There is a scene in the film “Giant” in which after the young upstart has struck oil the observation is made that he should have been killed earlier but “Now he’s too rich to kill.” As Obama came out of obscurity with a following hating Bush (for many a good reason, some of which I amplified in my own writings all during his dreadful administration) together with zombies chanting “Imhotep, Imhotep, Imhotep” voting for the first Negro President in our nation’s history, the flaw of our Founding Father’s not abolishing slavery for the sake of profits making this possible, that statement from the old film with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean would come to mind.

So we have come full circle from those with the power and wealth that betrayed America; selling out our nation wholesale sending businesses and jobs to foreign nations because of cheap labor (profits); and here comes Imhotep and his chanting zombies in Congress approving unimaginable amounts of taxpayer money into the far future to bail out the wealthy and powerful assuring the rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer because “Now they are too rich to kill;” or to use the political phrase, “Too big to fail.”

It is no longer Norman Rockwell’s America and some would say with much justification it never was, however for those of us raised with the Norman Rockwell ideals of America fairly well intact our memories do recall such an America of which we were the proud citizens and heirs of a Biblical America that saved the world from the Axis Powers. Mine is the last of a generation that lived in such an America but the universities will continue their work of making sure such an America and “The Greatest Generation” will eventually be erased from the history books. Gone from the schools of today the songs like “God Bless America” and all that would glorify America in any way; this America is now “Press one for English” for the sake of profits and perverts openly and without any sense of shame celebrate “Gay Pride” rather than “American Pride” and our schools, universities and colleges graduate illiterates.

The power to tax remains as it ever has the power to destroy, and those behind the scenes holding the purse continue to call the shots; even paying the salaries of those like Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, and Glenn Beck in order to maintain the illusion of giving a legitimate voice for dissent. The Devil is not divided against himself and knows what he is doing by allowing a few to preach to the choir. But Devil or not, the result is the same; people being deluded they have a voice when it all amounts to a shell game and politicians continue to lie to be elected and lie to stay elected.

A dwindling few of us old timers with vivid memories of WWII and the sacrifices that were made both at home and abroad to win that war and save the world cannot do anything but tell the stories of a seeming “Camelot” and watch helplessly on the sidelines of life while this generation must fend for itself the best it can without any heroes such as I knew as a child or an America that was once a proud nation, once loved and envied, when not hated, by other nations. But I will continue to tell the stories of Camelot because that is part of my job; and what a job of wearisome work it is at times.

America now has a delusional empty suit of a President willing to throw anyone under the bus to whom like Jeremiah Wright he once pledged fealty or disagrees with him leading our nation to disaster while preaching a doctrine of globalization and welfare for everybody “for our own good.” I wouldn’t be surprised if it were discovered the President keeps copies of “Mein Kampf” and “The Prince” on his nightstand as inspiration for what he means by “Change.” Obama would be a perfect example of “The friend of my enemy is my enemy” except that Obama has no friends; only those that he uses and those that use him.

As the players parade across the TV screens of America and the world, the sheer magnitude of potential disasters is far more than my mind can comprehend. I wrote some time past the investment of billions in the Large Hadron Collider had to have another motive than simply increasing our knowledge for the sake of science, but held promise of a huge payoff years in the planning where the discoveries made would result in an ultimate weapon and many billions in profits. I’ve no good reason to change my mind about this. If the “Man of Sin” is to arise from Europe, this might provide him the “Big Stick.” America’s birthright has been sold like that of Esau’s for a “mess of pottage” and our nation may yet prove to be that Great City, Babylon of Revelation as a result with Obama paving the way to bring this about.

Like those Israelites of old that became slaves to Egypt because of their prosperity and having forsaken God and adopted the gods of Egypt, nevertheless there remained a remnant that called out for deliverance and because of His covenant with Abraham God delivered them, though that generation died in the desert wanderings due to the judgment of God against them for continuing in idol worship. Our own enslavement to “The Egyptians” because of our past prosperity and following after false gods is well underway; and only a remnant remains that have true faith in God. But this remnant did not save that generation of Israelites of the Exodus; nor will a remnant of true believers save America.

Of course it is all speculation on my part, just as I write of my ideas concerning angels and demons, ghosts and spirits. But sometimes to use the philosophical expression some things “I believe in my bones.” I can’t prove these things with empirical evidence subject to scientific scrutiny, and I discourage my impulses to be dogmatic about some of these things; nevertheless some I believe in my bones.