In traveling from Burney to Klamath, as I frequently do these days, I have discovered that the displeasure with what is happening to our country is not confined to traditionally conservative strongholds. People in Oregon, just like people in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming.. are increasingly aware that our country is moving in a dangerous direction, and we're not happy about it.
It's not just the things that we read and hear about, such as the economy, jobs, housing values, immigration and growing government intrusion into our daily lives that have us worried. There is a growing awareness that the fundamental values of democracy in our country are being eroded by those who were not born here and our government is failing to understand and do something about it. And, I'm not speaking of illegal Mexicans as being the sole problem, either. We have a rapidly expanding presence of Muslims as well. I'm sure there are are other religious and political segments of our society that are increasing who wouldn't mind seeing our government collapse.
But, our government seems unwilling to deal with the issue and we feel that our country is slipping away from us. So, it's not just our inability to control the problems defined in my opening statements, it's also the undercurrent that we are attuned to, and we don't like it what we see. Our fears are that, while we Americans would take to the streets and protest, as have the Tea Parties, but that others now within our society would inflame the unrest and take to violence.
And, our President seeks the power to do to us what Mubarak has done to the Egyptians: to shut down the Internet, to take control of the media, to shut down telephones and cell phones? For what purpose? Just why would Obama want us to be unable to communicate with each other and to know what is going on in our country?
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