Two Versions of History

Imagine the year is 2045. The history books have all been rewritten and your grandchild has just brought her books home for a new school year. As you begin to examine her history book, it falls open to the new narrative of the events of the early twenty first century.

Since history is written by the victors, here are two possible versions of what you might see:

VERSION 1

In the first decade of the twenty first century, the United States was dangerously close to being completely taken over by communism. The bloodless coup which had been envisioned by the Soviet Union during the cold war was well underway, having taken on a life of its own. The communist left wing held majorities in both houses of congress. They had control of the executive branch and held nearly half of the seats on the supreme court.

Their power to sway public opinion was cemented by support from approximately 95 percent of the media. All television networks except one acted as propagandists for the left, as did the overwhelming majority of newspapers and magazines. Even the movies being spit out by Hollywood carried the communist agenda embedded deeply in their story lines.

Our educational system had also been taken over. It had become impossible to get a college degree or even to get through grade school without being subjected to communist indoctrination. Fortunately our constitution, although it had suffered heinous misinterpretation, remained intact.

In 2009 Barak Obama became the president of the United States. Since he had clear majorities in both houses of congress, he was able to push through any law he wanted. Against the will of the people, he seized control of the lions share of the economy. He forced laws through congress which gave him power that would be the envy of dictators across the globe. His clear intent was to transform America into a communist nation during his administration.

But then a group of citizens who called themselves the Tea Party rose up in protest. Their movement spread across the land and it became clear that the majority of Americans wanted to save their nation. They found a few brave patriots who were willing to run for political offices and in 2010, the Tea Party candidates were able to regain control of congress.

As congress then tried to undo the damage which had been done by the communists, Obama vetoed every single law they enacted. But the Tea Party stayed strong and in 2012, Obama was defeated in his bid for re-election.

It took several election cycles, but at length Americans regained control of the government and the economy was once again strong.  Nearly twenty years passed before we were able to purge our educational system of the radical teachers and professors.

Thanks to the perseverance of the Tea Partiers we still have our great republic. We are still free Americans.

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VERSION 2

For over two hundred years this land was blinded by the illusion of religion and crippled by the greed of capitalist pigs. The people were gravely oppressed by those who led them to believe that they were free.

Then in the 1960s the people began to awaken to the truth and to revolt against these robber barons who had kept them in perpetual poverty. It took nearly fifty years to overcome the gigantic corporations who had the nation by the throat. But finally in 2008 Chairman Barak Obama was elected to the office of president of the so-called United States of America.

Chairman Obama waged a brave and fierce battle against the forces of capitalism. In 2010, a group of unintelligent racist capitalists, called Tea Baggers, tried desperately to stop the revolution. They had a meager victory and gained control of congress but the great Chairman Obama was able to use his veto power to keep them at bay.

By the next election cycle the idiot Tea Baggers had resumed their slumber and the public realized that the economic collapse had been the fault of the greedy capitalists. In 2012, Chairman Obama was reelected along with enough congressmen to seal the fate of the pigs. The Chairman immediately replaced the capitalist constitution with the one which we all now enjoy and the Union of the Socialist States of America was born. What a glorious day!

All capitalists were sent to re-education camps and now it is universally known that Chairman Obama is our greatest hero. He is the father of our country. Because of him, all workers share equally in our wealth and every family is entitled to their loaf of bread at the end of the week. All hail Chairman Obama, PBUH.

This is to be taught in the classrooms each day with no exceptions under penalty of death for treason.

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The victors get to write history. Which version appeals to you?

If you like version 1, then you must get out and vote — this election and every election. Do not go to sleep and allow the destruction of our nation to become complete. We still have the same constitution which our founding fathers gave us . . . for now at least. VOTE.