It seems to me that it is a little farfetched to say that the current president was elected simply because God is in control. Sure! God is in control, and He allowed Obama, the non-American citizen of Indonesia with a birthright in Kenya to become President of the United States. The United States, however, is not a theocracy. “It is a republic.” This is a direct quote from our founding father, Benjamin Franklin, in his autobiography. It is a republic where the people freely and independently elect representatives to run their government, including the President. Perhaps God allowed it because he wished to show his people that they are not perfect. They can screw up too, and this was a royal screw up. It could very well be a fatal one for our country, but not necessarily, at least I hope not. There is still some hope in the next statement that old Ben Franklin made in his autobiography. “I hope we can keep it.” I believe that old Ben thought that we could keep it. I still have a glimmer of hope that we can; but, whatever happens, our republic will be changed, as change is inevitable. Wide open borders, millions of new, mainly democratic voters diluting the voting power of conservative voters, primarily of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and the unrestricted travel of people with the eboli virus across open borders and aboard commercial aircraft all will put our democratic republic in grave risk. The next 10 years will tell the tale whether or not we can keep it. The very next election cycle, beginning with the congressional election this fall perhaps will tell the tale, especially if the Electoral College fails to elect a President with a decisive vote, and the Congress has trouble in doing so. We could be put in a grave constitutional crisis very early, in which case Barack Obama could very well be the last President of these United States. The last admonition is to keep your powder dry. Enjoy your Social Security stipend while you can because it may not last much longer. By all means, be prepared to plant your own patch of rice, peas, paria, or whatever because our money will go with it, perhaps even considering a reverse immigration of our own to some more suitable country if our present experiment in democracy should fail, as Ben Franklin seemed to think that it might.

These are not just comments, but a request for action, a request of the faithful and the patriotic to get down to work in order to insure that old Ben Franklin’s experiment in establishing a democratic republic will not fail. It all depends on the current generation. We can save it. All we have to do is to become practiced compromisers in order to bring together an increasingly divergent population. We must learn to compromise in the way of old Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun who prevented our first civil war at least until after their deaths. Adeptness at compromise will prevent the second one too until long after the death of the present generation. Now, the one trillion dollar question: Can we get Barack Obama and his liberal friends to compromise before it is too late? The gravity of this question might make even Daniel Webster turn over in his grave.