me tell you who we Conservatives are: We love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people…we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims. We don't see people we want to exploit. What we see is potential. We do not look out across the country and see the average American, the person that makes this country work. We do not see that person with contempt. We don't think that person doesn't have what it takes. We believe that person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government. We want every American to be the best he or she chooses to be. We recognize that we are all individuals. We love and revere our founding documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. We Conservatives think all three are under assault.”
In a conversation I had with a good friend who is extremely liberal, she expressed her desire for America to be more like Europe. She was blinded by Europe’s “social care” for all members of society. She pined over how universal heath care is the solution to the “crisis” in the United States. I was shocked. While I firmly believe that she is entitled to her opinion, I couldn’t fathom the fact that she wanted America to change. What would our motivation to change be? Europe sends their best and their brightest to the United States to be educated. Europe sends their sick and injured to the United States to be healed. Europe collects 60% of an individual’s wealth and distributes it to those who makes less than they do. Why would we want to be like Europe when Europe clearly wishes they could be more like us?
Coincidentally, on Rush Limbaugh’s weekly radio program, he provided an astute review of why America is different from Europe and other societies as well as the reason we shouldn’t change. From his program aired Friday July 24, 2009:
“Go throughout history, look at the world today, and count up the nations that are truly free. We aren't as free as we used to be, but all over the world, totalitarian regimes rule. In China, in South America, Latin America and even in the industrialized western socialist democracies you still have socialism. You still have people who have sacrificed their own freedom and liberty for what they think is a little security when they actually have none without us defending them. The history of human beings on this planet is murder, tyranny, dictatorship, dungeons, and prisons. That's not the history of this country, but there have been people throughout this nation's existence who have wanted to turn this country into a typical country in the world. Just because they're born here, and just because they're Americans, doesn't mean that they're any different from tyrants and dictators who have lived and ruled in other countries because that mind-set is as universal in human beings, regardless of nation boundaries, as it is for other people that demand and want freedom.”
America was created as a land for the people that demand freedom. So much so that it was embedded into our founding documents. These documents clearly outline exactly what each part of government is in charge of. It instructs how the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches should balance each other out. It clearly separates the power that the Federal government has and defers all other power to the states. Much of this new legislation bends and breaks the ideals and rules that this country was built upon. Soon we may be told what doctor we can see and how we can be treated. Soon we could be told what car we can drive and what color it can be. This treads on the very Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness that granted to every American citizen! This country is changing, and I don’t like it.
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