Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you.

The following is an excerpt from today's program notes for the Neal Boortz show. Boortz hit the nail on the head when he wrote this...

THIS IS GETTING DEPRESSING

I think that we should give this election a theme. Now I know that the politicians are all using the "change" word. That word was tested in front of focus groups around the country and really rang the bells. Hillary, Barack ... change, change, change. How pathetically stupid. If someone tells you they're going to "change" something, wouldn't you be just the least bit curious as to what in the hell they are going to change from and to? But wait .. that would take a sense of inquisitiveness, wouldn't it?

So .. we need another theme. May I propose that we call this the "What can my country do for me?" election?

• Give me health care.
• Give me prescription drugs.
• Make them raise my salary.
• Make them bring my job back.
• Give me lifetime job security.
• Pay my heating bill
• Make my gasoline cheaper
• Pay for my kid's college education
• Give me a comfortable retirement
• Give me free transportation

Just listen to these candidates. They never talk about freedom. They never talk about self-reliance. They only talk about all of the great and wonderful things that they will do for you if you just give them the power of government to get those things done. And do you know why this is? It's because that seems to be all we're interested in; what the government can do for us.

This morning I heard the National Anthem being played on a radio station at 6:00 . "Land of the free and the home of the brave?" Well, OK .. there's certainly some left. But more an more we're becoming the "Land of the secure and the home of the dependent." We're turning America into a giant assisted living center.

I'm really sorry to say this, but this nation is in trouble ... much like a beautiful home infested with mold. The mold just relentlessly spreads with no abatement in site. How long before we have to tear things down and rebuild? The mold? Government dependence. Mitt Romney referred to it as a sickness ... Government dependence is a sickness. Well, the sickness is spreading.

Just listen to the election rhetoric. Here's what I want the government to do for me. You'll certainly hear much more of that then you will any call for freedom and independence.

Really sad.