By S. R. Morris
It was 46 years ago today (July 21, 1969) that an American first set foot on the moon. It was astronaut Neil Armstrong made the historic statement below.
“That’s one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind.”
Today’s youth have no idea what it meant in 1969. It was just a few days before my 16th birthday and, even though I was more interested in girls and cars than anything else, I remember thinking, “That’s incredible!”
Just a few years before, I remember hearing President Kennedy make another incredible statement saying that an American would be the first to step foot on the moon before the decade was over. Talk about a crazy statement! That was a notion that would qualify you to get visited by men in white suits carrying a straitjacket for the person making such ridiculous statements.
“We choose to go to the Moon! . . . We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
The original statement was made September 12, 1962 by JFK. The result of his vision for our future was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Now, it is the plan of a radical-socialist-communist president (who ran for office as a Democrat) and has all but abandoned NASA and every other ideal that JFK promoted in his short three years in office.
This historic day is a good time to remember and take account of what the proposed “change” Barack Obama promised is exactly the opposite of what John F. Kennedy proposed in his inaugural address on January 20, 1961.
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
Under Barack Obama, we do not support our friends. Under Barack Obama, we will not pay any price because it is just too high. Under Barack Obama, we wish well to our enemies, especially our enemies. Under Barack Obama, we can assure the demise of the liberty America once stood for.
“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shank from this responsibility — I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.”
Yes, that’s another quote from JFK’s inaugural address. He was a true leader and one who did not lead from behind. He welcomed the opportunity to save this country and the world from tyranny. Under Barack Obama, he only welcomes the destruction of this country.
Finally, at the end of his address, Kennedy spoke the words that will always ring true in the heart of every true American. The first sentence of the final part of his speech is recognizable by many Americans, but there was a second sentence that followed immediately after, and should also ring true in the heart of every country that wishes America well.
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
“My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
These were the words of the last great Democratic president—the one before the Democratic party was hijacked by racist socialists and communist fascists. Today, JFK would turn over in his grave to see what Barack Obama has done under the name of being a Democrat. Like me. JFK would be disgusted.
I would suggest that when Barack Obama lied to this country that he was a Christian American and stepped into the White House, he was thinking in his mind:
“That’s one small step for me; one giant leap for the destruction of America.”
Let’s make sure he is not successful.
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