> * Here's something to think about. *
>
> I remember asking dad about Castro when I was about 9 years old. I
> asked, "Is Castro a good guy or bad?"  Dad said...he couldn't tell!!
> This was about 1955.  We were living in Louisiana at the time.. Dad was
> in the Army there.
>
> Cuba was fairly close and in the news a lot. The Cubans were asking
> the same question!
>
>
>
> Ike was president.
>
>
>
> This past July, we had the pleasure of sharing a summer barbecue with
> a refugee from Cuba. Our dinner conversation was starkly different
> than most.
>
>
>
> This refugee came to the United States as a young boy in the early
> 1960's.  His family was more fortunate than most, as they were able to
> bring a suitcase...and $100 when they fled Castro's newly formed
> revolutionary paradise.
>
>
>
> Our dinner consisted of all-American fare: hamburgers, potato salad,
> watermelon and fresh ears of sweet corn. This is a menu shared with
> family and friends nationwide...while celebrating the birth of our
> beloved America ...on the Fourth of July.
>
>
>
> We began with a simple discussion about our country, and the direction
> it has taken since Barack Obama came to power. We shared the usual
> complaints about the sour economy and liberal social engineering
> emanating from the rulers in Washington.
>
>
>
> But then he said it.. The sentence came naturally. I assume it was
> unplanned. But it carried the weight of a freight train. "You know
> when Castro took power, none of us knew he was a Communist".
>
>
>
> We sat stunned. He continued, "Yes, we all thought he was a patriot, a
> nationalist. Before the revolution he didn't sound like a radical."
>
>
>
> The comparison at this point was easy, and I interjected,  "You mean
> just like Barack Obama?"
>
>
>
> He responded;  "Yes, just like Barack Obama."
>
>
>
> He continued, "We were all shocked as the government just continued to
> grab more power. First they said the revolution is over, so please
> turn in your guns. We all complied."
>
>
>
> I remember my uncle saying after it started;  “ Castro will only
> nationalize some of the big industries. He will never come and take
> our family hardware store!! ”  But that is exactly what happened.
> Castro started with the sugar mills and the large industries, but they
> eventually came and knocked on the door of our family hardware store.
> My family had run this store for generations. They said we now own the
> hardware store, you work for us. And that nice, large four-bedroom
> home you own...it is now our property also, and...you can move
> yourself and five children into two rooms of the house, because others
> are moving in with you."
>
>
>
> The lesson learned from this discussion, is a lesson most Americans
> refuse to hear. Political leaders can lie about their agenda and once
> in office...they can take totally unexpected turns.
>
>
>
> If you had asked us three years ago if we thought General Motors would
> be nationalized, we would have never believed it.. We could never
> contemplate a country where the rule of law, the most fundamental
> building block of a justice society...would be evaporating, just like
> it did in Castro's Cuba in the early 1960's.
>
>
>
> But the news of injustice keeps increasing. Black Panthers are not
> charged with wrong doing by the U.S. Department of Justice...because
> their crimes are against whites. The bondholders of GM are stripped of
> their assets...without due process by the government! Governmental
> leaders are bribed in full daylight...only to have all investigation
> of the crimes stifled...by the Attorney General.
>
>
>
> The U.S. borders are over run with crime and illegal activity, and the
> leaders in D.C. act as if it is important to protect the
> lawbreakers....while the innocent are killed and over run. When local
> communities attempt to enforce the law, they are ridiculed...and
> threatened as racists and bigots. They are sued by the very
> administration...entrusted with enforcing the law.
>
>
>
> Without the rule of law, the U.S. Constitution is a sham!!  Without
> the rule of law, our beloved America is swiftly becoming a country
> where only the well connected and politically powerful will be safe.
> As Michelle Malkin has so eloquently explained in her recent book... a
> culture of corruption has replaced honest government.
>
>
>
> The only way this problem will be fixed, is by massive citizen action.
> All honest citizens that want to be treated equally, must come
> together...and demand that the favoritism, the bribes, the uneven
> enforcement of law...end now!!  And yes, it can happen here.
>
>
>
> May God save the United States of America!