The Roar
If any questions remained, they were all finally answered by recent events. There is not one remaining iota of doubt that America, along with its institutions of freedom,individual liberty and opportunity are squarely in the cross hairs of our Cold war nemesis, communism.
Consider its recent strides. Since their scare from McCarthy, they regrouped mainly in academia, but also with a fair sprinkling in other influential fields. However, their invasion into the educational field, with particular emphasis at the higher level, provided both insulation against a replay of inquiries while at the same time enjoying an air of respect from their lofty positions of tutelage. And the plums to be planted and harvested were the young and impressionable minds which fed off their instruction.
This cadre of subversives had their first taste of success through the Vietnam protests during the sixties. What appeared as a simultaneous uproar no doubt required a coordinated effort. Each college campus reacted in almost a knee jerk reaction once the affair commenced. This large scale effort was the product of a national network, and with many of its cohorts at the classroom controls, the only organized anti-American element capable was the CPUSA, the Communist Party USA.
Now, zoom forward forty plus years to this fervent anti-American, anti-capitalist venom. The demographics from this orgy of unrestrained youthful idealism leaves little to the imagination as to where this unrest originated since overwhelming numbers appear to be of collegiate age.
As if this disorder and mayhem is not enough, what is more alarming are the elected leaders in our government who are themselves sensing that the time is right to aid and identify with this rabble. Sadly, this has been evident at every level of authority, including our President.
Politicians being what they are, extreme opportunists, democrats and Obama may view a chance to raise sagging poll numbers through alignment with this youthful rebellion. While this may be the most acceptable of reasons, it remains reckless and irresponsible since the emotions they are stoking may erupt from the slightest provocation.
Americans of every stripe must decide whether our country should resemble a tattered South American banana republic as political tactics hasten after the rise or fall of poll numbers? And, if this Obama ploy is successful, will this anarchy become embedded within our political process every four years?
Or is there more to this than political gamesmanship? If we remember back to those protests from the sixties, what ever became of all those college hooligans? Many matriculated into current positions of authority and prestige within our government. Bill and Hillary attest to how youthful idealism fades with age. Or does it?
Through these intervening years, the American voter unknowingly may very well have sponsored the same anti-American radicals who rampaged our society during the Vietnam era. The question is, did their indoctrination fade or has their own venom been waiting for just such an occasion. Certainly, with a number of leading politicians voicing their own anti-American utterances, the seriousness of this consideration cannot be ignored.
Consider the reaction of a former Speaker of the House when learning of a Portland, Oregon demonstration singing a song’s lyrics of, F “the United States.” Rep. Pelosi’s comment was, “Well, God bless them.” And she is just one example. They are here and they are not just in the streets but also in our government legislating.
Jim Bowman
Author of,
This Roar of Ours