Politics, Ideology and The Movie 2016

You may remember Andrei Sakaroff; he was a nuclear physicist who had been imprisoned during the years of the Soviet Gulag and was released sometime during the 80's prior to the collapse of the USSR. He was on the cover of Time Magazine and I happened to read the interview done by one of Time's reporters. Sakaroff was answering a question about ideology when he commented on his excitement upon discovering the political experiment known as democracy while in high school.

The then young and idealistic student was brimming over with hope and optimism about the democratic government of the United States. Sakaroff says that his father listened while his son explained democracy as it was applied in the US and replied simply, "All governments will try to control you, no matter what they call themselves."

Almost 3 weeks after seeing 2016, Obama's America, I have finally decided what I think of the movie. Dinesh D'Souza produced as objective a documentary of Obama and his ideology as could be done by anyone, it seems to me. D'Souza does not attempt to hide his bias for the free market, capitalistic economy that the US is known for and produces fairly detailed evidence for his belief that Obama's agenda is to rectify some of the inequalities created by the western countries' exploitation of both the natural resources and labor found in the third and fourth world countries. But whether Obama's agenda is fundamentally global and inimical to the US can, in the end, be known only by him; no amount of research can reveal the contents of the human heart.

But I do find myself sympathetic with Obama's global view (if, in fact, that is his view) simply because of what we know about the living conditions of most people on this planet. And how wealthy are even the poorest Americans when compared to that. And because we know what has been - and is being done to land, to peoples and to nations in the name of the almighty dollar.

Perhaps because I am in business, however, and know first hand, the struggle, energy and the risk-both of capital and of person- which a successful business demands, I find myself in the corner of capitalism with all of its flaws and of democracy with all of its foibles for the simple reason that they are better than the alternatives available to us.

Lin Wilder, DrPH is a former Hospital Director. She is a writer, on-line marketer and Partner in LLeads and Fast MLM Leads; business to business leads companies.

Her web site is http://www.linwilder.com/. Lin suggests that you check out one of her latest books at Amazon, A Search for the Sacred. http://www.amazon.com/A-Search-Sacred-ebook/dp/B007K9813M

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Do You Stand Firm Upon Your Convictions? Movie Review of Last Ounce of Courage

Conviction is standing firm in what you believe, even in the face of ridicule and persecution. Imprisonment is being afraid to stand up for what you believe in for fear of ridicule and persecution.

My husband, John and I, went to see the movie, Last Ounce of Courage, this afternoon. It's a faith-based, independent film and we went to see it for a few different reasons. One reason we went to see the movie was for the entertainment value in seeing an inspirational, faith-based movie. It's nice to watch a movie where there is no profanity or other promiscuous behavior... and it's a decent, intriguing movie as far as movies go.

Another, even more important, reason we went to see Last Ounce of Courage was that if we want to see more faith-based movies produced, then we need to support the ones that actually are shown in theaters. The more people that go to the theaters to see these inspirational movies, the more revenue they make and then more movies-of good caliber-will be made.

The final reason that we went to watch this movie was for the message it promoted. The movie tells the story of a teenage boy whose father was a soldier who died. The boy and his mother come back home fourteen years later and there is a time of reconnecting with the boy and his grandfather.

So where does the theme of freedom come into play? The boy's grandfather is the town Mayor, who decides it's time to start standing up for his convictions again... especially after he is prompted to by his teenage grandson. The storyline unfolds and freedom of speech and religion is fought for as they try to restore the true meaning of Christmas and the right to have a cross with the words: Jesus Saves, written on it and displayed on the town mission-after someone tried to have them take the cross down.

How much do you value your Freedom of Speech? "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

I believe that everyone has a right to his or her own opinion and that he or she can speak that opinion freely ~ that's the beauty of FREEDOM of SPEECH. I love this country and love my God and want to make a difference in this world, even if it's only something small like expressing my thoughts and ideas in writing.

That's why I vote now ~ because I can and because I need to. If I don't vote, who will? That's the mindset we need to have. Just imagine if we ALL said oh my vote doesn't count and no one went to the polls. What message does that send to the Government? It says that you can have carte blanche and ram down any laws into our throats that you want to. Isn't it time for a voting revolution? Yes, I did mean revolution, but a peaceful one that takes us back to the principles of our Founding Fathers. Isn't it time to get back to the Constitution?

Regardless of whether or not you and I believe the same thing, it doesn't matter. That's the FREEDOM of living in this great country. No one can tell you how to live your life in the pursuit of happiness ~ no one can tell you what religion to practice or to believe or not believe in God ~ no one can stop your peaceable assemblies ~ no one can stop you from petitioning the Government for a redress of grievances, even if they think you're only "astroturf" and not a real grassroots movement.

I'm preaching to myself here, too-now is the time to make a difference and start contacting our leaders in Government and sharing our thoughts on how we want this Country to get back to what our Founding Fathers set it out to be... a Country of people who believed that God is head of this land.

What is God asking you to speak up for today?

Joanne Troppello is an author of romantic suspense novels http://joannetroppello.weebly.com/blog.html. She is married and loves spending time with her husband and family. Joanne and her husband, John own and operate Mustard Seed Marketing Group, LLC http://www.mustardseedmarketinggroup.com/ and they are Empower Network affiliate members. They are network marketing coaches who teach that you don't have to be an SEO guru or a social media specialist to make their system work for you. That's the beauty of it. Just blog daily and the results will speak for themselves. Follow the three simple, basic principles of blogging daily, sharing with others and daily educating yourself and you'll be linked with one of the most trafficked blogs, with the highest conversion rate of leads to sales to money.

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