The pilgrims were deeply focused on the Old Testament<\/a> narrative of Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. William Bradford called King James “the pharaoh.” On The Mayflower the pilgrims said their journey was as important as that of Moses. And the first thing they did upon reaching Cape Cod was get down on their knees and thank God for allowing them to cross their own Red Sea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHow disappointed these reverent, hearty souls would be if they could see us today: millions convinced of their victimhood by and willfully living off the government. As many unborn snuffed in the interest of “privacy” and convenience. Full-time career politicians drawing salaries and pensions from the taxpayers. The press, once vigilant, now schilling for a leftist government. A federal agency confiscating the wealth of those who created it; dolling it out to legions of\u00a0 grovelers, groupies and bootlickers. Their Native-American friends? Running casinos; enslaving ranks of the white man.<\/p>\n
And what of God? The God they feared and offered gratitude to for the harvest and their hard-fought and nascent freedoms? That same God now beholds a government hell-bent on removing his word from the public square in the interest of a newfangled concept: political correctness.<\/p>\n
And possibly the greatest offense? Tofu.<\/p>\n
Had these crusaders, to whom we owe so much, had the ability to see the future, they may have stayed home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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