Going Criminal

In 1963 Bob Dylan’s, “The Times They Are A Changin”, alerted America to the coming social and political revolution.  In fact, the new America had already crashed upon the status quo.  The country established by the “greatest generation” in post war America became taken over by the young crowd, the conscious of whom could not abide with the evils of the war profiteers and racial violence.  America did change.  The social revolution was unavoidable and had both positive and  negative consequences to our national way of life.  The truth is that America earned it’s revolution because America had tolerated injustices that had to be addressed in any way possible.

Fifty years later, America, again, is a changin!  The social revolution we have earned has no folk songs, no rebellious minorities illuminating injustice, just the criminal progressive politics of Barack Obama.  This new America with our new leader has no conscience, no legal expectations, there is no search for truth, there is only politics.  Our country has lost any sense of community responsibility, any sense of a national life that has any truck with the concept of sacrifice.  Our country has displaced the “golden rule” with a narcissistic self preoccupation, instead of doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, we Americans, devoid of a conscience, are grabbing all the gusto for our own individual existence and priorities.

The list of offenders is long, this new national narcissism permeates every corner of our society.  It has destroyed the goodness of professional sports and created a new religion, the pop culture idolatry.  The narcissism is on Wall Street, which resulted in the great theft of 2008 and an American economic collapse.  The narcissism now permeates every corner of government.  The public sector union culture insists upon the good life at taxpayer expense.  We the people want it all, without paying for it, without paying taxes and budgets are not important.  Send the check to every succeeding generation.  Nowhere is it more exposed than in the politics of Washington, D. C., where our politicians rubber stamp our narcissism while each politician constantly prunes in the fund raising mirror.

Today’s America is going criminal. Each American, from the time he or she is born carries the banner, “life is all about me!”. The national narcissism has reached a critical mass resulting in the reelection of Barack Obama who played up for political gain the dark side of the people.  Is it any surprise that the national madness has spawned a string of mad men, radical narcissists who have used mass murder as a protest and  communication tool?  The Christopher Dorner saga is the latest of the news making narcissist madmen.  The scary reality is that he is not far removed from you or I.

Why should we, who have tried in good conscience to play by the rules, not join this new America by also going criminal?

G.Goslaw
Landers, CA