We have to ask ourselves, as Americans: how far are we willing to sell our future generations short, just for the sake of a few extra minutes on our Mileage Plus card every month? We need to face hard facts. The truth of the matter is that these facts are not going to go away. The problem is not going away. Just because they've discovered that fossil fuels don't come from dinosaurs, doesn't mean they grow on trees either!
Other countries have dealt with different issues in exemplary fashion. We need to bow our proud necks, and follow that sensible lead - for once. Because it is too late for the U.S. to truly take the initiative on this one. Yet if we act forcefully, we may be able to take their initiative from them. We've done it before, many times.
Once again: we need to face it: the facts will simply not shut up. Approximately 65% of adult U.S. citizens now living will be afflicted with some sort of fatal disease within their lifetime. 85% of the rest will perish in accidents. The remainder will be murdered. Is there no other way to prevent this? Have we all done all we could, to make things otherwise? After all of the so-called "scientific progress" we've thrown in the face of God and society - is this an acceptable state of affairs?
That abject fatalism is what we need to reduce! The stakes are too high to be coy about the truth of it. The facts are what they are, and the sooner we see that for what it is, the less we will have to regret about it later on. Which, need I say it again: these facts will not be going anywhere fast. The future isn't going anywhere. It will still be there when we reach it. But what state will it be in when we get there? That's the question. That's what you and I need to discover for ourselves - at the risk of finding out some pretty unpleasant things, might I point out.
Bottom line: we need to can the fantasy scenarios and get real on what it is that ails us. Because, let me tell you, folks: ultimately, if Social Security fails...blaming Satan for it isn't going to solve the problem.
Other countries have dealt with different issues in exemplary fashion. We need to bow our proud necks, and follow that sensible lead - for once. Because it is too late for the U.S. to truly take the initiative on this one. Yet if we act forcefully, we may be able to take their initiative from them. We've done it before, many times.
Once again: we need to face it: the facts will simply not shut up. Approximately 65% of adult U.S. citizens now living will be afflicted with some sort of fatal disease within their lifetime. 85% of the rest will perish in accidents. The remainder will be murdered. Is there no other way to prevent this? Have we all done all we could, to make things otherwise? After all of the so-called "scientific progress" we've thrown in the face of God and society - is this an acceptable state of affairs?
That abject fatalism is what we need to reduce! The stakes are too high to be coy about the truth of it. The facts are what they are, and the sooner we see that for what it is, the less we will have to regret about it later on. Which, need I say it again: these facts will not be going anywhere fast. The future isn't going anywhere. It will still be there when we reach it. But what state will it be in when we get there? That's the question. That's what you and I need to discover for ourselves - at the risk of finding out some pretty unpleasant things, might I point out.
Bottom line: we need to can the fantasy scenarios and get real on what it is that ails us. Because, let me tell you, folks: ultimately, if Social Security fails...blaming Satan for it isn't going to solve the problem.
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