Lordy, lordy!

Are we Americans being re-enslaved? After January 1863's Emancipation Proclamation, 300,00 black soldiers served in the Union army. 2870 were battle fatalities. 20 received the Congressional Medal of Honor. And slaves, masters and Union liberators expressed themselves in mighty, meaningful words. "Put a U.S. uniform on his back and the chattel is a man, " said a slave. "Tell the slaves the great news. " "You are free to go where you please," said masters. "Don’t you work for anybody without pay," advised Union sympathizers. "All men should be equal," Abraham Lincoln said. He also said, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is not longer a democracy." Just as the Congressional Medal of Honor is not what it once was, so too the condition of our democracy. That difference between slave and master continues to shrink with every liberal dictum, law, court judgment and additional tax. We are becoming more like slaves and less like masters. The Democrat candidate for President, socialist and societal leveler, Barack Obama would never proudly put a U.S. uniform upon his underweight back. He would stifle freedom and profiting in business like a slave master by imposing restrictions and further financial burdens upon citizens. We Americans would never be able to get off the government’s plantation - cradle to grave. Lordy, Lordy!