It's an old adage that "if you walk too far on a short plank, you will fall off." That fits well with my grandmother's saying "it's a long way down from high up."
Such is the precarious situation the United States finds itself confronted with today. We are in effect going for a long walk on a short plank, blissfully ignorant of how high up we are and how painful it will be when we hit bottom.
The Chinese continue to stretch us out – weakening us – leading us to a brink where, for the first time in our remarkable history, we may not be able to sufficiently defend ourselves. The dollar continues to weaken at an alarming pace.
The wondrous resources that have heretofore always ensured us a brighter tomorrow (I reference America's children), today trail the civilized world in math and science. Even more condemning is the fact that they are being, in effect, brainwashed (and misled) into a collection of "blame America first, anti-authoritarian, confused and historically ignorant" cadres by those who, in many instances, are only negligibly more in touch with reality than those they teach. The future of the teachers unions, the homosexual agenda and those whose existence is predicated upon malcontent are dependent on the impressionable and malleable minds of our children.  
As America sits on the eve of another presidential election, I submit we must be even more critical of those we will elect with the chief executive. A president may be the leader of the greatest country in the world, but it is the Congress that is ultimately the de facto power. The president can do only that which in the final analysis Congress allows. Congress, controlled by lobbyists, special interest groups and personal agendas, complicit with the courts, are responsible for where we find ourselves today. Congress, almost in total, is bereft of morality and, as such, legislates accordingly.
It was congressmen who introduced legislation that opposed proper identification for voters. It is Congress, at the behest of special interest groups, that leads ad hominem assaults upon judicial nominees as instructed by said groups. Congress is guilty of bringing forth legislation laden with pork spending and earmarks. It is Congress that seeks systematically to dismantle the Constitution.
The caution I voice is not about being Republican or Democrat – it is about what is best for all Americans. Was amnesty for tens of millions of illegal aliens in the best interest of America's citizens? Can a president accomplish an amnesty for illegals if Congress unites against it?
It is Congress that seeks to abrogate the security mechanisms that are established to keep us safe. Can the president singularly ensure same without the help of Congress? Congress is responsible for approving the dispersal of monies. Congress is ultimately responsible for who sits on the courts.
We are in a battle for our future with an ideological enemy bent on world conquest that threatens us as none in our history. Yet, Congress refuses to do that and/or permit that which would protect us from the Islamic threat. Congress has the power to raise taxes regardless of the president's will.
Congress is responsible for the balkanization of people vis-à-vis race preferences. It is Congress that legislates what we can eat, where we can live, what types of vehicles we can drive and where we can seek energy resources, and it is Congress that protects non-human entities at the expense of the best interest of citizenry. Congress, at the urging of self-serving special interest groups, is responsible for attempting to abrogate our Second Amendment rights. Most of Congress supports the purging of God from the public square.
I do not suggest for a moment that it is not important for the right person to be elected president. I do, however, argue it is even more important for us to ensure that the right people occupy Congress. Presidential powers are significant, but the power of Congress to undermine them is even more so.
America has achieved and maintained her pre-eminent status because honest men and women risked all to ensure it. But as I stated at the beginning, this position is now at a precarious state. We risk a freefall the likes of which has not been witnessed by a civilized society in centuries.
If we the citizenry do not unite for the security of our collective future – then we will as surely as the night will come, ultimately collapse into darkness.
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