All of us Belmonters—–even Teresita although she will not admit it——-are cheered by stories such as these. They are indicators that a favorable cultural transformation is underway. We just hope and pray that the good news is well-founded and durable.

Our problem here at home consists of those who deny cultural transformation is possible or even desirable. The Pat Buchanans along with many of the Ron Paul devotees have a zero-sum mentality: They think we will suffer if others behave more like us and less like they traditionally have. They believe (correctly) that our more ethical standards are what has enabled us to prosper. But they also fear that if others behave ethically, they will take our prosperity from us. A preposterous notion but irrationalities like this are common enough, darn it.

While those adhering to this line of thought are not very numerous, they do provide essential cover/enablements for the outright treasonous. That 5% of Republicans and 19% of Democrats who want the US to lose so their
visions of propriety can be forced upon all.
This latter group would have no legal capabilities of of advancing their agenda were it not for the soi disant patriotism of the former.

I think we shall prevail in the end, but we are going to have to do away with a lot of governmental “security blankets” domestically.

But for the moment, donchaluvit when a plan comes together?