Greatest Threat

You know how I like questions, so here’s another one. "What is the single greatest threat to the United States of America today." Think about that before you answer. You might say terrorist, or foreign governments with nuclear warheads. Some think that government is the greatest threat, while others just think that conservatives or liberals are terrifying. It could be diseases or the economy. Perhaps it is the threat of what could happen if all our communication systems failed. Just imagine if Facebook and Google went away. It is none of these in my humble always right opinion.

The greatest single threat to our very survival is ignorance. Today, we have extremely highly educated young and old. There are those with tremendous experience and skills. Medical miracles happen everyday and tremendous outpourings of human kindness. But, it is ignorance that will ultimately destroy us - maybe it already has.

Will Rogers said, "We are all ignorant, just in different subjects." But until the people rid themselves of ignorance of how our government is supposed to work, we will be our own worst enemy. The framers of the Constitution set up a system of the people for the people with checks and balances. Unfortunately the people let the government become a power that does not answer to the people. Only people that are not ignorant can stop that which would enslave and rule.

A simple test is to ask yourself, what are the three branches of government? What are their powers and what can they not do? Answers those two questions and you will have taken the first step out of ignorance.

And, don’t depend upon your congress to tell you. Democrat Congress woman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas speaking on the House floor this week said the Constitution is 400 years old. Somebody ought to help her out of her ignorance.

God save us from ourselves.

PMO
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