Walesa’s Warning to America
Leaders: The champion of Polish freedom tells America it’s no longer that shining city on a hill. As it slouches toward socialism, he warns, those yearning to breathe free in the world can no longer look to the U.S. for help.
They were the giants of their age. Together, President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II and a little known shipyard worker named Lech Walesa stood up to Soviet communism and brought freedom to the captive nations of Europe.
Last Friday, Walesa was in Chicago campaigning for a GOP gubernatorial candidate in the Illinois primary who happened to be Polish. Arguably the father of Polish democracy, Walesa knows a little bit about tyranny, socialism and the slippery path to both, and came to warn us about the path we’ve been on.
In a press conference, Walesa commented on an America that seemingly apologizes for everything these days, cajoles rather than confronts the thugs of the world and is embarked on a path to shackle beyond redemption the free economy that led the Free World to victory.
He no longer thinks we are the last best hope for mankind.
“The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it, militarily,” the Polish leader said. “They also lead economically, but they’re getting weak.
“But they don’t lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the United States. Today, we lost that hope.”
Hat tip: Investor’s Business Daily
“But they (the U.S.) don’t lead morally and politically anymore.”
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I don’t view it as a slap against america but against obama. He is being called out as weak, morally bankrupt and leaderless. Too bad that the american people of today elected this POS.
Well, at least I didn’t vote for this POS, so he is not my president.
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folks, if you have not read: “The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World”…you should!
you’ll understand even better why Walesa’s words are so tragic and telling!
it is a marvelous read! Reagan shines forth!!
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GN –
I partially agree, but I don’t think we are the country we were in the 1980s. But, then we have not had a real leader since the 1980s.
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IBD is a solid organization. I wish they would have a daily tracking poll.
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Walesa’s words should be a wake up call. Probably won’t be heeded till it is too late.
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If Walesa was exhibit A, then here is exhibit B.
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dr dog – one very important thing left off of that list – the right to own and bear arms.
Without that one right, you are left to pitch forks, shovels, and rakes.
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Is this the pot(head) calling the kettle ummm. . . . . black?
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gn,
Agreed, but the list thrust was economic, not political.
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dr dog – you can be free and then you can be free.
Today reminds me so much of the past. I came to the conclusion some time ago that we live with a company town mentality. We own so little while owing so much more. In actuality we are slaves to the system without knowing it. We do so much live in gilded cage without recognizing it.
To be free. That is what I strive for.
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Yeah, O’Neil, they got the job done, and along the way they greased their, their children’s and their extended families palms with blood and sweat of the taxpayer. No thanks.
That being said, I would much prefer that we take the man down in a fair political fight to the finish. Otherwise we get another ‘do it for the Teddy legacy’ thrown back at us.
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It would be nice to pick up Murtha’s seat regardless of whether the old crook recovers. Who challenged him last cycle? I read McCain won his district over Obama.
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GN,
I agree we have a company town mindset. Or at least a great deal of the populace does. Live today! Spend more! New Car every year! McMansion! But then that is the difference between those that understand income vs wealth.
To live free, one must first live relatively debt free. Or at least free of the stupid consumer debt most people pile on. Then of course adjust one’s lifestyle to one’s economic situation.
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Jack Murtha…
I wrote and backspaced over my comments. Nuff said.
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William Russell is challenging him I believe.
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JR – I read on another blog that Murtha was the only EX – marine they knew of.
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http://russellbrigade.com/main/
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yeah…Murtha went out of his way to piss on everything American (other than the time-honored tradition of political corruption, of course).
Murtah having been a Marine just shows that not all Marines are worthy of the title. He CLEARLY wasn’t!
his absence, for whatever reason, in the House will be a GOOD thing for America!
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Australian to recind Internet Law after embarassing the Oz AG. He broke the first law of lawyering — you know the answers before you pose the question or make the statement. The AG did not.
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TLS, just one more reminder that Murtha SHOULD spend his remaining “years” in prison…and should have spent the last few decades there as well!
I was BORN in Pennsylvania…what the F**K is wrong with them that they could elect and re-elect that piece of crap NINETEEN times?????
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JR, apparently they do not understand the oath of a Marine or that it transends his retirement.
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Just finished reading Animal Farm to my 8 year old. It’s scary how many parallels can be drawn between that simple story and the aspirations of those that would enslave us under boot of Big Government in this country.
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The Teas are building a reform platform from the bottom up. link. You maybe able to participate in the month ahead. You know what will be next right? The Teas will go back to their respective States and demand any Pol that wants Tea support must hue to the platform.
Gingrich will be irrelevant after this.
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“Abolish the Department of Education,”
This one is huge! We may take back the Congress in 2010, but we are only postponing socialism if we don’t take back the education system.
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Ok, here is the website where you can start voting — http://www.contractfromamerica.com/Idea.aspx
JR any chance our administratrix could make this a sidebar?
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drdog…you’ll have to appeal directly to Her Awesomeness!! 🙂
but she’s generally pretty receptive!
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Well, tip o’ the hat to JM. Back at the site in the morning and ‘bam’ there is already a sidebar. Thx JM!
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Dan coats to run against Byah. Bye, bye, Byah!!
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Walesa is correct –We are losing the Moral high ground!