Random thoughts about the future

By Aussiegirl

As this day unfolds and we await the outcome of this momentous election, thoughts turn to many topics, chief among them -- the future of the world -- for that is what we are deciding today.

One thought that came to mind is the demographic low birthrate of educated Europeans and Americans. Increasingly the most educated members of Western nations are not replacing themselves due to choices which include remaining childless or choosing to simply have one child. It is a convenience for each individual family but bad in the aggregate -- God said to go forth and multiply -- or at least replace yourselves.

Europe will be majority muslim in a few decades. Cultures that do not reproduce do not survive. One child per family is not enough to replace the population -- which needs educated people of civilization to fertilize and continue to populate and enrich the culture.

Many new immigrants are different than the immigrants from which most of us are descended and often are just a drag and parasitical on the rest of society -- although of course we know that some of their children can grow up to get educations and to join the middle classes themselves. The problem is, are the new Latin immigrants, particularly the Mexicans, doing this? Victor Davis Hanson is worried about this. They do not seem to be assimilating like they used to. Or are they going to be permanently mired in their second-class status by democrats who like to keep them barefoot and pregnant so they have plenty of malleable votes come election day -- by promising plenty of freebies and entitlements as long as they stay dependent.
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The normal evolution of immigrants seems to be changing, and not for the better. Muslims too are going to have to decide if they are going to assimilate -- or if they are going to increasingly demand that WE accomodate their beliefs as is happening in Europe. And we can't simply say -- screw Europe -- because we have the bitter experience of two world wars to know that sooner or later Europe's problems become our problems. Once these muslim majorities have control over developed economies, with modern armies and armaments and other benefits of civilization - will we face a new Hitler? Bin Hitler? Determined to once again rule the world and defeat America -- the last bastion of freedom? It can happen.

Rome was defeated by barbarians when they became corrrupt and weak from within. Cicero described that state in a quote about the enemy within that I posted on UT a while back. History is not inevitability. It heads towards results based on the actions of men - and that's why everyone feels the time of this election is so critical -- why civilization itself hangs in the balance.

Peggy Noonan today on Laura Ingraham's show said she was confident of a Bush win, but uneasy about the possibility of fraud. And she said never before has she really felt at a gut level that a democrat win would be catastrophic for the country. Much hangs in the balance -- and I just have to believe that God still looks with favor on America -- like de Tocqueville wrote -- "America is great because she is good. When America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."

I'm keeping my fingers crossed today. Somehow it just seems like a hopeful day. More and more of the dem attempts to steal so far have been thwarted. People have been calling radio shows all day reporting irregularities and saying that they have been complaining. The armies of the right are out there -- and they are self-appointed armies -- of Americans -- not paid stooges. I think the dems are going to disappointed that all those people they registered are not going to bother to show up to vote.

A lot of them were phoney but a lot of them were real people -- college students and young dudes hanging out in malls -- but are these people interested in standing in line? They barely know who Bush and Kerry are. It's amazing how ignorant some of these young idiots are, the ones Jay Leno interviews them on the street who never heard of Dick Cheney or know who the candidates for president are. Some of them think the earth has 9 moons and that the solar system has thousands of planets. It's simply mind boggling.

But Real America is out there voting -- and I think they are ANGRY. Angry at the media, angry at Moveon.org, angry at Michael Moore, angry at Kerry for his treatment of the veterans, etc. etc. And I think their RIGHTEOUS ANGER will trump the "I hate Bush" group.