by Alan Bergstein, ©2021
(Aug. 24, 2021) — We are a leaderless nation. No, we are not the proverbial freight train heading for disaster. Worse. Rather we are a passenger loaded, well fueled, cockpit locked, pilot-less jetliner careening to earth. And few, contentedly watching TV in their buckled seats, seem to realize it. How is that possible? Oh, yeah, the tribunals of truth, the NYT, WAPO, CNN and MSNBC don’t front-page it. They work to divert our minds with endless chit-chat about the feigned seriousness of the Chinese Virus spreading among our school children if they are not all vaccinated and if they do not wear their masks while in gym classes, napping or out in the fresh air of the playgrounds.
Where are the likes of these media gurus when it comes to the real threats facing us all? The humiliating, humanitarian disaster unfolding in Afghanistan. The border crisis getting worse daily. Inflation ravaging our country. Gas and food prices soaring. The housing market out of reach of middle-incomers. The crime wave pandemic in all our Progressive-run cities. Does anyone in power care? Our Vice President Harris, in Singapore yesterday, blurted out what is seemingly her top concern to our people back home: “Do your Christmas shopping now in August. There may not be supplies of gifts later on in the fall.” The sure-to-be replacement for faltering Joe Biden is keeping a low profile. Not a word on the swiftly crumbling situations on the border or of the Afghan disaster. No input. “This is not my baby,” she implies with her willful snickering ignoring of reality. Her trademark.
So, who is running the nation? No one in authority seems to know. Fauci? Pelosi? Schumer? AOC and her gang of lunatics? The problem is that the wolves at our door are watching and waiting. Iran, Russia, China and North Korea, all subdued and forced to hide in their corners during the four years of the snarling, aggressive Trump years, are now licking their lips watching and waiting to pounce. They see the internal dissent and dissatisfaction of our citizens with the handling of the second wave of the virus. They see parents revolting in school board meetings over the syllabi of hate-teaching in the schools. We are a nation in disorder, fractured in many pieces. At each other’s throats. No flashing street traffic signals. No warning stop signs. No crossing guards to lead us safely across this newly created abyss. Lost and trapped.
And just what fears are on the minds of the hapless Israelis, Taiwanese and Japanese, who have endlessly depended on America to protect them from their enemies? Their bold, heroic, fearless sword-waving savior seems to have dissolved to dust in seven short, horrid months. They all understand that the vacuous mind of Biden and the daily growing concerns of his hapless handlers cannot focus on them at any given moment. They are on their own. And so, apparently, are the people of our own country who look around in dismay at the chaos at our southern border and in Afghanistan (to name a few) where the fumbling and lack of planning by our leaders are creating human disasters sure to get worse with each passing day. Our powers, like that of Superman, have met their Kryptonite. Can we limp through to the 2022 elections for some hope of salvation? Or will we be ordering an Amazon cargo ship filled with wheelchairs? The future is not a bright one.
Very good article. We are, indeed, a pilotless plane about to crash nose first and those cheering the crash are going to die in it also but because “their guys” are crashing the plane they erroneously believe they are exempt from suffering under satan’s new world order. Morons!!!!!!!!!!
The ability of the people of this nation to adapt is deep. In spite of the efforts to silence us, there is still a strong network of relationships that bind us together.
So, while I agree with the author, there are other factors to consider.
Hi Sharon,
This editorial by Alan Bergstein has a very serious tone which does not allow for any humor in response. Nothing about the “Usurper-in-Chief” or the “Goofball-in-Chief” or whatever. However, a song that is appropriate.
In the penultimate paragraph, first sentence: “So, who is running the nation”?
In the last paragraph, last sentence: “The future is not a bright one”.
The bible says, “without a vision the people perish”.
The question is, is what is happening around the world at the same time happening because the entire world does NOT have a vision or because agents of change are manipulating the media, academia, legislatures, courts, etc., in a way similar to how events have been manipulated before by “agents of change” who are running a Frankfurt School inspired “color revolution” op?
Hey, I’m just askin’ a question about the obvious. For what it’s worth, something’s happening here. People speaking their mind, getting resistance from the man.
Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth (Official Audio)
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There’s something happening here
But what it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop
Children, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
It’s time we stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and they carrying signs
Mostly say, “Hooray for our side”
It’s time we stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away
We better stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop
Now, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop
Children, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
Art
Hi Art,
Welcome to Sharon Rondeau’s The Post & Email where, as you have quickly and correctly surmised, the truth is paramount.
You hit the proverbial ‘nail on the head’ with Buffalo Springfield’s classic “For What It’s Worth”.
IMHO what’s going down is “American Marxism”.
“A republic, if you can keep it.”
— Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, 1787
“Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.”
— President Ronald Reagan, 1967
That one generation, late Gen Y – early Gen Z is here. If they don’t fight for and defend freedom it will be lost and gone forever.