March Sadness
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 01:44AM 
Where is my America? Photo Erica Weber 2009Springtime is a season of renewal and rejoicing. Flowers bloom; temperatures rise; balmy breezes caress grateful faces on days when nourishing showers aren't bathing the landscape in liquid hope.
Pretty pastel dresses throng the store racks in anticipation of Easter Sunday, when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The candy aisles of retail outlets bulge with chocolate bunnies, bright jellybeans, marshmallow peeps, colorful plastic grass, egg-dyeing kits, and baskets just waiting to be filled.
Millions of sports fans spend an inordinate amount of time on their NCAA Final Four picks, and breathlessly watch the tournament unfold.
School kids get their first whiff of impending freedom as the weeks wane, the academic year which only yesterday seemed to be crawling now hurtling toward the finish line and summer vacation.
Elected lawmakers virtually spat in the faces of voters.
I, three of my children, one of my grandchildren, my son-in-law, and two of my best friends in the entire world celebrate our birthdays.
Springtime is a happy time.
But much as September 11, 2001 will be remembered as a day as achingly beautiful as it was unspeakably terrible, history will mark March 21, 2010 as the first Sunday of spring … and the day the United States of America ceased to be a free nation.
For on that day, in a time when civil unrest ran as high as presidential approval ratings ran low, a radically far-left progressive ideologue and his godless, capitalism-hating henchpeople seized control of one-sixth of the already troubled American economy.
And they did it in the name of "healthcare," and they did it in the face of voter opposition which would have overwhelmed "public servants" possessed of more garden-variety decency and less raw, unadulterated arrogance.
Elected lawmakers virtually spat in the faces of those voters who sent them to Washington in hopes that their values would be represented and their express wishes carried out.
Instead, much to the dismay of patriotic citizens, cultural and political vicissitudes that were to be expected with the advent of a new administration gave way to an increasingly disturbing anti-American zeitgeist.
This is how the first black President of the United States enslaved a once-free people.
As the "healthcare" debate heated up and it looked as though the votes of a few pivotal quasi-principled Democrats might deny their bloodthirsty comrades a pound of flesh, their support was systematically purchased by soulless minions whose war chest of elitist earmarks and prestigious private-sector jobs is all but infinite.
Predictably, the holdouts became sellouts.
This is how the United States of America -- heretofore a beacon of liberty to all mankind, and the most beloved Republic ever to grace Planet Earth -- succumbed to the insatiable ambition of a Chicago-style thug politician who just happens to be the most powerful man in the world.
This is how the first black President of the United States doomed an entire country to debilitating debt, hyper-intrusive bureaucracy, substandard medical care, many more years of economic recession, and unwilling participation in the cruel slaughter of innocent children.
This is how the first black President of the United States enslaved a once-free people.
It is dark; it is bitter; it is immoral. And above all, it is sad.
God Bless the United States of America. Preserve her precious liberties (what few of them remain) and confound her enemies, foreign and domestic.
Especially domestic.
Reader Comments (6)
It was (and still is) a sad day.
Yesterday was a tuff day. After working on the campaign against 'the bill' for so many months, yesterday was flat. I had to just unplug, but today is a new day. Everyone needs to realize that we cannot stop the fight. Our America is under serious siege and only 'we the people' can save her. We cannot stop.... ever!
Very well said.
I sincerely hope the "good" people who voted him into office have a hard time looking at themselves in the mirror these days. The fragment of "Christians" who justified voting for the man on the grounds "abortion is just one issue" and "the economy is just as important" played a large role in getting the man elected. And what did they get in exchange for selling their souls? Taxpayer-funded abortions and an even worse economy that will still feel Obama's impact decades from now.
Great deal, geniuses.
Jenny - this is a wonderful article. Thank you for posting this, I'm so glad to know about your website. Excellent.
@Mari ... These are indeed dark days. Thank God, we know the Light of the World.
@Judie ... I agree. Any sacrifice on our part is worth it to win back our country. We mustn't grow weary in well-doing.
@Kev ... I shudder to think that anyone who claims the name of Christ could have voted for this godless infidel. I hope this hard lesson hasn't been lost on them and that they use their vote in the coming months to rectify the mistake.
@rebecca ... I'm honored you stopped by! Thanks for the kind words and I hope you will come back.
It's hard to believe it really happened. You put it into perspective very poignantly. Great article.