Where Have You Gone, America? E-Book

Richard Lira

• Herausgeber: Spines
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

In an evocative journey through the heart of a nation at the crossroads of introspection and change, the author weaves a narrative that captures the essence of a country in search of identity. With poetic coalescence, the narrative imbues readers with a tapestry of personal testimonies, harrowing reflections, and a candid glance at the political landscape. Here lies an exposition wrapped in the threads of patriotic fervor, yearning for an era of statesmanship cloaked in the forgotten veil of valor. It is a clarion call to the citizens, urging them to rekindle the embers of a once-bright beacon. This book offers an urgent summons back to foundational pillars and echoes the timeless struggle for a land imbued with promise and guided by providence.
In an impassioned journey through the heart of a nation's present turmoil, the author explores the tapestry of American life, unraveling where its vibrant threads have frayed. With a critical eye on past leaders and a fervent belief in the nation's founding values, the narrative challenges us to rekindle the spirited legacy bequeathed by the forefathers. It is a clarion call to rise above the political fray, to mend what has been undone, and to steer the country back to its heralded status with resolute leadership and unwavering patriotism. This tome is a testament to the resiliency of the American dream, an invocation for restoration, and an ode to the undying love for a nation standing at the crossroads of its destiny.

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Richard Lira

Where Have You Gone America?

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ISBN: 979-8-89569-758-0

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE AMERICA?

A CHALLENGE TO REGAIN OUR GREAT NATION

RICHARD LIRA

CONTENTS

Testimonials

Special Thanks

Introduction

1. Protecting our People

2. What Constitution?

3. The Reality of America Today

4. Disappearing Heroes

5. Donald Trump Bringing America Back

6. The Relentless Passion of Trump

7. Trump Against the World

8. The Self-Serving Democrats

9. The Steamrolling Trump

10. Partisanship vs Statesmanship

11. Biden’s State of the Union speech 2024

12. Election Night Poll as of March 10, 2024

13. The Mother’s Milk of Politics

14. The Three ISMs of America: Humanism, Relativism, and Narcissism!

15. The Root Problem

16. A Heart of Compassion

17. A Dream Sequence with The Donald

18. A Crisis in Confidence

19. The 150 billion human trafficking scandal and our disgusting Congress that basically ignores it.

20. Political Correctness Per the Democrats

21. The Democratic Party Nominee Options

22. Why do the Democrats hate Donald Trump?

23. Presidential Leadership

24. A Brutal Analysis of the Two Candidates

25. Comrade Kamala

26. Three things that will decide the Presidency

27. A Debate Gone Awry for the Democrats

28. The Driving Force

29. The Modern Day British: The tax and spend Democratic Party

30. The Erosion of Justice and Freedom: A Nation at a Crossroads

31. Finale

TESTIMONIALS

"The best definitive explanation of why America has gone downhill and how to bring it back.” - Rick Andrews

"Extremely entertaining, provocative, brutally honest and TRUE!" - Carl Moody

"Doesn't pull any punches, a non-partisan look at politicians and their selfishness." - Jack Sanders

"As a mother of four children, this book gives me hope my kids will have a future." - Lorraine Davis

"Elucidating, articulate, fair, illuminating and INSPIRING!" - Benjamin Scott

"Richard Lira is a modern day patriot and prophet.” - Robert Morris

“‘Where have you gone, America?’ Provides a thoughtful look at modern politics, combining personal experiences with critical insight. It's an engaging read that sparks reflection and dialogue on political issues.” - Jane Thompson

“‘Where have you gone, America?’ Offers a fresh, engaging blend of personal experience and political commentary, providing a thoughtful perspective on national challenges. - David Miller

DEDICATION

I would like to dedicate this book to all of those Americans who continue to struggle in everyday life because their Government has continued to let them down. A government who continues to put their interest before there citizens.

SPECIAL THANKS

First and foremost I would like to give thanks to my Lord who has always watched over me and my family through good and bad times in my lifetime. Who has always kept me strong and picked me up when I was down. Thank you Lord.

And to all of those struggling middle to lower income American who continue to have hope and pray for the return of the America they once knew.

INTRODUCTION

This book is very close to my heart. I love America, and I am proud to be a citizen of this great country. The trouble is, it has disappeared on me. The America I used to know is gone, and it is my passion to try to recover it.

When I was growing up, I believed in the Constitution, looked up to wonderful heroes —men and women who were filled with character who gave us hope, enjoyed the statesmanship in Congress, felt proud of a nation that was the greatest in the world, and never worried about foreign threats or domestic terrorism.

Today, I am like so many of my fellow citizens who are sick of petty partisanship, daily violence, constant cries of racism, brain-dead celebrities that constantly bash the United States, overwhelming lies, and self-serving liberal nut cases who constantly try to shut down patriotism and a media that wants to control the news instead of just reporting it.

On a personal level, I am most sickened by the danger to my beloved children.

When I was growing up, I never worried about walking the streets, even though we lived among several gangs in our neighborhood. In fact, many of the gang members in East LA were friends of mine, but they never threatened or even bothered me. I was never a gang member.

So, I enjoyed a childhood of safety wherever I went. That was a comfort to me and my family. I lived in a secure America where the streets were safe, and our neighborhoods were never threatened. But that America has gone with the wind. I fear for my children in public today, and it is not just gangs or drive-by shootings. In 1966, two spree killers, Richard Speck and Charles Whitman, went on rampages in Chicago and Austin, killing 22 innocent people. Those murders shocked America.

Today, mass murders are a weekly occurrence, mostly on campuses and workplaces. No one is safe anymore. Every time one of my children leaves the house, they could be in the wrong place at the wrong time —at a mall, in class, at their job, or just walking down the street.

It makes me sick to my stomach.

The bickering between the Republicans and the Democrats has escalated to dangerous political extremes. When I was growing up, we trusted our politicians and Presidents —until Watergate, when the media decided to inject itself into the process and used their pulpit to destroy the leadership and honor of this country.

Today, we no longer have statesmen; we have vicious and mean-spirited politicians who poison a once noble profession. As a result, we have an incompetent president, and petty authority figures in the House and Senate, as well as several states, including California, Michigan, New York, Washington, and Massachusetts.

Our nation’s major cities, which used to be memorable, are now a mess. San Francisco is a homeless pit, Minneapolis and Seattle have turned violent, Detroit has been taken over by Muslims, and St. Louis, Baltimore, Chicago, and Los Angeles have morphed into gang murder capitals.

Blacks and whites are fixated on racism, Black Lives Matter is a financial scam, and white supremacy is rampant.

Our economy is in the toilet with gas prices, grocery prices, cost of living expenses, recession, inflation, and our national debt skyrocketing. The middle class is virtually helpless to buy a nice home in a decent neighborhood, and the poor has become a national epidemic.

Illegal aliens have taken thousands of jobs away from American citizens, and they don’t even belong here.

There is very little leadership on every political level in America, and we look to Hollywood and socialistic talk show hosts for our wisdom. That’s a disaster waiting to happen.

I no longer recognize the nation I used to be proud of.

Where did it go?

This book will not only answer that question in depth but also provide answers to make America recognizable and safe again. We have to roll up our sleeves and step up, or we will go the way of the Greeks, Romans, and the former Soviet Union —collapsed from within.

The rest of my life is dedicated to seeing that will not happen to the greatest nation in human history. I will give everything I have or die trying. We need another American Revolution —not against a foreign power, but from ourselves.

Socialism, Communism, humanism, narcissism, relativism, and negativism are battering us every day. This book will detail these forces and push back, or our children and their children will suffer greatly.

I am asking the true patriots out there to join with me to make America survivable again. We can worry about great down the road, after that.

God bless you, and God Bless America.

Richard Lira

February 14, 2024

PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE

“The danger which is least expected soonest comes to us." The goals are simple: Safety and security. The safety of the people shall be the highest law."

I grew up in East LA, and it was in no way as dangerous as America today. We didn’t have mass shootings several times a week, there was a minimum of drive-by violence, and the gang members I knew were not as bloodthirsty as now.

As a dad, I worry about my four children every time they leave the house. They are stepping into a world fraught with danger behind every corner.

You can call me paranoid all you want, but I served in the military, the police force, and I own a private security company. I dealt with nut cases every month that lacked a conscience and enjoyed killing just for the sake of killing.

Of course, all young people believe themselves to be indestructible and think their father worries too much. Maybe I do, at times, but I would rather err on the side of safety than on irresponsibility.

Seeing their smiling faces until my dying breath is important to me, as it should be for every parent.

Unfortunately, too many nimrods trust too many strangers and wind up attending too many funerals.

America, before it disappeared, was a child’s paradise —even after dark, especially in the summertime. The streetlights would come on, and we would run around in our neighborhood, tossing tennis balls, playing tag, “kick the can,” stealing kisses from pretty girls, and running to a neighbor’s hose whenever we got thirsty.

Finally, we’d hear our mom shout from the front porch or hear our dad clap his hands, and that would be time to say goodnight to our friends.

We never feared anything because there was nothing dangerous out there—no drive-by shootings, no lurking serial killers, and no bullies beating us up. We were as protected as a canary in a cage. Life was grand. It was one big play place—Disneyland in the hood!

We’d walk in the door, and mom would immediately tell us, “Wash your face!” After that, she’d have fresh cookies and milk, or ice cream or popsicles, and we would laugh with our siblings about all the fun things we had since the sun went down.

This was life as a kid before innocence was lost.

Today, if you wander into a neighbor’s yard at night in search of a garden hose, you risk being shot. Every time a car approached, you wondered if you would be the victim of a gang drive-by. If you made too much noise, the police would be called, and you might wind up in the juvenile hall.

America today has an attitude, and everyone seems to be angry at somebody or something.

When did all this start becoming the norm?

I still love my country; I just don’t recognize it anymore.

The monsters used to be under the bed, and they were always mythical. Today, they are everywhere, and they are very real. Growing up, I remember laughter wherever I went. People were friendly, encouraging, and always looked out for each other.

Today, there is an attitude that saturates our society with negativism and hurtfulness. No one seems to trust anyone anymore. Neighborhoods now seem like Communist Russia during the Cold War, like the KGB is around every corner. Where there used to be unbridled freedom and fun, there is suspicion and scowling.

My childhood recollection of America was one of friendliness and love. My country today has become mean-spirited and judgmental, with a lot of blame, anger, and violence.

Where have you gone, America?

WHAT CONSTITUTION?

The only reason that liberals claim to want to save the Constitution from Trump is that it fails to deliver for them politically. They're not losing faith in the system; they just don't like the system because it limits their power to control America.

The foundation of any entity is a written statement outlining the rules, goals, freedoms, and legal concepts that define the existence of that entity. In America’s case, that is our Constitution of the United States.

Today, we have a problem with it.

It is under attack by the liberals and socialists of the Democratic Party, who have ignored it, abused it, and misrepresented it, have little use for it.

That’s why America, as we used to know it, is disappearing. The Democrats believe the Constitution is a deterrent to their agenda of obliterating our basic freedoms.

They also are not fond of its many amendments, which obstruct their social programs, illegal immigration, abortion, liberal women’s rights, Black Lives Matter, gun control, and defunding the police.

They’re also not excited about the makeup of the current Supreme Court, either.

These constitutional blasphemers are launching a prolonged and vicious attack on the Bill of Rights and any amendments that get in the way of “justice” and “fairness” and the intentions set forth by the Founding Fathers through any means at their disposal.

Here are the ringleaders:

Biden, Harris, The Clintons, Pelosi, Obama, Schumer, AOC, Warren, Schiff, Newsom, Whitmer, Klobuchar, Buttigieg, Sanders, Omar, Swalwell, Booker, Abrams, Kelly, Waters, O’Rourke, Leahy, Wasserman-Schultz, Feinstein, Carter, Tlaib, Gore, Kaine, McCaskill, Warnock, Masto, Fetterman, Dukakis, Padilla, and Kerry.

These people put their political party first and struggle to favor America beyond their liberal policies. They believe they are right, of course, but any politician who enacts legislation to make their political party more powerful instead of their country needs to be highlighted.

Where have you gone, America?

Ask any of these elected officials. They know. And their answer is not a bipartisan one. They babble on about “human rights,” but what they really mean is their version of human rights, not the Constitutional definition.

When a mass shooting occurs, they automatically scream, “GUN CONTROL!” instead of passing legislation to educate the shooter’s mental health issues and try to create an environment of containment.

If a Black person gets shot by the police, these goofy politicians, led by Barack Obama, immediately scream, “RACIST COPS!” They do all they can to build a shrine or a monument in honor of the illegal offender, claiming that our sane and balanced officers murdered him or her.

George Floyd, a lifetime drug addict, is now a national treasure for dying a martyr.

Really?

These slobbering politicians bend over backwards to allow as many immigrants as possible into our country, illegal or not, to take jobs, money, and opportunities away from law-abiding citizens who are trying to survive financially and make a living.

Why?

Because immigrants, especially the illegal ones, overwhelmingly vote Democratic.

What a scam.

Democrats need the women’s vote, so every single one of these leaders is pro-choice, no matter how many babies they kill.

They are also anti-military, so they will cut funding to take care of as many benefits that help our soldiers as possible.