I have trouble believing that this lie has actually gained traction. However, in a determined effort to rewrite history, today's school students are being told how unfair America has been throughout its existence. As a result of this unfairness, we are also being told that America's rich need to redistribute their unfairly gotten wealth.
With regard to redistributing wealth, I recently asked my 12 year old grandson what he would do if he were to become a multi-millionaire. His response was that he would give almost all of it away. I wasn't too surprised by his answer because he had always been a very generous and giving boy. I then asked why he would do what he said. His answer was -- "So that everyone would have the same amount of money." As a result of this answer, I then asked him how much money would everyone have if all the richest people in the world redistributed their money? Since he was unable to answer the question, I gave him an example. The example was -- what if Bill Gates gave away all of his 50 billion dollars to today's population of 7 billion people -- how much would each person have? He quickly understood my point. The problem is, you can't enrich the impoverished by impoverishing the rich. In fact -- when you take away money from the rich you destroy the mechanism that can create wealth for everyone -- free market capitalism.
With that being said, let's begin by admitting that America has done some things in its past that we can't look back at with pride. However, from my perspective this dark segment of our past represents growing pains that have helped us mature as a nation. In the past we learned that slavery and discrimination were wrong, and women should vote and have equal rights. We learned that the cost of freedom comes at a high price, and we're now in the process learning -- the hard way -- the importance of free enterprise and how government can't spend its way to prosperity.
On the other hand, there's a bright side to our past that shouldn't be obscured by feelings of guilt. After all -- if we hadn't done our part to win World War II what do you think the world would look like now? How would you like to live under a dictator like Hitler, or bow to the emperor of Japan? If you like your freedom, thank the American's who died so that you can have it.
But, that's not the whole story. While our children are being taught to think the worst of America's past history, they aren't being taught the near miraculous events that have allowed America to come into being. If one were to examine each of these events in detail, it would be difficult to not come away with a feeling that there might have been some kind of divine intervention. And, I won't -- at this point -- rule out extraterrestrial intervention.
Since the maximum length of this commentary doesn't permit several pages that describe events that, in some ways, appear to be miraculous; I'll instead mention just one -- it's the life of George Washington. The miracle that impresses me the most is when Washington was shot at point blank range by Native Americans, early in his career, but still survived. The reason why I'm so impressed by this miracle is because of a recount of the story by the Indian Chief who led the attack and who travelled a long distance to visit Washington fifteen years after the event. The Chief said that during the battle, he commanded his warriors to shoot the officer in charge. After many shots were fired, the Chief noticed, that the officer in charge could not be killed. It was at this point that he told his warriors to stop firing at him, because he believed that the "Great Spirit" was protecting the officer for some greater purpose. In spite of four bullet holes in his coat and having two horses shot beneath him, Washington had no wounds on his body. The Indian Chief further recounted that one of his braves said "I fired seventeen clear shots and couldn't bring the officer to the ground."
I recommend that you read about Washington's life to fully understand how the "Great Spirit" had protected him and allowed America to come into existence. You will learn that British General Howe had assembled 32,000 troops against Washington's 8,000, yet Washington escaped because of a miraculous fog. You will learn that at the battle of Yorktown, British General Cornwallis was about to receive reinforcements, but a miraculous violent storm caused their ships to be blown down river and divide his forces. Later that day Cornwallis surrendered to Washington. And the list goes on from events that happened at Valley Forge to his crossing the Delaware River. The miracles surrounding George Washington's life are a strong indication of divine -- or extraterrestrial -- intervention. As mentioned there are many more miraculous events in our history -- like the Battle of New Orleans or the D-Day invasion of Normandy -- that you should check out if you're still a skeptic.
If you were to believe that there has been divine or extraterrestrial intervention behind America's existence, you should also be compelled to ask why. Since I've already mentioned our influence in winning World War II, is there something else that America has yet to accomplish? Are we being selected by outside forces to accomplish something as great or greater than winning World War II in the future. The fact that almost all of the great technological and medical advancements have occurred during the rise of America, makes me think that there is reason for this to be happening now. But, at this point, I'll leave it to you to guess why.
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With regard to redistributing wealth, I recently asked my 12 year old grandson what he would do if he were to become a multi-millionaire. His response was that he would give almost all of it away. I wasn't too surprised by his answer because he had always been a very generous and giving boy. I then asked why he would do what he said. His answer was -- "So that everyone would have the same amount of money." As a result of this answer, I then asked him how much money would everyone have if all the richest people in the world redistributed their money? Since he was unable to answer the question, I gave him an example. The example was -- what if Bill Gates gave away all of his 50 billion dollars to today's population of 7 billion people -- how much would each person have? He quickly understood my point. The problem is, you can't enrich the impoverished by impoverishing the rich. In fact -- when you take away money from the rich you destroy the mechanism that can create wealth for everyone -- free market capitalism.
With that being said, let's begin by admitting that America has done some things in its past that we can't look back at with pride. However, from my perspective this dark segment of our past represents growing pains that have helped us mature as a nation. In the past we learned that slavery and discrimination were wrong, and women should vote and have equal rights. We learned that the cost of freedom comes at a high price, and we're now in the process learning -- the hard way -- the importance of free enterprise and how government can't spend its way to prosperity.
On the other hand, there's a bright side to our past that shouldn't be obscured by feelings of guilt. After all -- if we hadn't done our part to win World War II what do you think the world would look like now? How would you like to live under a dictator like Hitler, or bow to the emperor of Japan? If you like your freedom, thank the American's who died so that you can have it.
But, that's not the whole story. While our children are being taught to think the worst of America's past history, they aren't being taught the near miraculous events that have allowed America to come into being. If one were to examine each of these events in detail, it would be difficult to not come away with a feeling that there might have been some kind of divine intervention. And, I won't -- at this point -- rule out extraterrestrial intervention.
Since the maximum length of this commentary doesn't permit several pages that describe events that, in some ways, appear to be miraculous; I'll instead mention just one -- it's the life of George Washington. The miracle that impresses me the most is when Washington was shot at point blank range by Native Americans, early in his career, but still survived. The reason why I'm so impressed by this miracle is because of a recount of the story by the Indian Chief who led the attack and who travelled a long distance to visit Washington fifteen years after the event. The Chief said that during the battle, he commanded his warriors to shoot the officer in charge. After many shots were fired, the Chief noticed, that the officer in charge could not be killed. It was at this point that he told his warriors to stop firing at him, because he believed that the "Great Spirit" was protecting the officer for some greater purpose. In spite of four bullet holes in his coat and having two horses shot beneath him, Washington had no wounds on his body. The Indian Chief further recounted that one of his braves said "I fired seventeen clear shots and couldn't bring the officer to the ground."
I recommend that you read about Washington's life to fully understand how the "Great Spirit" had protected him and allowed America to come into existence. You will learn that British General Howe had assembled 32,000 troops against Washington's 8,000, yet Washington escaped because of a miraculous fog. You will learn that at the battle of Yorktown, British General Cornwallis was about to receive reinforcements, but a miraculous violent storm caused their ships to be blown down river and divide his forces. Later that day Cornwallis surrendered to Washington. And the list goes on from events that happened at Valley Forge to his crossing the Delaware River. The miracles surrounding George Washington's life are a strong indication of divine -- or extraterrestrial -- intervention. As mentioned there are many more miraculous events in our history -- like the Battle of New Orleans or the D-Day invasion of Normandy -- that you should check out if you're still a skeptic.
If you were to believe that there has been divine or extraterrestrial intervention behind America's existence, you should also be compelled to ask why. Since I've already mentioned our influence in winning World War II, is there something else that America has yet to accomplish? Are we being selected by outside forces to accomplish something as great or greater than winning World War II in the future. The fact that almost all of the great technological and medical advancements have occurred during the rise of America, makes me think that there is reason for this to be happening now. But, at this point, I'll leave it to you to guess why.
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