From the Canada Free Press . . .

Here lies the United States of America
Born: July 4, 1776
Died: November 6, 2012

The Will of the People Has Spoken and America Died The End of an Empire

by Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh - Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Our Constitutional Republic died a peaceful death on November 6, 2012. Having reached the point of no return in a comatose state after years of progressive and illegal immigration assaults, the fabric of conservative society is now completely unraveled and Uncle Sam’s America is no more. The United States of America is now relegated to the dust bin of history as a “has been” empire. The Shining City on the Hill, the hope of so many millions since July 4, 1776, no longer exists. What rises from the ashes is a country that few of us will recognize, like, or learn to accept submissively. After 236 years of existence, a new country emerges today, run by secular progressives who rejected our Constitution, what we stand for, and who we are as a nation. The Supreme Court will be forever altered after its last conservative members will be replaced by the liberal academics who call themselves “progressives.” The rule of law will be implemented by Executive Orders, making Congress irrelevant. The communist motto “Forward” that resonated with so many ignorant Americans will plunge us into many years of darkness from which we will never be able to recover. We have proven our Founding Fathers right, they did give us a Constitutional Republic and we were unable to maintain it. The forces of the failed communist fundamental transformation that were driven underground in many places around the world, resurfaced with a vengeance in the United States and have now taken over. How long we will still have freedom of speech, movement, assembly, and control of our private property remains to be seen. Faith and churches will be driven underground; allowing secularism to prosper and take deep roots among the progressives whose God is Mother Earth. The welfare dependent Americans, unions, and illegal aliens have chosen for the rest of us the dark path of serfdom to big government and to socialist utopia. Who would have guessed that the very people who were complaining that the government is not extricating them from disaster or giving them the help they needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, would vote for the very politicians who turned their backs on needy Americans after the lights went dark when the political photo opportunities ended? Who would have guessed that Americans were as ignorant and irresponsible as to choose fiscal destruction over fiscal sanity for their children and grandchildren, secularism and communism over faith, dependence over personal responsibility and self-reliance? Americans have been protesting for the last four years the dismal state of the economy and the direction of our country, the corruption of our politicians, and the loss of personal and economic freedom. Rallies in support of conservatism overwhelmed venues for Mitt Romney while rallies for our bumbling President became scarcer and scarcer. Yet, miraculously, at the ballot box, our President won all over the country. We lost seats in the Senate. Americans chose liars and cheats to be their Senators and Representatives, rejecting those who protected the Constitution. The candidate from Massachusetts who claimed direct American Indian lineage to Pocahontas is now a Senator, having defeated Scott Brown. Representative Allen West lost his seat by a narrow margin to the infamous Wasserman Schultz from Florida . Americans chose high unemployment, reduction of our military, communist indoctrination of their children, and loss of personal freedoms unlike we have never seen before in this country. I am saddened by the loss of millions and millions of American soldiers who have died to preserve freedom yet we lost it on November 6, 2012. Those buried in cemeteries around the world and at Arlington must be rolling in their graves today. We shamelessly allowed their sacrifice of blood and treasure to go in vain. We have no honor because we let down all the soldiers who fought in recent times and returned home limbless with lives shattered from physical and mental wounds of war. I mourn today the loss of my adopted country. I have fought hard over the last four years to prevent its overt and accelerated destruction but the darker forces stronger than many of us have overcome concerted efforts by millions of Americans to maintain the Republic. Mediocrity, sloth, godlessness, dependence, cowardice, using the law selectively or ignoring it, and hopeless corruption will define the new country. Only God can save us now with his mercy and grace.

 

Nap time?

 Griff never passed up on opportunity to take a quick nap . . . regardless of who might be standing there first!

Never stand when you can lean . . .

 Our new dog, Griff, loves our older dog, Chick, and never loses a chance to be near her. When Chick stands still too long, Griff takes it as a resting place.

Candyland Birthday Cake!

 I had a great afternoon doing a favorite occupation - baking and decorating a cake. It is a friend's 18th birthday next week but she is celebrating this weekend while her entire family is home. I decided to go with a fun cake full of things to nibble on in addition to the cake. Sugar cones made great pine trees once I covered them with green icing. The curly things are straws to enjoy whateve birthday drinks they might be having with the cake.

Dogs, rain, and common sense . . .

 We have two, very nice dog houses for Chick and Griff. They were well-padded with warm blankets over old sheets and comforters. Just before it rains, they drag them all out so they get wet and soggy and then cuddle in the same dog house together looking most mistreated.

One reason why I get behind in my work . . .

Marcella likes to be where the action is and that includes the area in front of the computer keyboard. Most days, she just climbs up and falls asleep. Other days, she wants to view the world from the front of the screen thus most successfully blocking my view of the computer screen. One morning, I was in the kitchen and hear the cat yowling in great distress. I found her in front of the computer obviously waiting for me to join her there. Once I came in and sat down, she curled up and went to sleep.

The aftermath is worse . . .

I'm confused . . .

The final tallies are in and fifty percent of the Catholic vote went to the incumbent president and secured his re-election.

At the democratic convention, they named same-sex marriage and abortion as major platforms of their election strategy. Last I heard, both these are against Catholic teachings. I always thought that to be in the Church, you had to be of the Church.

Right now there are over 30 lawsuits filed against the administration over the illegal mandate against the Catholic Church in regards to making Catholic institutions provide birth control and such in their insurance policies. Did these voters know this and vote anyway?

If anyone bothered to run the numbers on obamacare, they would see that it eventually won't cover costs, will raise premiums, and . . . provide abortion and contraceptives. Did these voters research their vote and still find this okay with them?

Back in 2009, the same week he was inaugurated, the then-new president rescinded all the safeguards for the unborn that President Bush was able to put into place during his presidency. Did this matter to that fifty percent of the Catholic vote?

In his short time as a senator, the president not only voted to overturn the Born Alive Act but headed committees determined to change this law and afford more infant deaths. The Born Alive Act in Illinois was a law that said that an abortion that was 'botched' in that the infant was born alive, meant that efforts had to be taken to medically treat him/her to keep them alive. The president's view, at that time, was that even if born alive, an 'abortion' had to be completed. Another doctor would come in to kill the baby.

Although many bishops and priests were outspoken on these matter, there was still the silent majority who offered little to no guidance in the matter. The oft used excuse was the separation of church and state law and the 'sacred' tax exemption.  A little research would show that this means the government can't tell the church how to run their religion, it doesn't mean the religion can't defend it's views from the pulpit. At no time in history has a church lost it's tax exempt status. I have to wonder, however, why this would deter a real faith community if it meant saving babies.

The Catholics who voted us in another four years of government control, abortion and who knows what other atrocities may have their 'factual' good reasons for doing so. I've heard quite a bit of them but there are still Ten rules that trump them and for the sake of their souls, I hope they figure it out.