Finally, someone has said some thing that I have been thinking for awhile.
Pennsylvania (R) Governor Ed Rendall said, while talking about the delayed NFL game between Minnesota and Philadelphia, "My biggest beef is that this is part of what's happened in this country," Rendell told the Philly radio station. "I think we've become wussies. ... We've become a nation of wusses." (cbssports.com) And then he went on to make an analogy about the Chinese that didn't make sense and didn't need to be said.
But my point is that he basically said something I have been thinking about for awhile now. I believe at there as been a wussification for a while. I believe that if Christopher Columbus had been an American who wanted to explore to see if there were new unknown lands today he would have been told by the "decision makers" he wasn't allowed to. He would have been told that it was too risky and that he couldn't risk his life or anyone else's.
I believe that if today's thinking and attitudes had been prevalent during the time of our founding fathers the American Revolution never would have happened. Because it seems that even one loss of life is just to much to stand up for our principles now. And besides sticking up for principle might offend someone and who wants to do that.
I am all for speeding laws, drunk driving laws and any laws that protect us from the stupidity of others. But I am against laws that take away from personal freedoms and personal choices. If you want to wear a seat belt or a helmet while on a motorcycle or a bike that should be your right not a governmental laws.
I wrote the proceeding part of my post almost two weeks ago. I stopped because I wasn't sure where to go from there, and I still am not totally sure. But...
What happened to America? I miss the '80's and President Reagan. I don't think we have had a really strong President since him. And I don't think the world respect us like it did. Why? What happened? I think I will try to answer that in my next few posts.
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