Posted by
Steve on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:33:38 AM
NBC pulled a real stunner on Sunday. To open their broadcast of the Masters Golf tournament, they played the pledge of allegiance. They had children saying the pledge and they would cut to pictures of the military after each phrase. When they were finished, people realized that they had left out the words, “under God, indivisible”. Twitter went instantly nuts and the NBC switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree. A short time after the pledge, NBC interrupted their coverage of the Masters to issue an apology for their leaving out the words, “under God, indivisible”.
In their apology, NBC made it appear like leaving out the words was some sort of an error or oversight. They left people with the impression that it was not done intentionally. What probably happened is that the powers in charge felt it was more explosive to have the words included. They made that decision because the people they deal with all feel that way. When the firestorm erupted, they were not prepared for the reaction. That was obvious by the poor way they handled the situation. If it had truly been an error, they would have reacted with more shock and humility. They reacted like a liberal does when you catch him/her acting like a liberal. They deny they are acting like a liberal and blame it on a mistake.
One thing this uproar has done is highlight the words, “under God, indivisible”. Do we as Americans truly believe that America is a country founded, “under God”? The Declaration of Independence sets the precedence that the country is founded on Divine principles and Natural law. That is further promulgated in the Constitution. But, Progressives have worked hard for the past 100+ years to remove God from our Country. They have been so successful that many people believe that the Constitution actually says that there should be a separation between Church and State. The words do not exist in any of the founding documents of the country. They are only found in a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Baptists in New England who were worried about the new country telling them what to do. But, judges at all levels have used the phrase to remove any mention of God from the public square. That was not the intent of the Founders. It is not the intent of the Constitution.
The rights we have in this country come from God. That is aptly stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The laws that keep our rights sacred are there to maintain that relationship. Progressives believe that the government gives us rights. There is a famous quote by Tom Harkin stating that the government gives us rights. He is wrong about that. No government can give rights. If a government gives rights, it can take them away as well. If rights come from God, no government can take them away. Governments will try and take away rights given from God. Our current crop of elected Progressives is actively working to take away rights given to us by God. But, vigilance by the electorate will keep our rights protected by voting out the Progressives that want to take away our rights.
Freedom is not free. Freedom is something that each generation of Americans has to defend and protect. My generation has been conflicted in this process. We fought in Vietnam to protect our rights. But, the Progressives here at home worked to destroy that effort. Since then, the Progressives in my generation have worked to destroy the freedom that our fathers and grandfathers fought so hard to protect. My children and grandchildren now have to fight the fight against the Progressives of my generation to protect their freedoms. The problem they have is that the Progressives in my generation did not teach them about the greatness of America. What they know about America and our Founding Fathers is somewhat true, but it leaves out the greatness and goodness. That means they do not have enough ammunition to truly have a great chance of success. It is up to those of us who know to prepare the new generation on how to fight for freedom.