{"id":2334,"date":"2012-11-06T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/11\/the-great-thing-about-america.html"},"modified":"2012-11-06T19:14:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T19:14:00","slug":"the-great-thing-about-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/11\/the-great-thing-about-america.html","title":{"rendered":"The great thing about America?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We\u2019re still free. \u00a0Oh, I know. \u00a0At the rate we\u2019re going, we won\u2019t be. \u00a0Too many folks, especially young people, have been fed the delusion that a country with unbridled sexual pornography, legal drugs, and unlimited blasphemous bathroom humor is a free country, no matter what else may be\u00a0suppressed.\u00a0 As a result, there is a growing movement of folks, some young, some not, who are willing to call for the eradication of just about any other freedom as long as they can have sex, drugs, and bathroom humor. \u00a0Still, despite their best efforts, we are still a free country. \u00a0So free, that we can argue endlessly about whether we should vote for this candidate, that candidate, some other candidate, or not at all. \u00a0Many in the world do not have that right. \u00a0Many never will. \u00a0Someday, who knows? \u00a0It may just be a whispered rumor talked about around American tables in the hushed hours of darkness. \u00a0But for now, we\u2019re free to do it or not do it, as the case may be. \u00a0And in the historical scheme of things, that\u2019s not bad. <\/p>\n

I thought of that as I read this quirky story<\/a>\u00a0about a fellow who passed out, nearly died, needed\u00a0resuscitated\u00a0 and then made sure he still got his vote in. \u00a0Whatever one thinks about voting, please don\u2019t think it\u2019s of no importance. \u00a0There is probably nothing else that will more effectively send us spiraling back to Egypt from our journey in the desert than an attitude like that. <\/p>\n

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