No Winners or Losers

The following letter appeared in the Aiken Standard today. Walter Lamb makes some excellent points Unfortunately the politically correct idea of no winners or losers is already well established in some of our school systems. In the end we will all be losers if we don't make a determined stand. As Walter says: (It is only a matter of time - unless.).

When no one wins or loses

Just this simple rule - where no one wins or loses - protecting our children from the anguish of losing, or being rewarded for a fine effort, teaches the basic rules of socialism and communism. Everyone is equal, that exceptional effort is not worth it, that a person will be "paid" the same no matter how one performs. Not only do we instill an attitude of not striving to be competitive, or be the best that we can be, but the seed has been planted to expect "something for nothing." One of the functions of parenthood is to prepare our young to be able to be self-sustaining. Overprotecting our children does not teach the young how to survive in the real world. Thus, with the expansion of this attitude, it comes as no surprise, the young adults have their hand out, asking, "what's in it for me?"

No bright light needs to come on for one to see the present acceptance of the socialistic happenings in our government today by our younger generations as expected. The work ethic that made our forefathers leave the union-dominated European social structure and become the driving force for a better life is in fast decay. The reward to the unions in GM, the disregard to the rule of law and the utter destruction of our economic strength as a world power by the creation of a debt no nation can endure make us a sitting duck for another fall like the Roman empire.

Yes we have "change," but with it comes a change in government and the basic freedoms we soon can no longer assume will be enforced. Watch and read how the Constitution is being violated and not fought for. Do you feel powerless to do anything? That is what the socialists want you to think. Giving voting power to all the illegal immigrants is another step (supported by ACORN and your tax dollars) our young have voted for. Another example of the "something for nothing" principle we are teaching.

Freedom here in America seems no longer worth fighting for, as it was in the near past. And if we are not willing to fight for it, we will assuredly lose it.

Identifying our enemy rallies the American spirit. Do not count on the enemy to create another Sept. 11. We are being defeated from within. Our attitude, our complacency, our lack of involvement, a massive corrupt government, bring just one conclusion. It is only a matter of time - unless.

Walter W. Lamb

Aiken