If you’re not with us, you’re against us.

I was thinking about the state of the union recently and a phrase came to mind: “If you’re not with us, then you’re against us.” This is a commonly used phrase and we’ve all heard it before. It seems to me that the Obama administration is using a distorted version of this phrase to reframe the concept of patriotism.

“If you aren’t with us, then you’re against us.” It’s becoming more and more clear that the mentality of the left is “If you aren’t with US, then you’re against U.S.” There is a big difference. It’s not just the “left” though, the Obama administration itself has put out memos labeling those who disagree as potential domestic terrorists.

Since when was patriotism defined simply as being a fanboy of the current administration? Is it possible to love your country but not those who are running it (into the ground, in some cases)? More and more I hear right wing conservative talk show hosts stating that they hope the Obama administration fails. The left is quick to blast these people, stating that it’s abusd for anybody to hope the U.S. fails. There’s the catch though. The left is grouping Obama and the U.S. as one entity. If Obama fails, it could very well be a great thing for the U.S. After all, we might have a better chance of recovering from 4 years of damage than 8.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear. No true patriot is hoping the U.S. fails. However, I am pretty sure there are millions of patriots who hope Obama fails. If Obama has his way, we’ll surrender more and more of our sovereignty to the U.N., we’ll give up more and more individual rights, and we’ll have a government that is bigger than it’s ever been in the history of our nation.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. - Gerald Ford

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.

Why is it unpatriotic and even anti-American to actually pay attention to such quotes? It’s unfortunate to see that in order to be considered a patriot today by the mainstream media, you have to support many things that our founding fathers faught against.