That saying was created by Ben Franklin for his "Poor Richard's Almanac."
Regarding nations, the whole story the Bible tells from beginning to end is of God gifting us with fertile lands, rewarding us when we honor him, and shaking us to the core when we turn away from him and seek satisfaction elsewhere.
George Washington is the greatest example of this imaginable. At every step he sought God and constantly acknowledged him, and both his country and his personal fortunes prospered.
I'm 61 and remember well. Reagan was very good; he had the best interest of America at heart and he hated communism. He was also a politician and used politics and compromise to work with a Democrat congress. If he had been an actual outsider (he ran as an outsider!) as Donald Trump is an actual outsider, he could have torn down the veil, revealed the corruption and killed this evil 40 years ago. It would have been more doable, in the days before political correctness and big tech and electronic elections. He was focused, understandably, on outside threats and had implicit faith in Americans. That was a mistake. It caused us to lose our republic, because he was the last America first President until Trump, the last one who might have pulled the plug.
My Republican Ohio Senator replied to my request that he challange the ballot of one of the stolen states by saying "In all elections half of the public is dissapointed." And " "We have to honor the electoral college."
In order to give the document merit it needs to be published and widely circulated, to be signed/endorsed by legally elected representatives (governors, state senators and representatives, mayors and commissioners and sherrifs) and then formally submitted to the persons addressed. Simultaneouslly the document with signatures should be made generally available and a timetable for redress designated.
Think on this: our country has been crumbling from within for decades. In the 1960s prayer was banned from schools, group sex was normalized, divorce was normalized, government depenency was made policy, and good citizens did nothing. In the 1970s recreational drug use exploded, robbery and assault became common place, abortion was normalized,. In the 1980s children out of marriage was normalized, church going declined, homosexual relationships were normalized, govt intervention in schools was formalized, etc, and good people did nothing.
Our sins continue to pile up. When Israel and later Judah turned away from God he left them to the fates they had chosen, and they were his chosen people! Why do we expect anything different?
Don't get me wrong, I cry out to God daily to show us his mercy, for the sake of our godly forbears if not for us. It's unlikely that will come until AS A NATION we turn back to the Lord. Trump was coming very close! His Nat'l Day to recocognize the sanctity of life earlier this month was the most godly statement by a president in 220 years!
A LOT of items with very cheap shipping are coming directly from China. Pres Trump pointed this out years ago - the post office gives EXTREMELY low rates to shipments to the USA from China. Meanwhile Americans pay 3.50 minimum to mail a 2 ounce parcel across town.
But the Super Bowl was a new thing and many people didnt know about it. My dad was a football fan, went to the Rose Bowl that same year, and we certainly had better things to do than watch something with such a dumb name as "Super Bowl."
Also I can testify that not a single family in our neighborhood had more than 1 tv. And the population was about 200 million, and no int'l viewers. 1969 viewership was very low.