Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

This list of problems, with a succinct sentence or two describing them and illustrating why they are a problem, acts as a reminder of what conservatives want to work on to make the nation a better place to live.

1. National Debt: At $20 Trillion, the national debt will very soon require interest payments that, together with entitlements, will absorb the entire revenue of the nation. The prior administration doubled the debt.

2. Shadow Government: A nation cannot survive with a government within a government that is also dictatorial, and unaccountable.

3. Deep State: Likewise, the Deep State is a quasi government consisting of officials from the former administration still on the job, plus civil servants that "will be there when the current president and administration is long gone".

4. Atheism: The crux of non-belief in God is the spawning of secular, or collective movements that ultimately threaten the US Government.

5. Threat of War/North Korea: The Kim Jong-Un government is rapidly acquiring nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles capable of striking the US. They will soon be able to blackmail us or provoke us into war.

6. Military Degradation: The budget cuts of the prior administration seriously degraded our military strength in the face of war threats, not only from NK, but Iran, Syria, and eventually Russia and China.

7. Drugs; The nation is saturated with drugs of ever greater potency, especially opioids, that are killing our people in the hundreds per day!

8. Moral Degeneration: The moral fiber of the nation has been seriously degraded by exposing our children to anti-Christian mores, sex at an early age via porn, and the torrent of lies being championed by Leftists.

9. Immigration: The Left sees illegal immigration as a way to bolstering their party voter base, and refuses to accept rational steps to curb it.

10. Islam: While a large percent of Muslims are passive, a significant percentage are radical Jihadists who want to build a new World Caliphate with Shariah Law, and force all infidels to accept Islam in direct opposition to US Law.

11. Moral Relativity: In this mode of thinking, moral circumstances alter moral cases, as opposed to invariant moral absolutes such as are practiced by Christians.

12. Secular Humanism: An atheistic and religious worldview that renounces Christianity in favor of a secular government, which contravenes the US Constitution. The five basic tenets of secular humanism are; atheism, evolution, amorality, autonomy of the individual, and globalization.

13. Globalization: The "New World Order" movement that envisions placing Secular Humanists and elite intellectuals in charge of a new world government, in total control of the military, and sees the rest of humanity as worker bees. The movement threatens US sovereignty.

14. Anti-Christian Bias: Championed by the secularists, including the ACLU, that have succeeded in removing many of the signs and actions of Christians from the public scene, prayers in school, and the Ten Commandments from walls and memorials.

15. Gun Control Versus Gunner Control: The Leftist ideal of disarming the population insofar as possible to halt school shootings and ease eventual subjugation of the nation, versus the Rightist idea of protecting our children from gunners by all means possible, including using armed protectors. It takes a good gunner to stop a bad gunner.

16. Infanticide/Euthanasia: Ancient ideas of how to control the population and be fully rid of incapacitated, mentally ill or deformed people, a thought process that is being resurrected by the Left, most likely a result of the Left's support of abortion.

17. Evolution: The theory of Neo-Darwinism is the process of natural selection and random modification of a species in small steps, and it is the foundation idea of atheism, as opposed to creation (design) by God. The theory is gradually losing adherents due to a lack of convincing proof.

18. Education: Our education system has been captured and greatly modified to omit what we would call essential subjects from their curricula, such as proper American History, the Constitution, Civics, and Christianity in favor of a secular worldview.

19. Judgeships: The previous administration loaded the judicial system with judges that have a Leftist viewpoint, which means substantial decision-making in favor of Leftist causes as opposed to Rightist causes.

20. Multiculturalism & Diversity: We are made up from many diverse cultures, but as the nation has grown, we have developed an overarching American Culture that generally unites us. This culture ensures that we honor our foundations, our resources, our land, and our laws. Thus the subcultures that still exist are subordinate, and should remain that way.

21. Political Correctness: This is the scourge of Leftist thinking that proscribes certain words and phrases from public use because they offend someone somewhere. The latest word to be singled out is "man"! Mankind is offensive. Manly is offensive. Postman is taboo, they want us to say post-person or some other ridiculous moniker.

22. Same Sex Marriage & Adoption: Same sex marriage is an abomination, as it not only showcases Homosexuality, but it also violates the Bible's "marriage is one man and one woman" dictate. To add an adopted child to this Man-Man or Woman-Woman pairing goes against common sense as well as the Bible.

23. LBGT: There are so many variations on gender identities today it is hard to keep up. These Divergent Gender Groups have had far too much attention for their own good. They should not be allowed into our military.

24. Pornography: Sexually explicit pictures and videos that have no redeeming value other than to sexually titivate men and women..."You know it when you see it."

25. Healthcare: Our President and the Congress are slowly squeezing Obamacare out in favor of better solutions.

26. Abortion: We are near to having executed over 60 million abortions in this nation, which is a sin.

27. Executive Orders: Directives from the President on matters within his constitutional authority (and sometimes outside his authority in the case of Obama, but not necessarily for the benefit of the people).

28. Regulations: The President has authority to create regulations to implement legislation passed by Congress by way of his administrative departments. He also has the authority to rescind regulations he does not think appropriate, and the current President is rescinding much of what his predecessor established in order to lift the burden of excessive workload on businesses.

EL Loc: Massachusetts

It's just too much. Can it ever be corrected?

bahmer

Amen and Amen

badbobby Loc: texas

hasn't our present party just added to our debt??
seems this is standard procedure
for both parties

bahmer

Unfortunately you are correct. I wish it were not true but it is.

Radiance3

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I admire and thank Manning345 for this brilliant summary of all the ills of our country and society today.

You’ve captured and identified almost everything that contributes to the decay of our country.

I would suggest, perhaps the president could create an Advisory Board possessing your talent, who would be able to identify problems and provide solutions for alleviating the most pressing problems of our country.

To avoid costly implementations, I think the administration could focus on departments affected, to implement effective changes.
They need new policies, effective control, and identify results.

There are so many problems. One is the Underground Destructive Forces that are pushing our country to the LEFT, whereas the president's pushes us to the RIGHT. It is like a tug of war. The left side is illegal, but they are our enemies right now.

I agree with all of what you've identified. I sincerely suggest having these very important issues be known to president Trump. He is open to all suggestions. Fact is since campaign election of 2016, I have been emailing or writing him for issues and suggestions, I believe could help our country and his administration. His office always responds and appreciate any input from the American people.

What you've written are very important issues that could allow the president's office to find solutions thus alleviating some of the ills of our country today. Though I believe that he already knows most of the problems, but not all. The gravity of these problems are so huge that further deteriorate our present condition if no solution is provided.

We the people are his powers behind his powers. And the president appreciates that.
God bless America!

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

I appreciate your remarks, Radiance. I am indeed considering sending a letter to Trump, although I believe this post needs some curing. I left out several vexing problems, such as AGW...

Radiance3

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Thank you. You are a patriot Manning345. Your messages on various posts you’ve made, indicated that.
What do you mean by AGW? Is that the Climate change, or something else?

But anyways. The issues you’ve presented mostly contributed to the decay of the social fabrics of our people, our financial system, and our defense system, and overall our country. They embodied them all. We know that those problems mostly emanate from the democrat or liberal policies or behavior.

The # 1 item about the National Debts has been a problem carried forward. But with the recent tax bill that the president has set up, the economy may help maintain the amount not too over blown as it did the prior administration. We will wait and see the effects of the tax bill.

5. The threats of NK resulted when no deterrence or attentions were provided under the Obama administration.

6. Military degradation was the result when Mr. Obama reduced funding and removed several generals and officials from the system who he though did not support him.
The rests I think were all the problems carry forward because of the liberals’ policies, immoral belief system on the democrat/liberal side.

Basically, you’ve covered everything. It is amazing how you brain works encompassing the total substance of why our country is really running down the drain.

At the end, I think the president and his staff advisors will be glad reading all your suggestions and identified items presented to him. I’ve done that a number of times, because I support him 100% to change this country for the better.

I usually address him: Dear Mr. President. Opening remarks followed by writing the purpose of my message. Then the issues.

President Trump has changed so much since he became president. His sincere intentions are to protect and restore our country to the Founders’ vision, for the sake of the later generation. I think God will protect him.

He had repented and had changed for good for the sake of our country and us. He works too hard despite of the attacks of the liberals on his every word he says. I believe he will prevail.

Note:
We are in danger of being taken by Radical Islam as where Europe’s situation now. No, we must not allow that to happen because we are a Christian country. Prophesy indicates that we may temporarily be taken by the Radicals, but the true God Jesus Christ will come and save us at the end. Good luck!

Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia

AGW = Anthropic Global Warming, or Climate Change, a term inserted by Liberals I believe to lessen the heat of the argument. I take the position that while there is indeed a small, slow rise in the mean temperature of the earth, there is very little we can do about it, especially not by reducing carbon monoxide alone. To address the whole problem would require the GNP of every nation on the globe, and even then might fail. In the very long term, heat death of the planet is a certainty...