All the King's Men

Just some thoughts from my wonderings....
It's happened time and time again in the history of the world, when civilizations have become weak and almost non-existant because of their proclaimed leaders. There are numbers of examples in the Book of Mormon as well, Look at Alma 51. The story of Amalichiah and his kingmen. The freemen were for the laws of freedom that had been established and Pahoran wasn't about to change them. The Kingmen had new ideas and wanted to alter the law. Amalichiah said, "I'm your man!" and there was a dissent. Moroni said, we gotta do something about this and while they were thusly occupied, the Lamanites came in and took over. Now the strongholds Moroni took so many pains to build for his people were being used by the Lamanites to maintian their position of power! Okay, there are many parallels, but the one I'll bring up is this Amalichiah guy. He got the people, kingmen, so riveted on his goals that they wouldn't even fight for their freedom when they were being attacked. I can apply that in so many ways right now to what is happening. First, socialism is taking away our freedom. It is not the Lord's way. And our people don't see that so they're not fighting against it. Second, many liberal agendas have taken over our universities, they are being taught a need to alter the law. Whether that's "choice" or "freedom in marriage" or the need for universal healthcare, the stongholds that have held our country together are now being abused by political correctness, equal opportunity employers and and an "everyone wins" mentality (even though you didn't work for it). The third and a bit into another field of parallelitlaly (nar nar) is the absolute dissension within that leads to their capture. I'll let you read between the lines on that one.
Uh...more parallels on that one later-
BTW, Anne lost her 3rd tooth during Sacrament meeting on Sunday. She turned to me with a bloody grin and said, "My tooth just fell out!"
I put that part in so this feels more like a normal blog.