THE OPPOSITE OF PROGRESS IS CONGRESS!

Subject: Adjectives
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collectivenouns, for the various groups of animals.We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a Schoolof fish and a Gaggle of geese.However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (aswell as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an Exaltation of dovesand, presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous,most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of allprimates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group ofbaboons?Believe it or not ... A Congress

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF in our den of vipers.

What others see plainly, we often ignore.I'm not saying this is true, just something to think about***This is some pretty good reading...*Here's something to think about. More truth than fiction.I remember asking dad about Castro when I was about 9 yearsold. I asked, "Is Castro a good guy or bad?"Dad said he couldn't tell!! This was about 1955. We wereliving in Louisiana at the time. Dad was in the army there.Cuba was fairly close and in the news a lot. The Cubans wereasking the same question! Ike was president.This past July, we had the pleasure of sharing a summerbarbecue with a refugee from Cuba . Our dinner conversationwas starkly different than most.This refugee came to the United States as a young boy in theearly 1960s. His family was more fortunate than most as theywere able to bring a suitcase and $100 when they fledCastro's newly formed revolutionary paradise.Our dinner consisted of all-American fare: hamburgers,potato salad, watermelon and fresh ears of sweet corn. Thisis a menu shared with family and friends nationwide, whilecelebrating the birth of our beloved America on the Fourthof July.We began with a simple discussion about our country and thedirection it has taken since Barack Obama came to power. Weshared the usual complaints about the sour economy andliberal social engineering emanating from the rulers inWashington .But then he said it. The sentence came naturally. I assumeit was unplanned. But it carried the weight of a freighttrain. *"You know when Castro took power, none of us knew hewas a Communist."* We sat stunned. He continued, "Yes, weall thought he was a patriot, a nationalist. Before therevolution he didn't sound like a radical."The comparison at this point was easy, and I interjected,*"You mean just like Barack Obama?"*He responded; *"Yes, just like Barack Obama."*He continued, *"We were all shocked as the government justcontinued to grab more power. First they said the revolutionis over, so please turn in your guns. We all complied."*"I remember my uncle saying after it started; 'Castro willonly nationalize some of the big industries, he will nevercome and take our family hardware store.' But that isexactly what happened; Castro started with the sugar millsand the large industries, but they eventually came andknocked on the door of our family hardware store. My familyhad run this store for generations. They said we now own thehardware store, you work for us. And that nice, largefour-bedroom home you own, it is now our property also, andyou can move yourself and five children into two rooms ofthe house because others are moving in with you." The lessonlearned from this discussion is a lesson most Americansrefuse to hear. Political leaders can lie about their agendaand once in office they can take totally unexpected turns.If you had asked us three years ago if we thought GeneralMotors would be nationalized, we would have never believedit. We could never contemplate a country where the rule oflaw, the most fundamental building block of a justicesociety would be evaporating just like it did in Castro'sCuba in the early 1960s.But the news of injustice keeps increasing. Black Panthersare not charged with wrongdoing by the U.S. Department ofJustice because their crimes are against whites. Thebondholders of GM are stripped of their assets without dueprocess by the government. Governmental leaders are bribedin full daylight only to have all criminal investigationsblocked by the Attorney General. The U.S. borders areoverrun with crime and illegal activity and the leaders inD.C. move to protect the law breakers, while the innocentare killed and overrun. When local communities attempt toenforce the law, they are ridiculed and threatened asextremists, racists and bigots. Then ,they are sued by thevery administration entrusted with enforcing the law.Without the rule of law the U.S. Constitution is a sham.Without the rule of law our beloved America is swiftlybecoming a country where only the well connected andpolitically powerful will be safe.As Michelle Malkin has so eloquently explained in her recentbook, a culture of corruption has replaced honestgovernment.The only way this problem will be fixed is by massivecitizen action. All honest citizens that want to be treatedequally must come together and demand that the favoritism,the bribes, the uneven enforcement of law end now. And yes,it can happen here.