Beacon Of Freedom No More

By Semperpapa

Growing up in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s and the height of the Cold War, there was only one simple element that allowed my family to have some hope, and that was the possibility, should the Soviet tanks finally roll into our streets, that we could somehow seek and obtain political asylum in the United States by reaching either the embassy or the local consulate office.

And we were not alone, as every Western European country had individuals with secret plans of how to get to one of such locations of freedom should the necessity to escape dictatorship arise.

Even after the fall of the Soviet Union, seeking asylum from oppression at the doors of a safe heaven like an American official site has been the goal of every person wanting to live in peace.
But the image of America as a beacon of peace is finally gone. The forces of totalitarianism that have been lurking in the dark dungeons of America's progressive movement have achieved what countless foreign entities have failed to achieve over more than two centuries.
America is a beacon of freedom no more!

On the wake of the latest story about Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng attempt to reach the US Embassy in China, this following story has just surfaced.

http://freebeacon.com/defection-denied-2/

This is what political expediency and pandering on the part of the scum occupying the White House and Congress has brought us: the loss of hope for millions.

Indeed, America was a beacon of hope for those human beings seeking liberty, but today has become the land of Obama and his ilks. The sacrifice of the principles that have characterized our short history has been decided by the power monsters that walk the halls of our capital.

Just my thoughts!