http://www.buchanan.org/blog/pjb-pitchfork-time-1465

A nation is certainly MORE than just its government but Pat’s essay dealt with a combination of the culture and also who was running the government. The difficulty with GOVERNMENT is that when one erects chicken coops (governmental structures), FOXES naturally come to manage them (Bush, Obama, Pelosi…) – whether they bear the brand Republican or Democrat (even Pat left for the Reform Party in 2000).

The portion of America that is white-traditional-Christian is on the decline and many of them are on the left – so Buchanan’s traditional nation has been demographically floating away for some time now. But as Pat mentioned with “losing their nation” – what is PATRIOTISM if one feels a sense of alienation within ones own nation?

A litany of things stated and alluded to by Mr. Buchanan.

What will motivate Middle America to act upon the distrust?

I hope it’s the realization that, when, by the government’s own light, the citizens of a democracy become, ipso facto, the enemy, the government can be fairly judged to be undertaking a coup d’état. If that’s not enough then… just deserts.

(1) Parents surrendering children to the government for a Christian education is a flawed idea doomed from conception. Government is NOT GOD and never can be. Education is a parental obligation and should never be forfeited.

(2) Much of the anti-war movement was/is itself violent, repulsive, and pro-totalitarian (whether Nazi, Commie, or Islamic) – that doesn’t make the War on {Vietnam, Iraq, Badguyistan…} correct. The vulgar hippies alienated many – but the WARS were WRONG.

(3) “What institution [do you] trust to make economic decisions… , a plurality … pick ‘none’ – a grim statement”. NO – A CORRECT STATEMENT. Individuals are responsible for their own pursuit of happiness – not Congress, Citigroup, your boss, Obama…. – the individual is the correct “institution”.

(4) The fundamental FLAW in Buchananology is his concept of “nation”. “The nation” (e.g. government) should NOT exist to (a) educate my child (b) eradicate evil from the planet, and (c) “manage” the economy. [A nation is most certainly not what you define as a nation. You vulgarize the concept.]

Buchanan and his “angry white men” seem to be searching for a moral “middle class” Messianic Kingdom. I am searching for liberty where the government’s ONLY function is to “secure these rights” (as Jefferson so eloquently put it). [So in the process, you use the Left’s pejorative to undermine an already undermined group: white men. Nice. Buchanan is a patriot second to few.]

I am ashamed of the elites who have looted such a fine, generous people and then mocked them (in secret envy, is my guess). We could have all prospered.