The Good Old Days Versus Tyranny Today

By Xlibris US

In this edition I try to point out to the reader how our current political system is dangerously corrupt and is very divergent to the thoughts and ideas of our framers by using quotations from Thomas Jefferson. Although he was not immediately involved in writing the Constitution of the USA as he was in France as our ambassador, we do know that he was in regular contact with the Framers via mail; hence, I am therefore forced to draw the conclusion his input was there. The Democratic Party from its grass roots during the Great Depression has been transformed into a Socialistic Party and has Fellow Travelers in our elected Congress. Current actions by notable Democratic Leadership members are cited to show the reader how far left this group has gone.
Lastly, suggestions are made on how to correct this politically corrupt situation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499020632

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CONTENTS

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

PART 5

PART 6

PART 7

PART 1

How many of you have heard a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent use the phrase In the good old days? Ever wonder what could be better than today with all its modern conveniences and why they would think that it was better then than now? If you really think about it, it is relatively simple.

Our parents and grandparents were dealing with fewer laws and less government (at all levels) intervention in their lives as far as family, work, and religion were concerned. Well, let’s put it this way. In the past five years since 2009, there have been thirty-eight laws passed by the federal government that in some way, shape, or form affected our freedoms. Now if we go back to 1964, just a mere fifty years ago, with the Civil Rights legislation, and do a little extrapolating, we would get 380 new pieces of legislation that chipped away at our basic rights. An example is not smoking in any federal building. How about DYFS or the Ten Commandments not to appear in any federal building or In God We Trust not on our money, etc.? I see these as overt acts to attempt to destroy the fabric of the good old USA.

The best personal example I can provide is me and my friend’s grandson. He was about four. He was with his mother at my house and office, and she told him to do something. He responded nastily and hit her. Being a grandfather, I swatted him on the butt and told him to stand in the corner on a timeout. His mother went berserk, yelling at me for striking the boy and screaming DYFS. Well, to me, who in my youth spent almost nightly trips to the woodshed to learn the correct behavior in a painful manner, I want to know why the federal or state government has the right to tell me how to raise my child. Those trips to the woodshed must have done me some good as I had an outstanding record in the military and went on to become a successful businessman. My friend’s grandson, a few years later after almost driving his mother up a wall, yelled at her, I’ll fix your ass, I’ll call DYFS. I gritted my teeth and almost wrenched the arms from the chair where I was seated.

Upon hearing this, I immediately recalled my youth and questioned myself as to how severe the spanking would have been had I said that to one of my parents. I think black and blue would have been the