We’ve been ‘Pavlov-ized’
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Editor,
During the past five years, it seems that many people in this country have willingly allowed themselves to become enchanted, i.e. “Pavlov-ized,” by the current administration in D.C. These are the folks who have nodded “yes” to anything put forward by the president and/or the Democrat leadership in Congress. One gets the impression that many of these people either believe directly in a socialistic society or, more likely, have no clue but want to make sure that they continue to get their “free stuff’ … and it really is “free” as far as they are concerned; after all they aren’t paying for it – we are. Those payments, represented by a national debt that should nauseate our collective consciousness, are coming due.
On the flip side, there are those, like myself, who have also been “Pavlov-ized” by the outcomes of misdirection and outright lies since 2009. Actions coming from all levels of our government have resulted in the decline of America to a position where we no longer can claim to be a world leader for democracy and open government as it was originally conceived. We began as a people escaping a monarchial system, which controlled and taxed every facet of our lives, in order to establish a place where we could enjoy freedom of speech and religion, where we could enjoy the fruits of our own labor. To a point, I too, have been “Pavlov-ized” to react negatively to whatever this administration might propose – they have been so dishonest that they are not to be believed. To be fair, of course, the senior leadership of the GOP shares culpability for this trend.
We are now beginning to see the emergence of new leaders with more conservative values rising to confront the liberal left and the “old guard” of the GOP. I view, with cautious optimism, that we might yet avoid the final fall into being ruled by politicians more interested in their own power and self-aggrandizement than protecting the liberty and freedoms of the citizenry at large.
Bob Hanson
Dayton
