STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

JUNE 24, 2024

VOLUME 62

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CENTER-RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT NEWS EVENTS

A couple of days ago, my eyes popped open around 5:00 am with this idea for a blog. I walked into my office and wrote the idea down on my desk calendar so I wouldn’t forget it. It’s one of those ideas that is crystal clear in my brain, but trying to convey it to others may be a little more difficult. I have seen this happen over and over in my life on small and large scales, and now I see it happening to our beloved nation. It’s actually seems to be a natural progression of human behavior. So, let’s get down to the business of trying to explain what caused my eyes to pop open at 5:00 AM.

I’m not a college educated man, but I feel like the knowledge I have gained by simply being here for 83 years has long ago surpassed what I would have gained in a four-year college. That said, I have learned one hell of a lot about human behavior, I just can’t put it in clinical terms.

THE CREATOR

Every organization or small business has a creator. The person that woke up at 5:00 AM and said “what a great idea” wrote it down on a scrap of paper and proceeded to implement his or her idea. That person is filled with enthusiasm for the future, their imagination is running at “full tilt” laying the groundwork for this new endeavor. Almost all of these new adventures soon involve other humans. The enthusiasm is contagious, and everyone is striving for this goal imagined by the creator. What creates this enthusiasm? Almost always, the quest for monetary gain, better working conditions and a better life in general.

IT WORKED

There are hundreds of examples of successful business launches. But it doesn’t get any better than Amazon and Microsoft. Both started off on a “shoestring” and achieved astronomical success. Both are now mega business empires with unimaginable wealth and power. However, history is filled with Cinderella stories, that crashed and burned after several years of being wildly successful. I don’t have to list all of them, you know most of them. You saw it with your own eyes or saw it in documentaries on TV.

WHY DO THEY FAIL?

There can be some extenuating circumstances that bring down organizations, but more often than not, as an example, it’s as simple as planting a new lawn, and over time, stop watering it, and it slowly dies. For instance, something I have seen numerous times, the founder of the organization, or corporation, begins to realize the monetary rewards, and turns his or her attention to things like sail boats, exotic cars, private aircraft, etc. and starts spending more time away from his or her office. The day-to-day operations are left to the employees. The old adage “while the cats away, the mice will play” kicks in pretty quickly. The employees start mimicking the boss’s lifestyle and soon it all falls down.

For any organization, club, or corporation to survive long term, the enthusiasm must be stoked. There has to be someone in charge to regenerate that enthusiasm. Create new programs and ideas and continue to breathe new life into the system. Companies don’t run on autopilot, never have, never will. They must be continually nurtured and massaged. A well-run organization in is continually recreated, being careful not to disturb the core values and overall objective.

FAILURE ON A GRAND SCALE

You can apply all of the above to the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands. But my focus for this article is the United States. Our founding fathers had a vision of a free nation, where men and women could follow their dreams, live in peace without fear of unwarranted persecution. To worship as they pleased, and to speak their minds without fear of retribution. Able to own a firearm to protect themselves and their families, and to secure wild game for food.

Can you imagine the excitement and enthusiasm during the creation of the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independance?

Sadly, as time has passed, that enthusiasm and fervor, has waned to the point it is barely detectable. Our leaders no longer have that zest and fervor for those basic freedoms and principles the founding fathers were willing to die for. We are being smothered by law. Laws that favor special interest groups, and protected classes. We are obsessed by silliness, like race, gender, and all sorts of nonsensical issues that are ripping this country apart at the seams, little by little. Our politicians now strive to make their positions permanent, and many have died of old age in office. The reason why politicians have two- or four-years terms, was designed so we could have fresh ideas, renewed enthusiasm. Career politicians become a liability, not an asset.

The Federal Government is failing in an almost unbelievable fashion. The government has lost respect for its own people. The government now views the American people as serfs, their job is to serve the government, not the other way around as the founding fathers intended. You are now nothing more than a worker bee. Your job is to pay your taxes and fill the coffers for the politicians to spend on insane programs, give your money to foreign governments that hate us. Giving your hard-earned tax dollars to illegal aliens, and to able bodied welfare scammers. The Spirit of ’76 has been murdered, and buried by greedy politicians, and socialists. Everyone has their fingers in the till and will keep grabbing the gold until there is none left. When that day comes, none of them will take the blame for the collapse, instead blame it on someone else.

Over the years, we have had great leaders that sounded the alarm that this was happening, Donald Trump is one of them. However, apathy, and greed are very formidable opponents. They are similar to a cancer, robbing their host of every last bit of energy and strength. This phenomenon is better known as the Democrat party. It has successfully embedded itself in every nook and cranny of the federal government, you will never be able to eradicate it.

SELF CLEANING OVEN PRINCIPLE

Every single thing on this earth, including the earth itself has a life span. Sooner or later, everything will pass in time. Archeologists continue to discover civilizations and creatures that flourished millions of years ago. Their time came and passed. The world as we know it will also pass. This nation as we know it will pass. Many of these events are brought on by the inhabitants themselves, as this one will be.

The decay of this society is gaining momentum daily. I don’t need to list the causes, you witness it with your own eyes, you hear it with your own ears. You can almost smell the stench of a rotting civilization. You are witnessing a Zombie Apocalypse for real.

THE SOLUTION

Get to know the ultimate creator, let him know you want to be in his organization for eternity. Let him know you support all that he stands for, and you’re willing to tell others the good news. The real future, the one that can’t be stolen or destroyed by man, is a relationship with God, the almighty creator. The beginning and the end.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE