Let’s
Pretend
By John Kirkwoood
October 12, 2013
First let me introduce you to John
Kirkwood…
John
Kirkwood is a son of Issachar. He is a Zionist, gun-toting, cigar-smoking,
incandescent light bulb-using, 3.2 gallon flushing, fur-wearing, Chinese (MSG)
eating, bow-hunting, SUV driving, unhyphenated American man who loves his wife,
isn't ashamed of his country and does not apologize for his Christianity. He
Pastors Grace Gospel Fellowship Bensenville, where "we the people"
seek to honor "In God we Trust." He hosts the Christian wakeup call
IN THE ARENA every Sunday at noon on AM 1160 and he co-hosts UnCommon Sense,
the Christian Worldview with a double shot of espresso on UncommonShow.com. He is the proud
homeschooling dad of Konnor, Karter and Payton and the "blessed from
heaven above" husband of the Righteous and Rowdy Wendymae.
Here he writes a column that is so utterly
profound that I couldn’t have even come close to expressing my rage at the ignorance
of America the way he has in the article below. I hope you enjoy and understand
LET’S PRETEND –by John Kirkwood as much as I did – de Andréa
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Even though my last column, A CALL TO ARMS, had a fancy CAVEAT
EMPTOR that opened with the sentence, “This column is not calling for
violence,” some critics chose to present it as a foolish call for insurrection,
and still others thought it necessary to calm the “pitchforked and torched”
masses by spiking their “night-night” milk with a “We [The People] Shall
Overcome” lullaby.
It was quite reminiscent of the
establishment in ancient Judea who told the nation that they should ignore the
hysterics of Jeremiah because exile couldn’t possibly happen to us, God said so
… somewhere in the Book of Who.
Sam Adams heard the same spiel from the
Loyalists of his day. That the fledgling colonies could not possibly stand up
to the sunset-less British Empire. And, after all, parliament would come
through in the next session.
Well, it all reminded me of a game we
used to play as kids called “Let’s
Pretend.” So, I’m going to live for the moment in the sanguine world of the
dreamer and pretend that we still live in a Constitutional Republic and that Miley is virgin, just going
through a phase.
Let’s pretend that President Obama is
really just a Democrat. There’s no evidence that Barack Obama is a
Gramsci-Alinsky Marxist trying to poison America’s drinking water with a
Cloward and Piven virus. It’s not like he taught RULES FOR RADICALS to
ACORN or was surrounded by Commies growing up or sought them out at University.
It’s not like he has appointed them as Czars or seeded them into bureaucratic
outposts. It’s not like he funnels them money, grants them preferred status and
says, on a hot mic, that he’ll be more “flexible” after he’s re-elected.
A phantom-Marxist? – C’mon man! There’s
no evidence for that! I mean JFK went to a liberation theology church for
twenty years and wrote a book about the shared dreams of his communist father
too, right?
Let’s pretend that this climate is no
different than the Carter ‘70’s; after just one term, the misery index will
lead to certain defeat for Obama and the Democrats and Ronald Reagan will be
waiting around the corner. Oh, wait.
Well, let’s pretend this is no
different than Jimmy Carter’s second term, right? We have a bumbling executive
whose poor decisions are leading to temporary economic woes that we can turn
around in a few election cycles by collecting signatures, walking precincts and
listening to Lee Greenwood on our Discman. Then we’ll just vote the rascals out
and the Republicans will act responsible and turn the ship around.
Wait, why are those people playing with
chunks of ice on the Promenade Deck?
Let’s pretend the rascals aren’t doing
everything within their abused power to affect our fair election systems: like
shunning photo ids, stuffing ballot boxes, rigging machines, or coaxing the
homeless, the infirm and the room temperature to vote and to vote often. Let’s
pretend that Democrats aren’t trying to give the vote to prisoners, rig the
vote with illegals or suppress the vote with the IRS. Isn’t pretend wonderful?
Let’s pretend that there weren’t any
districts that had 110% of the registered voters turnout with 99% of the
ballots for Obama. Let’s pretend that Ohio isn’t Cuba or Iraq. Let’s pretend
that Elvis, Osama Bin Laden and Mickey Mouse really are registered Democrats in
Nevada.
Let’s pretend that we have an
opposition party in this country that will stand for the Constitution and rally
to the cause of the citizen. Let’s pretend that Mitch McConnell and John McCain
are Republicans. (All right, I know that’s a reach but stay with me.)
Let’s pretend that Mitch McConnell and
John McCain are Republicans who are pleased to hear and eager to support
Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee. Let’s pretend the Republicans, for that matter,
every elected official who swore to uphold the Constitution, will demand
justice for the victims of Benghazi and Fast and Furious and demand jail time
or worse for those who perpetrated them.
Let’s pretend that the debt clock
hasn’t been stopped for over 145 days at $16.7 trillion. Let’s pretend that the
insurmountable debt and the socialized stranglehold of the healthcare debacle
haven’t already sold our children and children’s children into bondage.
Let’s pretend that the American People
will eventually come around. That two generations of public school
indoctrination and that Hollywood, New York and D.C. have had no influence on
the low information voter. That there is a renewed interest in Bastiat and
Friedman and, like Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man, the Obama
zombies will rush en masse to the welfare office and turn in their Obamaphone
and SNAP cards.
Let’s pretend that there has been
nothing nefarious going on, we can certainly turn it all around with a vote or
two. The American body politic isn’t smitten with a flesh-eating virus – it’s
just a fever. “This too shall pass,” — just sign these two petitions and call
your Cenataurs and Reprehensibles in the morning.
Let’s pretend that the Constitution
wasn’t only made for a “moral and religious people” and that it is wholly
adequate to the government of any other. Let’s pretend that the chains
that have been forged will dissolve in wishful thinking and a faith in fair
play.
Let’s pretend that Marxists don’t lie,
cheat, steal, and kill until the ends justify their “mean.” Let’s pretend that
American Marxists don’t act like Marxists of any other country at any other
time.
Let’s pretend that we are Martin Luther
King Jr. and Ghandi and that our adversaries will be constrained by their
Christian Worldview like the Imperial Brits and the 1950’s Americans. Let’s
pretend that mere civil disobedience will head off the flying monkeys, melt the
wicked witch and lead us to the Promised Land. Let’s pretend that we’re not the
“Tank Guy” in Tiananmen Square and that those aren’t tread marks on our back.
Let’s pretend that we can blow the
“Don’t Tread on Me” dog whistle and that Barack Obama and the progressive
totalitarians will heel.
Come to think of it, I live in
Realville! “Pretending” is for victims.
With my Republican friends, I’ll stick
to “trust but verify,” and to the enemies of freedom, foreign and domestic, I
will fight you to your last dying breath!
As far as my critics go, the chaps who
believe that this is merely a status quo downturn destined to be overcome by
common sense or some sort of revival; you want to blow sunshine in each other’s
ears? – You get the steak knives, I’m going for the Glen Gary leads.
I believe that Jefferson was right when
he said that we couldn’t expect to be translated from despotism to liberty on a
featherbed. You want to sign petitions and call your Senators? Outstanding! But
you better prepare for the thing to go sidewise or you’re not the children of
Adams, Madison and Henry.
Gold and silver make a fine investment
but in this crisis, buy lead! Our adversaries don’t heed the Constitution, so
write it on your hearts and pass it down to your kids. They don’t fear the
unarmed so sell your Zoot Suit and buy an AR-15. You’ll need to own a saber
before you can rattle one.
End
If you agree, please share these posts with your friends,
family and co-workers. The only way to defeat the lies and propaganda of
an evil government and its controlled media, is to spread the truth.
Thanks
for listening – de Andréa
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