Prologue

A bulbous, obnoxious man stood up during an early 1961 spring conference in Zurich and said in his rough, loud voice, in Russian, "We will bury you!" He wasn't talking to the world. He was talking directly to the United States. Nikita Khrushchev could barely stomach Ike, and he absolutely hated John Kennedy. No one really took much notice of that statement. After all, Nikita was promising on a monthly basis to blow up the U.S. Two weeks later, he clarified that statement. "We will not bury you with weapons. YOU will bury yourselves from WITHIN." During the following months we started to learn exactly what he meant. Khrushchev laid out subtle comments about our education system, our court system, our politics, but especially little hints about our news media. It's strange how one man could have the audacity to think he would be powerful enough to bring down an opponent in such a devious way. But even when he told us his plans, we ignored it.

How could we have allowed this to happen? How could we have been so self involved that we elected persons of immoral character, persons who put their personal power and greed above the good of our nation? How could we have allowed our education system to be taken over by lunatics, who allowed the dumbing down of America? Why didn’t we turn our backs on the media who supported the far right wing and far left wing individuals and manipulated the news just so they could have RATINGS? What happened to honest journalism? What happened that allowed judges to go from applying the law to creating the law? Why have we ignored and stopped teaching the wisdom of Plato and Socrates? Why aren’t our children studying in depth why the men who ratified and signed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights risked their lives to create a democracy with wisdom far superior to Plato’s ideals?

Tell me folks, I really want to know. We have allowed this country to go down the drain, to be taken over by our worst enemy. Angry? Yes I’m angry, absolutely. And I blame myself just as much as I blame you. We didn’t need to allow this to happen. We were so involved with our work and play and trying to keep up with the Joneses that we totally ignored our responsibilities to our Nation. You know, the One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All. Pretty hollow words now, I’d say.

So, are we going to stand up and fight for our Country? Are we going to make the same sacrifices that brought about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? I doubt it. We’ve learned to stick our heads in the sand and let others take care of everything. We have all been brainwashed by the Sixties me, me, me mentality where we want everything done for us. Who wants to put in a hard day's work when we can get everything we want from our mommy government?

Right now, open your eyes. Look around you. Do you see animosity, hatred, class envy, evil mistrust in our country? Does the U.S. feel like it’s crumbling under your feet? What is happening to our precious security? You have no idea what’s going on around you, so start sweating.

You want a civil war? No, you say?

Tough. You just got one! God help us all.