As much as it pains me to think the once-mighty US might flounder, it’s harder to face continuing the status quo when it looks like one is bailing out the Titanic with a coffee cup.  More than a few of the states who voted predominantly for Romney, now have voices raised for secession, because we are fed up with voting one way across the heartland, and having the hordes in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles vote the other way and overwhelmingly cancel out any wishes we have about the stewardship of the country.  Especially here in Texas, the voices are being raised again for independence, after we voted almost 3-to-1 against the Chicago Way.  A smaller core group have been working toward that independence for decades, since 1995, so this isn’t some Johnny-come-lately reactionary thing out of spite against Obama. (Usually our opponents cry racism, which is their knee-jerk reaction to everything, but is funny since we’ve been at this since Clinton’s first term, and continued thru his second and both terms of Bush.)  Only now are enough people waking up and seeing the corruption in the machine that will enslave their grandchildren to debt, and they want an alternative of true liberty, which is breaking away from the Federal Leviathan.

As the t-shirt says: Texas- it’s bigger than France!

RebeccaH, those of us who were in the Marine Corps remember which end is up. The Frogman’s course was just a refresher.

I’m seeing an attempt by al-‘Bama to use the UN weapons treaty to try to disarm the US. The pointy end of the implement will come into use quickly in that case.

Here here Frogman.  Well spoken and laid out, as usual.  I guess sometimes the lesson that must be learned needs to be taught the hard way.  I only pray that the outcome isn’t too painful for all of those mindless sheeple that brought this upon themselves (and me for that matter).  I have no doubt that American-the-Phoenix will one day be reborn and rise again.  I hope that my daughter lives to see it, as I don’t expect that in my lifetime (I’m only 37, but these swings tend to take a couple of generations to stabilize).  Keep speaking the truth, and someday, I pray, it will be heard by those who need to hear it.

Rock on Frogman!

This last friday I and many others were the guests at my oldest grand daughters grade school tribute and honor for their veterans.

It was a  wonderful experience and display of old fashioned patrotism. The kids handed out small plaques of praise to each vet who was there. They sang, had skits and generally praised America’s Veterans.

Many an old eye had something in it.

I and those like me are not in dispair nor will ever be in it. We are pissed and know that times are tough but that we and our ilk will prevail in the end. My two grand daughters and two grand sons will never give in to the bastards. I taught them better, as I also taugh my two children.

We will never give in or up.

Papa Ray

Well said.

Our American friends have decided since the ship of social democracy is slowly sinking, they had better board it before it is too late.  They are going to get wet, but need not drown, if they heed your words.

Soren in Denmark

(Pedantic nitpick: Please change "looser" to "loser" in your chorus)

Bravo, and well said, Sir!

I do fear that our fragile republic is going down.  Demographics is against us.  No, I’m not talking about the rise of young voters or Latino voters.  I’m talking about the rise of stupid voters.  In poll after poll, 65-70% of Americans believed that they were on the wrong path.  And last week, the majority voted to continue down that path.  Many know that the path is unsustainable, but they don’t care.  The majority voted out of fear and revenge—not love of country, and they do not understand the importance of freedom and self reliance.

And I do not use the word “stupid” lightly.  There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity: ignorance is curable.  As you correctly stated, the proof is all around us.  For years, liberals routinely state that the US needs to more more like Europe.  It should be very clear that being like Europe is a bad idea.

We need to talk to these stupid, selfish people about why the path that they have chosen is not sustainable.  We have to cut through decades of mainstream medium propaganda and public education.  I’m not sure it can be done.  I’m quite sure that the leadership of the GOP can’t.

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville (possibly Alexander Tyler)

Thanks, Frogman.

Dear Mr. Crapaud, you forget one thing. We have guns and you don’t.

Always interesting. There are two unique American characteristics that may yet stave off collapse. One you allude to - the “survivalist” gun mentality.   No, we are not going to barricade the doors to hold off the Obama Revenoor Collectivists but, Americans are still strongly disposed to telling the government, “don’t tell me what the F to do!”  If we did not have that disposition, we wouldn’t be Americans.  We’d be French.  And yes, your points are well taken, it is possible that the populace may abandon their Americaness in favor of Frenchdom. However, the other variable is G-d.  Even when G-d was a Frenchman or an Englishman or a Muslim - He was the French State; or the English State; or the Authoritative Allah.   The United States was founded by a bunch of folk of all nationalities and religions that claimed that the one thing they had in common was that each individual had the G-d given right to his own individual relationship with G-d.  We do NOT have to have the State as a mediator. And, America is still the most Christian (or Jewish for that matter, outside of Israel) nation on Earth.  There are tens of millions and more of hard core believing Christians (and Jews) who will refuse to let the State tell them that their G-d is illegal and must be abolished. If push comes to shove, it will be these folk from whence the revolution comes against America becoming a new Europe…

History shows only one way out of this socialist torpor:  War.  Not drone strikes in distant “stans”, but war on your own soil, with mass death and destruction.  World War II ended the Great Depression not because it forced governments to spend money, but because it forced people to take responsibility for their own survival.

Things almost fell apart in 2008, but central banks kept the peace with an endless flood of free money.  When this reaches its inevitable conclusion, there will be war.

Simply thank you, thank you, thank you, for words of wisdom and hope.

Thanks Frogie. As always, great insight.

What scares me most is that we (the United States) have become a nation of sheepeole. There is no outrage, there is no outcry, no riots, nothing but muted whines.

So as you so eloquently said, "Just as the French, when you realize that the effect of the political model that you tout today cascade and accumulate to the point where you have effectively handed that oligarchy a permanent majority that begins to feed on its pawns-you-it will be too late and your loss will be complete."

Nothing but great wailing and the knashing of teeth…

Froggy,

Merci beaucoup for this fine missive. You do a wonderful job articulating the problems. I am watching the country I love slide from capitalism into full-blown socialism, and I feel powerless to stop it. You offer encouraging words.

Great idea. I will hoist my flag tomorrow.

Thank you. I needed that wake-up call.

And, for the record, I am glad you are still here after all these years. I will visit as regularly as I once did.