As our daily media headlines continue to bombard us with
stories about the our border crisis, sexual assaults by Catholic priests,
mob-style slash-and- grabs, car-jackings,
shootings, and murders, one has to wonder what has become of the morals in our
society. One of today’s headline stories
even further defines America’s moral dilemma.
Dollar General announced that they will begin removing all self-checkout
devices from their stores, due to item theft. Walmart and Target also announce they will now
limit the number of items you can check out in their self-checkout lines.
And to top things off we have two men running for president
that have serious ethical and moral deficiencies. In fact, one is presently defending himself
from 91 charges in four criminal cases.
However, no one seems to really care anymore when one’s moral character
is suspect.
I think my friend best summed up the present day moral sentiment
in our country when I questioned him about the moral insufficiencies of these
two candidates and he replied, “Well no one is perfect, and to find someone
morally fit is not possible today, and should not be expected.” Please pause and think about what he said. Do you also buy into this belief?
If so, I wonder if we even internalize what we hear every time
we attend church or synagogue. And while
we may simply wish to ignore what we as a society are willing to morally tolerate,
one best review the long term plans of two of our top adversaries, namely,
Russia and China.
Neither of these adversary’s plans involve going to war with
the U.S. for world dominance. Their plan is simply to foster self- destruction of
our society from within. Pit us against each other by destroying our moral
fiber. And if you think this is some sort
of looney belief on my part, you need only to review the recent report released
by our intelligent agencies about all the disinformation that is being disseminated
by both these countries on social media to foster not only divisiveness, but to influence our elections. They are
striking at the very core of our democracy.
Just look at how successful these two countries have been
with their plans in creating a climate of ineffectiveness due to polarization
and divisiveness at our Congressional House and Senate levels, and at the many
state legislative branches. Presently, these
entities spend most of their time in power struggles rather than focusing on improving
the quality of life in our society. Many
simply have sunk so low as to resort to name calling and personal attacks like
preschoolers on a school yard. And, we condone
and reinforce this by our cheers and laughter when the folks running for the
highest office in the land do it.
Our political leaders no longer intellectually debate each
other on issues important to us. They just personally demean each other. But then again, maybe they lack the intellect to
do otherwise. However, whatever the reason
all are contributing to implementing the perfect Russia/China plan.
Just how low will we morally and ethically go before we come
to the realization that Russia and China are succeeding, and we decide to stop
it? It’s time to take your head out of
the sand and notice what‘s going on.
