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Our fathers gave so much; we should not give it away
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Published: June 18, 2009
Our fathers gave so much; we should not give it away
June 6 was the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy. It is hard to imagine the courage and willpower displayed by our fathers and grandfathers in this near suicide mission.
Almost defying reality, our men arrived in high seas weighed down by their equipment and had to rush the beach under a hail of enemy fire. Our rangers scaled 100-foot sheer cliffs with bullets raining down from Germans shooting at point blank range. Our soldier's incredible determination preserved the freedom of western civilization.
Our forefathers throughout history have been extraordinary role models. From the beginning, Americans sacrificed their family assets and even lives to establish the nation. Our brave military men recently defied the majority in Congress to bring safety and stability to Iraq after the political elites proclaimed we were defeated. The contentious Iraq issue was muted.
Our own fathers sacrificed through their disciplined lifestyle making America and the world a better place for the next generation. On the other hand, our present generation is silently robbing our grandchildren's money to live "high on the hog." It is no surprise the "me generation" majority in power are allowing this mortgaging of our treasury to continue their self-absorbed lifestyle.
On this Father's Day, the rape of our children and grandchildren's future should horrify fathers of all ages. The greatest federal debt in our history keeps on growing with little protest. It is the father's duty to protect his family and to give his children the same opportunities he was given by his father and forefathers.
The scandalous, ever increasing national give-away perhaps directly benefit our individual lives, but will have to be paid by our children. The American dream that has been an integral part of our lives will become the American nightmare for our offspring.
President Barack Obama speaks in eloquent generalities about our economy, but he and his predecessor, George Bush, have sold our financial future to the obscene tune of $9 trillion to foreign investors, especially China. Our national defense and counter intelligence budgets have been placed on the back burner while financial and insurance corporations and the United States auto industry have been practically nationalized with U.S. tax dollars. The secure bondholders of GM and Chrysler were robbed of their assets and the UAW members were granted billions of dollars amounting to significant ownership in GMC.
The "transformational politics" have turned out to be the old special interest paybacks. Congress acquiesces to demands of the White House without following the sworn constitutional obligations. Czars are appointed to bypass congressional oversight responsibility. Outrageous spending bills are approved without the required deliberate legislative debate or even the reading of the bills. The press is paralyzed in celebrity adulation from asking any questions of obvious inconsistent statements or blatant errors and lies not to shatter the momentum towards a utopian world vision.
The majority of Americans know our constitutional federal government is not functioning correctly as it has in the past. All our present luckiest and most selfish generation can do is complain to family and friends about our fears for the present or future retirement. The slightest inconvenience to our lifestyle or time is rejected as too much of a burden.
Unlike past generations we are not at a point where we have to risk our lives and assets. We just have to spend some money and effort to motivate our congressmen to do their duty or lose their jobs. Through calling, e-mails and visiting our congressional representatives we can energize them to do the right thing. Our opportunity will come to go into the streets for a peaceful assembly of citizens to send the message: "enough is enough."
It is unconscionable to allow our national government to sell our country to the highest bidder. We should not give our nation away after so many of our ancestors worked so hard to create and maintain it. Either we do our duty as citizens in the greatest country on Earth or we will lose our freedom and demean the great sacrifices of our fathers and grandfathers.
Auctioning off the future of our children and grandchildren to an out-of-control "nanny state" in order to meet our selfish needs will make us the worst, most ungrateful generation in U.S. history.
On this Father's Day we owe it to our children, grandchildren and ourselves to leave a legacy of which we can be proud. By standing up to do the right thing we can preserve the America, which was handed to us by our forefathers. Our children deserve no less.
Dr. Domenick J. Maglio, Ph.D., is the author of "Invasion Within" and "Essential Parenting." He is a psychotherapist and the owner/director of Wider Horizons School. Visit: www.drmaglio.com.
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