Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are:  adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like . . . - Galatians 5:19-21

I trust that everyone had a good Thanksgiving and that you have survived the ridiculousness of “Black Friday” and the beginning of the commercialized Christmas season.  This is the time of year that I am usually reflective on more spiritual things, where I am as a person, where this country is, etc.  I deliberately avoid any shopping or unnecessary errands other than grocery shopping.  I used to get caught up in getting that “great deal” and used to do my Christmas shopping whenever I could – even if that meant at the last minute.  However, I have changed in recent years.  Now, I get my shopping done early and utilize ordering stuff to avoid being in the crowds of crazies.  Then, I can relax and focus on more important things . . . as should be the case from the beginning.
We have become more and more commercialized and materialistic, as a society.  Personally, I’m sick of it.  We are about to be forced into another term with an administration who does not like America as we know it, nor do they acknowledge God in anything.  To my knowledge, Obama has now made it through 4 Thanksgiving statements without a single reference to God.  As I stated in my Thanksgiving series (go back and read the 2nd part if you haven’t already), Thanksgiving is ALL about God and cannot exist apart from Him.  However, it seems this administration thinks they are gods so I shouldn’t be too surprised.  Alas, society seems to keep going on the wrong path.  One look at the Drudge Report today, I saw a list of headlines from Black Friday chaos around the country.  I know it has always been a madhouse, but it just seems to keep getting worse.  Here’s a small screen shot of what I saw today:

You can go to the Drudge Report and click on any one of those links and read the actual stories.

Then, for more links and commentary, The Economic Collapse Blog posted this story.  I’d recommend you read over it, just to see what they say.  They make a great point in this by stating, “If people are willing to riot to save money on a cell phone, what would they be willing to do to feed their families?  Are the Black Friday riots a very small preview of the civil unrest that is coming when society eventually breaks down?”  Then, a little later, they write, “In the end, it is not that big of a deal that people want to fight with one another to save 50 dollars on a cell phone.  But this kind of extreme selfishness and desperation could become a massive problem someday if society breaks down and suddenly millions of extremely selfish and desperate people are scrambling for survival.”

Do people realize the state of the country?  Does the general public have any idea how bad off we are and how close we are to an economic collapse?  To make things worse, I saw this story on Breitbart about Occupy Wall Street’s plan, heavily pushed by Frances Fox Piven.  The entire goal of OWS is to bring down the American financial system and, now, they’re saying they can do this by complete lawlessness.  Some of it will be blatant, I’m sure, but some of it is fraudulent and is basic lying about everything – especially when it comes to bills.  In fact, they now have their own manual that tells them how to deal with debt matters in their own life . . . fraudulently.  That manual is referenced and linked in Breitbart’s story.  However, if you want to read it without going to another page, you can download it here.

The-Debt-Resistors-Operations-Manual

If you’ve been an Unapologetically Right reader for a while, you know, a while back, I said that OWS is not done and they will be back.  So, let’s say they succeed.  Or, shoot, even if they fail again, what if something else triggers our economy to collapse.  What then?  As the Economic Collapse Blog questions, if people get so stupid, irresponsible, and desperate to save a couple of bucks on crap that has no meaning, how much more lawless and crazy will things get if they need to feed themselves and their family?  Something to think about – not only in regard to crazy people, but yourself.  Are you prepared for the unfortunate?  Are you able to be self sufficient enough that if the government offers help, will you be able to wave them off and not be enslaved to them?

More importantly, as the title of this entry states, who are we becoming?  Have we moved so far off the tracks that we have no idea what’s important any more?  This seems to really be an upside world, now.  That is no longer a cliche, but it seems to be reality!  Where have our values gone?  Where has our general respect gone?  Where has our acknowledgment of and love for God gone?  Where has our patriotism gone?  Who are we?

I don’t know about you, but I know where my heart is and it is nowhere near where this movement or this administration is going.  We can only fix society by fixing ourselves, then, hopefully, influence others.  However, as I have stated a million times before, no change will ever happen apart from God.  We have to get back to our foundation, America!  This is a good time of the year to be reflecting and seeing what needs to change in our own lives.  Let’s do it and stand strong.