Time For Once Upon A Time In America
By Richard F. Miniter
For many years now America has been profoundly altering its culture, reordering its economy, and shedding individual liberties in response to inventive short stories told by liberal left-wing theorists. Yet, whenever one of these stories turns out to be a fairytale, as they all invariably do, we rarely back up and repair the damage.
In part because the practical result of any one fairy tale takes a while to fall to earth and poison the drinking water and by the time it does our attention has long since been focused on marshalling the facts in the debate about some new law, regulation, ordinance, code, or international agreement demanded by those who believe the next fairy tale. Or say they do.
And as often as not, we lose because we tend to ignore the fact that the real power, in this ongoing struggle between individual freedom and those who fear and revile it lies not in the facts of the matter, but with the other foot in this two step dance: the story.
For example as I write this the August 2, 2011 deadline fabricated by the Obama administration for an extension of the federal debt ceiling is less than a month away and the debate rages. Yet not one national Republican leader has stepped forward to confront the story line that gave rise to it. Namely that the U.S. will for the first time in its history have to default and so catastrophic economic consequences will ensue if the debt ceiling is not extended...
This is worthwhile. Read the rest:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/time_for_once_upon_a_time_in_america.html
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