Problems

I heard Newt Gingrich speak at the Nixon Library last Tuesday, and thought what he had to say was really good. His book, Winning the Future, has good points in it. He expanded a bit on a few of them, including patriotism among today's young people and educating immigrants in American culture and things, and the continual removal of God from our society. I think it is important that we teach our young people about our history. Not solely about other countries. There was a sort of live "poll" taken once that was covered by the Fox News Channel, where a person was walking around a college campus, or on the street (darn my memory), and was asking people what the Emancipation Act is. Most people did not know, and one person even guessed by saying "does that have something to do with recycling?". Oh my, our nation is in a baaaad state concerning what our own people know about their own country. One day, our UPS guy asked every customer what the three branches of government were. And surprise: most people didn't know what they were, or they didn't know that there were actually three branches of government! Oh my goodness, this is totally scary! That people in this nation don't know anything about their government or this nation's laws! How on earth are they supposed to know if anything's wrong with the government if they don't know anything about it? *Sighs* Okay, next point. The subtle yet obvious removal of God from our society. Gingrich, in his book, introduces this subject by talking about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that declared the words "one nation under God" as unconstitutional. Thank God that it was overruled by the Supreme Court (surprisingly), but that subject just boils my blood. What right do they have to rule that unconstitutional? The Judicial branch exists to enforce the law, not to legislate it; that's the Legislative branch's job. They've completely forgotten (willfully or not) their true place in the government. And now the courts are deciding whether someone should live or not? Man, our judicial system is very messed up. But hey, that reminds me of the Easter message I heard; the ingredients for a miracle include: one mess, a bit of faith, and a really big God. So, there is hope for the judicial system! As long as we have a bit of faith, and trust that our really big God will work a miracle. Like Sayers said in her book, Mind of the Maker, God doesn't create the evil, but He brings good out of the evil situation. And hey, Winning the Future is 34% off and Mind of the Maker is 20% off at Amazon right now! What a coincidence. Haha :}