Is There Anything Good About Facebook?

Over the past few years, we have been bombarded by a technology that seems to be speeding up at a break-neck pace. Cell phones and smart phones, Andriods and IPhones, Apps and Social Media; our heads seem about to explode. Those of us who are getting up there in years are beginning to worry about the looming techno age and its effect on the younger set. We enjoy looking back to the simpler times with memory joggers on Twitter and Facebook that make us take just a moment to slow down and sigh.

I want to share something that has happened over the past several years that most people are unaware of. On the face of it, I am going to say something good about Facebook. In my hometown an enterprising young lady and maybe a friend or two came up with a Facebook page that gives anyone who grew up in our town an opportunity to journey down memory lane with friends, acquaintances and simply others who grew up in and around the city. If you are not from that part of the world, there is no need to look it up. That’s not my point. But consider this. The population of our town is about 50,000 and to date, we have 10,000 members on the Facebook site. There must be thousands of photos too ranging from scenes of 1950's downtown shots to 3rd grade class pictures. Lot’s of posts begin with “Who remembers . . .” or “Does anyone know what happened to . . .?” We reminisce, we remember, we laugh and we even argue sometimes. The site is so popular that it’s hard for a dog to run away too long before someone sees it on our site and alerts the owners. But all in all, it is simply a wonderful way to spend a rainy (or snowy) Saturday afternoon.

My point is this. I would encourage other Americans who miss their hometown or maybe still live there and would like to do something positive for their city and friends to start a site of their own. The craziness of today’s speedy technology just might have a few benefits that no one ever imagined just a few years back.

So, instead of clogging up Facebook and Twitter with politics, personal drama and whatever food you had last night, why not do something positive for your town, your friends and yourself? Start an “Our Town” site.

BTW – I know, I can already hear the laughter about clogging up Facebook with politics. I’m probably one of the biggest offenders. Is there a 12 step program for Facebook hooligans? 

JUSTIFIED

President Obama has made a calculated decision to shirk his oath of office by blatantly defying our laws, Constitutionally mandated by Congress.  I can't believe I can even make that statement.  But I can because, not only Fox News, but nearly all of the news agencies have reported just that.  It is a fact.  Where the reporting differs is in their approval or disapproval of his actions. Democrats seem to think it is perfectly OK to unilaterally usurp the letter of the Constitution to push forward Obama's political agendas.

It gets worse.  Last week, while speaking to the Democratic "Center for American Progress", New York Governor, Chuck Schumer said Obama should bypass Congress and use the IRS to diminish all Tea Party activity.  The surprise here is not that Chuck Schumer would say such a thing, but that he does say it and no one finds that statement to be outlandish and so out of bounds that he should be censured by the once Great State of New York.

Last week, I wrote about the blatant lawbreaking perpetrated by Democratic election officials across America that, no doubt now that the facts are in, put Obama back in office for a second term.

As you probably already know, or may make this statement yourself, any outward discussion about liberals breaking the law, lying and cheating and subverting their Oath of Office in a no-holds-barred push to assure that their agendas succeed, is usually met with an "Oh, they all do it!".

My answer to that is "Well, maybe. But Liberals are so good at it!!

WE'RE DYING HERE

When this country was forming and for a hundred years after, people from all over the world immigrated past our shores looking for the opportunity to join in and become a part of the greatest country in history. They believed that, with new found freedom, came responsibility to make something of themselves. And they had the best chance of accomplishing that here. Because here was opportunity in a country that embraced the individual rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

That was then.

Today, we have become dangerously focused on the idea of image; an idea which permeates a large part of our society. It’s about being politically correct and only catering to people who have the right race, gender, or sexual orientation. People are no longer being looked at as individuals. Groups and clusters have taken over the voting block. We have come to think that all women want the same thing, that all Hispanics want the same candidate.

Former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm gave a lesson on how to destroy America not long ago. He says, “If you believe, as many do, that America is too smug, too white bread, too self-satisfied and too rich, let’s destroy America”. He wrote it as a warning. Here’s his plan:

1. We must first make America a bilingual, bi-cultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures.

2. Invent "multiculturalism" and encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture.
3. Celebrate diversity rather than unity.
4. Keep the fastest-growing demographic poor, the least educated and blatantly antagonistic to the population.
5. Get government foundations and big business to give their front groups lots of money.
6. Establish the cult of victimology.
7. And finally, place these subjects off-limits to discussion. Make it taboo to talk about.

According to Lamm, "Diversity is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other."

I’m not naming names here - OK, I am. But it is not just the leftist dogma that is the only contribution to the problem. Congress, including a vast majority of members who call themselves Republicans have decided to follow the path of mutually assured destruction of our great Nation and what it stood for just a couple of decades ago.

We are now on a suicide watch. I only hope our country takes the time for much-needed reflection and listens to it’s conscience before it’s too late.