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The American Ideals and Values category includes posts on freedom and liberty, equality and rights, the battle between liberals and conservatives and most important, what it means to be American.
Contemporary American ideals and values are defined as much by the mass media as politics. What happens in Washington, state legislatures, and in our cities is moderated online with the power to undermine, re-imagine, and destroy our fundamental beliefs about the American values that are what is good, right, and worth protecting.
The transition from Obama to Trump stirred up unprecedented anger after an unexpected Democratic election loss. That acrimony exploded in 2020 thanks to an unprecedented pandemic, violent liberal protests over racial and economic injustice, questions about the sanctity of our elections, and now the future of the Supreme Court after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
This year more than ever the battle lines are drawn. The American people will decide if the government should dictate what we value and how much wealth we are entitled to keep, or if the vision of the Founding Fathers should be preserved. If we decide wrong, the ideals and values that turned us into the preeminent world moral and economic leader may be gone for good.
Last update September 20, 2020Leave a Comment
In recent weeks we’ve watched elderly people abused, homeowners harassed by protesters, burning buildings, and looting justified by radical left activists who justify theft as compensation for the hurts of the past and a fundamentally unfair economy.
Democrats are all but silent about what they created.
Last update August 27, 2020Leave a Comment
How could any American send a Tweet implying that they wish our president was dead? That’s how far we have descended into liberal political amorality. #wrongTrump and a man beaten in the streets of Portland define the place where Democrats brought us as their convention got underway.
Last update August 12, 2020Leave a Comment
If voters hand a Joe Biden win to Democrats don’t look to the Supreme Court to protect your rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Your three inalienable rights are not in the Constitution. There is no guarantee anywhere that they won’t disappear after the election.
Last update July 23, 2020Leave a Comment
It’s absolutely stunning that Joe Biden can drum up enough support to make a showing in the polls. Are Americans that desperate? Did the virus rob us of our senses? How many times do we have to go down this path before we learn once and for all what happens when Democrats win and take over the leadership of our country?
Last update September 24, 2020Leave a Comment
There aren’t many Democrats left who should not be ashamed to honor the Fourth of July. They made 2020 all about tearing this nation into liberal-sized pieces ripe for exploiting.
No one knows how to do this better than Nancy Pelosi.
Last update May 13, 2020Leave a Comment
With 14.7% unemployment can we agree that all businesses are essential? How about all of us being in this together? Can we agree on that too? The American people might concur. We aren’t the ones calling the shots. Fighting economic devastation is impossible when the ones who create our pandemic strategy are not only fighting each other, but trying to benefit from adversity made worse by politics.
Last update March 23, 2020Leave a Comment
Why do we need a contentious political party to watch our backs? Just because Democrats want us to isn’t a good enough reason. It’s what President Trump would call a hoax. All we need to do is have faith in America and back public officials who agree.