What if?

Thursday-March 31, 2011 What if? As I write today’s FORUM, I am getting closer to perfecting what I have been working on for almost two years. There have been a few glitches on the site and we have now figured them out. Many names have been collected from around the country. These people have expressed an interest in getting their neighborhoods organized. These are patriots. They are not radicals, nor are they extremists. These are people that want to make a difference and they want to ensure that our prosperity is retained for our posterity and all the freedoms that come with it. So I was thinking, as I had my taxes done yesterday, what if things were different and what if this country and every citizen would come together and really work toward making a better America. I often think this and I often ask myself how this would work? What would we need to do? How long would it take and would people really want to make the changes that are necessary to do that? I started to ask myself what if and I came up with a list of what ifs. What if we didn’t have Senators like Chuck Schumer (D) New York, who was caught on tape saying that the Republicans have to be characterized as extreme and the tea party is pulling them to the right? He said, "The main thrust is basically that we want to negotiate and we want to come up with a compromise, but the Tea Party is pulling Boehner too far over to the right. I always use the word extreme, that's what the caucus instructed me to do the other week." What if we didn’t reelect Senators like Schumer and every other politician that has served for more than 20 years? What if we elected leaders that could truly lead with statesmanship, instead of judging our leaders by their picks of basketball brackets and how effective they are at demonizing the other side? What if guys like George Soros were not allowed to dabble in U.S. politics and the economy? He is not a citizen, but he controls Media Matters and Move On.org., too mention two. These organizations are extreme far left and are dedicated to socialize America and the world. Soros is a billionaire and has been characterized as the man who brought down the English pound through currency manipulation. This is fact and not fabrication. What if America were energy rich; meaning that we stopped buying our oil from the mid-east, Hugo Chaves and the rest of those countries who want to bring America down by holding us hostage? What if we drilled here at home and used our coal and incorporated smart technology to conserve and expand energy resources? Maybe we could build a few more nuclear power plants, modernize the power grid and have Americans conserve by turning off that light bulb that is lighting a room when no one is using it? What if we deported every illegal citizen and shut our borders down, along with changing the Constitution to re-define or define the 14th amendment? What if we stopped handing out the billions in aide to countries that work against our interest? What if we moved out of every sea port that we have our military vessels docked, as a sign of protection to our allies? What if we told the United Nations to take a leap, get out of the country and end our relationship? What if we told the Mid East allies, like the Saudis, they should not depend on our defense any longer? What if we built a Star Wars defense shield to protect our country from any air born missile, like Reagan wanted to invest in? What if we constitutionally demanded proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate, for any one who becomes president? What if we took every foreign product built abroad and shipped here for consumption, like cars, toasters, electronics etc. and just closed our trade down? What if we took these products and built them right here, creating jobs and commerce for us to prosper from? What if we could pay our income tax, just by filling out the back of a post card? What if we told every terrorist and every backward country that wants to do us harm to just try it? What if we got our financial house in order to the extent that other countries would have to borrow from us? What if we educated our children in math, science, our true history and not aim our education specifically to the minorities and other groups who say our history is one of murder and oppression? Speaking of murder and oppression, what if we didn’t go to the defense of countries like Kuwait, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and all the other countries who in the end wind up complaining about American involvement in world affairs? What if America just shut down and dismantled the Statue of Liberty and shipped it back to France C.O.D.? What if we explored the universe and claim every planet and moon that we land on as sovereign American territory, instead of taking a giant leap for mankind? What if America didn’t export its medical technology and its medical aid in times of disaster? What if we got back to our principles and stopped redefining what our principles are, and rely on the ones that are clearly defined in the founding documents? What if the United States just shut its doors? What if all this did happen? We would be fine, but the rest of the world would go into a thousand years of darkness. However, what if we could do just a few things on this list? I’ll let you determine what they are! Maybe just maybe we could collectively decide on what they are and move on. Gregory C. Dildilian Founder and Executive Director Pinecone Conservatives A footnote: What if you had the power to do just a few things on this list. What if someone said you do have that power!