If your at least fifty years old, you probably remember one of the worst presidents in American history, The socialist trojan horse, Jimmy Carter. I had the misfortune of serving in our U.S. Navy while Carter was President. I want to inform everyone now that I’m very pleased that I was fortunate enough to serve our Country for twenty years in the U.S. Navy. The problem was the four years under the heel of the socialist Carter.
At one point in my Navy career while stationed onboard the USS Manitowoc (LST-1180) during Carter’s one term, we were ordered to the Mediterranean Sea for a six month deployment. Conditions in Virginia, where the ship was homeported, were “normal.” Gas was well below $1.00 a gallon. Costs for most products were reasonable. Upon our return the landscape was like landing on another planet.
On and off base automobile traffic was almost non existent. The country seemed to be in suspended animation. Other than the personnel who tied the ship to the pier, we had to look and look for even one pedestrian ambling to any extent.
I was scheduled for twenty four hour duty the next day, therefore I was allowed off the ship until the next morning. After my brother met me at the pier to drive me to Little Creek, he stopped for gas, I was startled to see that in just six months the prices had more than trippled.
I asked him why. He stated that there was an oil and gas shortage. I informed him that we had weaved through ten miles of anchored civilian oil tankers before we could enter port. These ships were not allowed to off load their oil and/or gas, creating an oil shortage. This was insane then, and it still boggles my mind that congress could get us into this insanity again.
During this period congress was controlled by the socialist democrats, as well as a democrat president. This country was not relieved of this insanity until Ronald Reagan defeated the weak Jimmy Carter in a landslide election. Freedom prevailed.
Then as now this disaster is not the fault of the free market. Instead it is the fault of uneducated voters, socialist central government politicians and bureaucrats experimenting with our freedom, or money and our children’s future.
Due to wide spread self induced ignorance of American history by a significant number of americans concerning the extreme damage that has been inflicted on this country by narcissistic liberals, the nation as a whole will be subjected to more loss of freedom and damage during the next four years. Unless conservatives pick up significant seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate, misery will prevail.
Wallygater
