I am an American. God knows I love my country. In today\u2019s global society, my country, the United States of America, has become the laughingstock of the international community over the past year and I am sick of it! Our values and our principals which were always written in granite have become soft and fleshy leaving too much wiggle room. Our two party political system, previously represented by the Grand Old Party (GOP=Republicans) and Democrats seems to have been replaced by Conservatives and ultra Liberals. Tolerance and bipartisanism have taken a back seat to hate and blame.\u00a0 Racial tensions long buried have resurfaced with a vengeance. How did this happen to us?<\/p>\n
Our forefathers strived to chisel out a set of infinite rules for us to live by. No religious persecution, the right to bear arms to defend our nation and many other finite amenities set in motion a formula for \u201clife, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\u201d.\u00a0 This does not describe our life today.\u00a0 Today, we find reasons to eliminate the refugees who seek safe harbor within our borders; people who have fled their homeland in fear of their lives because of their particular beliefs. They are Muslims, they are different and they are not welcome here.\u00a0 Immigrants from all over the world are finding it more difficult to become part of our country.\u00a0 We no longer make them welcome.<\/p>\n
Our nation was built of the backs of immigrants from all over the world.\u00a0 Many came to escape religious and political persecution.\u00a0 My own Irish ancestors fled famine, illness and starvation in a country were because of their religion they were ostracized.\u00a0 America welcomed them back in the day.\u00a0 Why not now?<\/p>\n
Our political system is failing and floundering.\u00a0 We were once the ideal for the world to follow. We are a two party system with checks and balances.\u00a0 Although imperfect, our form of government worked like a well oiled machine.\u00a0 Our government got the job done.\u00a0 We are now a country of extremes. Right wing radicals (previously the GOP) and Left wing \u201cnuts\u201d abound.\u00a0 Disagreement now breeds hate where it once yielded compromise.\u00a0 We are facing an election for President of the USA in November. \u00a0The battle lines are forming.\u00a0 GOP candidates are many and varied.\u00a0 A reality TV star from New York, a neurosurgeon from New England, a Catholic Hispanic candidate from Florida, an Evangelic senator from Texas and the brother\/son of a former president: sounds like the circus is coming to town; bring in the clowns! They have no plan for our country and spend their time insulting and degrading each other. The opposing party is offering an old man who wants us to become a socialist country and the wife of a former president. They are not creating a side show, but they are indeed in the mix.<\/p>\n
I grew up in the 1960\u2019s and participated in the Civil Rights Movement.\u00a0 Peace & Love were our watchwords.\u00a0 Race relations were on the forefront.\u00a0 We marched for equality. We believed and we grew in our ideas and our ideals. The color barrier that separated us was torn and worn down and that was a good, no a great thing! Now it is 2016 and the curtain has come up yet again on race relations.\u00a0 Black people mistrust the police. White people mask their bigotry with indigence.\u00a0 What a mess and embarrassment!<\/p>\n
We, the American public, seem to think we live on this planet alone. We forget that because of the speed of travel and instant communication due to the internet we are more visible and transparent than ever.\u00a0 We refuse to recognize the fact that we are recognizable globally.\u00a0 The average American is oblivious to the fact that the world is laughing at our political foolishness, shaking their heads in shame at our loss of respect of ourselves and praying for our salvation.<\/p>\n
Wake up America! It\u2019s not too late. REALLY!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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