When is it good to be mainstream?

If you are a fish, you are in the stream.  The question is, which way do you swim, and why?

A new fish starts way upstream and eagerly swims downstream to live in the ocean.  The key words here are “eagerly swims downstream.”  The fish’s life starts on the backs of other fish that struggled upstream with their last energy in life to spawn and continue their fish line for another generation.

When all the fish are swimming downstream, imagine that some may soon realize they don’t have to swim anymore—they can just drift, go with the flow, save the effort, and supposedly live happily ever after.

When they get to the end of the stream in the ocean, or when the stream goes over the cliff in falls, they find out they forgot how to swim, and they eventually forget how to return upstream to spawn and maintain their fish line.

If those fish reporting on the flow of fish downstream, simply report on the flow around them, they have no perspective on the mainstream—that is, the entire stream, falls and rapids and lakes and oceans, and spawning grounds that exist only way upstream.

If all the fish drift downstream, and only listen to the downstream media, very soon the stream will have no more fish.  Then something else will soon inhabit the stream.

Both the fish line and the freedom line must have some members fighting upstream against the stream, or the fish line and the freedom line end.

Several groups in our society have a special responsibility beyond drifting downstream.

01)  Christians, led by pastors, called by God and conscience, who boldly speak out against all evils to defend life and family and freedom now.

02)  Journalists, who sound out clear and complete perspectives on the entire stream of our history, rather than just cast a vote for the easy drift downstream.

03)  Educators, who understand they are warriors on the front lines of the culture war, and commit to teach our heritage, at any cost.

04)  Statesmen, not politicians, who care enough about the country to keep it.

05)  Patriots, who remember and identify with the Patriots of 250 years ago, and act accordingly.

06)  Parents, who fight upstream to “bring their children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,” and sacrifice everything necessary to save them from today’s strong downstream current.

PASSION – – – PATH  TO  THE  PRESIDENCY

PASSION – – – PATH  TO  GREATNESS

The candidate for President of the United States of America must have passion for this country and for all the good it stands for, and he must articulate that passion and ignite that passion in the good people who believe in this country.  Real Americans still rally around the stuff that made America great.

If you have that passion, you will articulate it—you have to, automatically—and people will follow.

If you don’t have that passion, you can’t articulate it—you can’t fake it—and people will not follow.

Ronald Reagan had the passion to bring America back.

George H. W. Bush did not have that passion in his re-election campaign.

George W. Bush had it.

John McCain did not have it.

Sarah Palin has it.

Mitt Romney does not have it.

Rick Santorum has it.

You can talk about economics at home and foreign policy abroad, but the deeper values of life and family and faith in God always matter more.

A great economy does not make America great.  Our great foundation made US great, and produced a great economy.

America’s road back to greatness will not be through the economy.

America’s return to greatness will only be through a return to our roots, with passion.

(And I feel like saying “Amen,” because I have that passion)

The United States of America has been blessed with ten generations that knew the meaning of sacrifice—that knew the price of freedom—that maintained eternal vigilance—that passed on the meaning of “a moral people”—that turned and returned to God in crisis and in prosperity—that never forgot where we came from and why we are here—that believed we are exceptional because we are founded on the Bible—that believed we are called by God to be a bastion of freedom against worlds of evil—that believed every American must fight for family and freedom—that understood the people’s government is good when the people are good.

The United States of America is “up by ten” because ten generations have maintained our heritage.

When one generation fails to pass on the torch of freedom to the next, that freedom and all its blessings vanish.

We are living in that generation now, and the USA—up by ten—is losing.