Yep, it came in an email. But it is spot on.......why can't progressives figure this out? It's very simple: they want CONTROL, not freedom.
2 Americas --- Lou Holtz's analysis
Regardless of your political philosophy, please take a minute to
> read
> > and think about what Mr. Holtz is
> > saying. This
> > tells what is going on better than anything I have
> > seen! The
> > Democrats are right, there are two Americas . The
> America
> > that works, and the America that doesn’t. The
> America
> > that contributes, and the America that doesn’t.
> > It’s not the haves and the have not's, it’s
> > the dos and the don'ts. Some people do their duty as
> > Americans, obey the law, support themselves, contribute
> to
> > society, and others don't. That’s the divide in
> > America. It’s not about income inequality,
> > it’s about civic irresponsibility. It’s about a
> > political party that preaches hatred, greed and
> > victimization in order to win elective office.
> > It’s about a political party that loves power more
> > than it loves its country. That’s not invective,
> > that’s truth, and it’s about time someone said
> > it. The
> > politics of envy was on proud display a couple weeks
> ago
> > when President Obama pledged the rest of his term to
> > fighting “income inequality.” He noted
> > that some people make more than other people, that
> some
> > people have higher incomes than others, and he say
> > that’s not just. That is the rationale of
> > thievery. The other guy has it, you want it, Obama will
> take
> > it for you. Vote Democrat. That is the philosophy that
> > produced Detroit. It is the electoral philosophy
> that
> > is destroying America. It conceals a fundamental
> > deviation from American values and common sense because
> it
> > ends up not benefiting the people who support it, but
> a
> > betrayal. The Democrats have not empowered their
> > followers, they have enslaved them in a culture of
> > dependence and entitlement, of victim-hood and anger
> instead
> > of ability and hope. The president’s premise –
> > that you reduce income inequality by debasing the
> successful
> > – seeks to deny the successful the consequences of
> > their choices and spare the unsuccessful the
> consequences of
> > their choices. Because, by and large, income
> > variations in society is a result of different choices
> > leading to different consequences. Those who choose
> wisely
> > and responsibly have a far greater likelihood of
> success,
> > while those who choose foolishly and irresponsibly have
> a
> > far greater likelihood of failure. Success and
> failure
> > usually manifest themselves in personal and family
> > income. You choose to drop out of high school or to
> > skip college – and you are apt to have a different
> > outcome than someone who gets a diploma and pushes on
> with
> > purposeful education. You have your children out of
> wedlock
> > and life is apt to take one course; you have them
> within a
> > marriage and life is apt to take another course. Most
> often
> > in life our destination is determined by the course we
> > take. My
> > doctor, for example, makes far more than I do. There
> is
> > significant income inequality between us. Our lives
> have had
> > an inequality of outcome, but, our lives also have had
> an in
> > equality of effort. While my doctor went to college
> > and then devoted his young adulthood to medical school
> and
> > residency, I got a job in a restaurant. He made a
> > choice, I made a choice, and our choices led us to
> different
> > outcomes. His outcome pays a lot better than mine.
> > Does that mean he cheated and Barack Obama needs to
> take
> > away his wealth? No, it means we are both free men
> in
> > a free society where free choices lead to different
> > outcomes. It is not inequality Barack Obama intends
> to
> > take away, it is freedom. The freedom to succeed, and
> the
> > freedom to fail. There is no true option for success
> if
> > there is no true option for failure. The pursuit of
> > happiness means a whole lot less when you face the
> punitive
> > hand of government if your pursuit brings you more
> happiness
> > than the other guy. Even if the other guy sat on his
> > arse and did nothing. Even if the other guy made a
> > lifetime’s worth of asinine and short sighted
> > decisions. Barack
> > Obama and the Democrats preach equality of outcome as
> a
> > right, while completely ignoring inequality of effort.
> The
> > simple Law of the Harvest – as ye sow, so shall ye
> > reap – is sometimes applied as, “The harder you
> > work, the more you get." Obama would turn that
> > upside down. Those who achieve are to be punished as
> enemies
> > of society and those who fail are to be rewarded as
> wards of
> > society. Entitlement will replace effort as the key to
> > upward mobility in American society if Barack Obama
> gets his
> > way. He seeks a lowest common denominator society in
> which
> > the government besieges the successful and productive
> to
> > foster equality through mediocrity. He and his party
> speak
> > of two Americas, and their grip on power is based on
> using
> > the votes of one to sap the productivity of the other.
> > America is not divided by the differences in our
> outcomes,
> > it is divided by the differences in our
> > efforts. It
> > is a false philosophy to say one man’s success comes
> > about unavoidably as the result of another man’s
> > victimization. What Obama offered was not a solution,
> but a
> > separatism. He fomented division and strife, pitted one
> set
> > of Americans against another for his own political
> > benefit. That’s what socialists offer.
> > Marxist class warfare wrapped up with a bow. Two
> Americas,
> > coming closer each day to proving the truth to
> > Lincoln’s maxim that a house divided against itself
> > cannot stand. "Life is ten percent what happens
> > to you and ninety percent how you respond to
> > it." Lou
> > Holtz Leo
> > "Lou" Holtz (born January 6, 1937) is a retired
> > American football coach, and active sportscaster,
> author,
> > and motivational
> > speaker