I have sat here for the last couple of weeks not knowing what to think or what to do.  Today I realize that I am simply embarrassed by my indecision.  Failure to act on an issue when you know the proper thing to do is act, you become ashamed of your inaction and just continue to complain.

I have purposely been in a self-imposed funk the last few days avoiding the news in any manner.  It is amazing what one can determine when thinking with an uncluttered mind.  I have looked at the balance on my 401k and compared it to the balance of eighteen months ago and love what I see.  I look about my neighborhood and see all the engineers, scientists and mathematicians busy and employed, albeit maybe at their homes due to covid-19.  The stock market is up, unemployment is down, employment is up and only a small fraction of the predicted numbers that were to die from Civid-19 have cooperated and assumed room temperature.

All this time I’m embarrassed to say I did nothing but get absorbed in the news, got depressed and enjoyed feeling defeated.  I was about to let the liberal left win and take over control of my mind and body.  I found I was wanting to go to the border and start welcoming every illegal I could find into my country.  I began to think about sending my stimulus money back so it could be used for welfare recipients.  I woke up early in the mornings feeling ashamed and embarrassed about being white and all the unfortunate people of all colors I had abused  My white privilege was about to drown me, I did not know where to turn for help except to the government subsidized therapist.

I have been told dreams seem like they last forever but in reality they are very short in lapsed time.  To add to the embarrassment I have been suffering I awoke this morning recounting the dreams I had endured last night.  I drove over to the church I attend wanting to admire the beautiful stain glass window that dresses the foyer.  The irregular shaped pieces, leaded in place formed the perfect image of a peaceful Jesus with his arms spread wide.  I gazed in stunned silence as I saw the fragments of glass scattered on the ground, the image of Jesus was destroyed.  I returned home to hear the news but it seemed as though the same story was repeating only coming from different locations.  Every statue of Jesus had been destroyed overnight.

As sanity was meeting reality in my mind, I knew this was not a dream nor remnants of.  We were moving one step closer to removing everything sacred from our lives.  All divine help and hope for our country was fading.  Would there ever be a time we could turn this movement around?

Yes, I find I am ashamed and embarrassed.  No one that calls himself or herself a moral conservative would have stood by and let these things transpire.  Our faithful Republicans and Conservatives have done nothing to preserve law and order.  Lip service with fancy words spewing is abundantly all about, but action is absent.  We are at the point in history where we cannot allow Antifa supported by the pampered recently educated crowd of dissidents take over our cities and country.  Law enforcement must step in and take control back from the lawless mobs.  Unfortunately only one official in public service is willing to wage the battle, President Trump, but he cannot win alone.  We need governors, mayors, police chiefs and sheriffs to stand with him.  These few individual can only be successful if we, the citizenry, unite and as one stand with them and not be embarrassed by the action we must take.

Shame on Antifa for the actions they are perpetrating but more so we must stop the Black Lives Matter.  Not unlike Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson the BLM organization is nothing more than a group of extortionists trying to scare decent, God fearing people.  Where are the corporate headquarters of BLM located?  Who are the people on the board and run BLM?  At what financial institution are the donations being deposited and who monitors how they are spent?

I challenge everyone, be proud to be an American.  Show no shame but gather courage to join the fight against the loud minority groups that are trying to destroy the United States of America.  We need no special letters before or after our names and no cute titles for our group, we need to be Americans and stand up for America.

Please vote, your future depends on it.

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The thoughts and ideas expressed above are exclusively those of Jack Straley and www.justplaintalkwithjack.com  We may agree, and that’s fine, or we may disagree, that’s okay too.  My sole purpose is to encourage others to think, study, and become involved. Exercise your freedom and above all, when presented the opportunity, please vote.