{"id":209,"date":"2015-01-04T04:47:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T04:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baselines.com\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2015-01-04T04:47:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T04:47:26","slug":"last-stand-remix-and-master-on-january-3-2015-with-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/blog\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Last Stand &#8211; Remix and Master on January 3 2015 &#8211; with Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"pagetitle\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"post-264\" class=\"post-264 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-tea-party category-uncategorized tag-2012-election tag-barack-obama tag-decline-of-america tag-freedom tag-freedoms-last-stand tag-hosni-mubarak tag-joseph-stalin tag-liberal-media tag-media-bias tag-obama tag-obamacare tag-roman-empire tag-rome tag-romney\">\n<div class=\"posttitle\">\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-209-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.baselines.com\/mp3\/Last_Stand.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baselines.com\/mp3\/Last_Stand.mp3\">http:\/\/www.baselines.com\/mp3\/Last_Stand.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"post-info\">Music Copyright Steve Keith @ Baselines Designs<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-info\">Article Credit: https:\/\/burnadams.wordpress.com\/tag\/roman-empire\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-info\">To say Barack Obama\u2019s presidential victory on Nov. 6 was earth-shattering for conservatives around the country is an understatement. For the first time in their lives, people who loved this country and all that it stood for are questioning whether the United States even deserves to be great again. Are we still a country that believes in God, hard work and family or have we permanently shifted to being agnostic, morality relative, government dependent and with \u201cmodern families\u201d, which can mean whatever you want it to mean?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnadams.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/election-result.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272\" title=\"APTOPIX Romney 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/burnadams.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/election-result.jpg?w=500&amp;h=362\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone saw what four years under an extreme liberal president looked like. Yet, American chose to keep him for four more years. What does this mean? I believe there are only two possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>1. We are witnessing the Decline of America . . . and the world. Melodramatic? Maybe . . . but it is naive to forget that all great civilizations have collapsed at some point in human history. Unfortunately, the chain of events for our collapse are all in place. This election cemented what is likely the permanent government control of healthcare. It is guaranteed to grow to be more expensive than advertised, sucking almost all the money being spent for defense <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,119541,00.html\">(as it did in Europe<\/a>) and forcing the raising of taxes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfib.com\/press-media\/press-media-item?cmsid=60548\">economic-suppression levels<\/a>. Previously the world\u2019s unofficial sheriff, we will then be forced to retreat to within our own borders.<\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes, the rats come out to play when the cat goes away. China will have no check against their expansionist ambitions, seizing resources off the coasts of all surrounding, weaker countries. Sensing America\u2019s weakness, China has already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5iH_0CPlyFJkrxtMCVGUKYNUNtPig\">threatened <\/a>the Philippines with war. Iran will fear no retaliation if\/when they decide to wipe Israel off the map, as they\u2019ve repeatedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2003\/sep\/23\/iran\">promised to do<\/a>. Out of necessity, a global arms race will commence. After all, if the Americans aren\u2019t around, who will fight to keep them safe, except themselves? Because despite what is taught on college campuses, America has been the most benevolent super-power in human history, spreading freedom and keeping the peace around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnadams.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/greek_rioters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-270\" title=\"greek_rioters\" src=\"https:\/\/burnadams.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/greek_rioters.jpg?w=500&amp;h=328\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Europe, already on the edge of bankruptcy, will be forced to boost military spending in America\u2019s absence, sucking money out of their own already failing welfare states. This house of cards will collapse, probably sooner rather than later, resulting in mass social unrest and riots in the streets, as demonstrated by Greece. Chaos naturally results in dictatorship, as citizens desperately will follow anyone who promises order. What happens next is anyone\u2019s guess. Dictators range from the semi-tolerable (like President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt) to more ideological and ruthless (like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin). One thing for sure: the freedom that America has championed and defended around the world would die.<\/p>\n<p>While most readers would shun such a bleak outlook of our near future, it is wise to recall that this exact scenario happened before around the 5th century. The Roman Empire achieved incredible technology, military strength and an economic prosperity that was unmatched in history. Although many factors play into a civilization\u2019s collapse, as Rome declined, it was noted for the breakdown of its families, a free sex culture, and a powerful welfare state that was demanded by its citizens. Sound familiar? What came next is what some call the Dark Ages where all this technological progress and freedom achieved by Rome was lost for 1000 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burnadams.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/breadandcircuses1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269\" title=\"Bread and Circuses\" src=\"https:\/\/burnadams.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/breadandcircuses1.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Fortunately, I believe there is one more possibility. There is a small chance that the American citizen hasn\u2019t yet completely reached the level of the Roman citizen when free bread and free entertainment is more important than having pride in your hard work and the future of their country. Maybe they were simply duped. Never before has America\u2019s news reporters and entertainment industry worked in almost complete unity to make sure a particular candidate they favored won the election. They defended Obama\u2019s socialist comments ridiculing business owners (\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a business \u2013 you didn\u2019t build that.\u201d) while continually blasting Romney\u2019s (accurate) comments that 47% of the country wouldn\u2019t vote for him. Media \u201cfact-checkers\u201d consistently labeled Romney\u2019s comments and ads <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/matt-hadro\/2012\/09\/26\/cnn-doubles-down-faulty-welfare-fact-check\">false <\/a>or lies, even after admitting they were <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/matt-hadro\/2012\/04\/16\/soledad-obrien-tries-and-fails-debunk-romneys-women-job-loss-claim\">technically correct<\/a>. These same \u201cfact-checkers\u201d meanwhile never bothered looking into Obama\u2019s ridiculous claims about \u201cfiring Big Bird\u201d, women losing birth control, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/295842\/ledbetter-about-lawsuits-not-equal-pay-carrie-lukas#\"> false narrative<\/a> that the Ledbetter law was about \u201cpay equality\u201d, just to name a few. Examples of the media shamelessly spinning stories in Obama\u2019s favor are endless.<\/p>\n<p>Duped or not, this election has crumbled conservative\u2019s beliefs that America\u2019s right-of-center \u201csilent majority\u201d is a sleeping giant that just needed to be woken up. If anything, it has been reduced to a flock of sheep, led by silly sound-bites that \u201cRomney looks out of touch\u201d rather than seriously debating each candidate\u2019s economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>If this country has a hope to turn our downward spiral around, it would mean that conservatives learn how to communicate to the disengaged masses. Forget trying to explain that raising tax rates never produce as much revenue as politicians claim. Dumb down the message and sell it with emotional and cultural messages, not intellectual. Never again can conservatives overestimate the intelligence of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>I previously believed that removing Obama from office was America\u2019s last hope. I\u2019m going to now be working my butt off to prove myself wrong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Copyright Steve Keith @ Baselines Designs Article Credit: https:\/\/burnadams.wordpress.com\/tag\/roman-empire\/ To say Barack Obama\u2019s presidential victory on Nov. 6 was earth-shattering for conservatives around the country is an understatement. 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