To America and the World
Mood:
irritated
Topic: World Affairs
I thought that I would place here as my first blog something I wrote in March of '03. I still feel this way.
To America and the World,
What happened to our country of America? I was proud to be an American, but I'm bleeding in my heart right now though. When I was young I thought that being American was, maybe questionably, a good thing. After all the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI and WWII had good purposes from what I could tell.
But then there was that Vietnam problem. Why were we fighting over there? We were told it was to prevent Communism from spreading in the world. Was it right that all those men, boys really because we had to go in when we were 18, should go over and be killed for an economic cause? We couldn’t even vote!! Isn’t Communism, after all, an economic system where all people are given some life support even if they aren’t contributing to the whole? Why were we fighting against it when it would crumble in a few years under its own stagnation?
Then, I thought, America woke up. The people protested and Nixon was elected on the platform of ending the Vietnam War. It took him a while but he did it. First of all he abolished the draft, which I thought then was the greatest because I was 17. Then he proceeded to pull out the military. It didn’t go as smooth as some would have liked and some felt we lost the War. I, to the contrary, felt that the People of America WON their War. We removed ourselves from a War without a true cause. Yes, Nixon did prove in the end to be less than the ideal person and resigned, but at least he stopped the bloodshed.
Then the 18-21 year people received the right to vote, awesome! Finally those who have to go fight for this country can help decide who will send them there. It has, I believe been quite a deciding factor on choosing some of the best leaders this country has ever had, although I know others would argue. But, for the most part America was growing. Not now.
Never could I have believed that a person could attain the position of President of the United States by a decision of the Supreme Court rather than that of the People. Never could I have believed a President would totally ignore the fact that over half the people didn’t vote for him and act without any sort of humbleness what-so-ever. This Selected President would have none of that. He separated us from our World.
Without any input from the People of the U.S. except those that are in his closed circle of Millionaires he has stripped the World of its direction and purpose. He has taken the American Spirit twisted it up, and returned it for us to bear, raped and bleeding. I feel disgraced to be an American. I say this so that those who don’t feel as I do might just tell me to leave. I say back that maybe those who want this ‘War’ or as I call it ‘Invasion’ should be the ones going over there to expend their life for this Un-Just cause. Bring OUR LOVED ONES BACK, ALIVE!
For years our people have acted towards openness in our governmental actions. That’s what our constitution says is the true direction. Yes, we have had closed administrations, but we have fought to open them and we were on a direction to succeed in maintaining that personal security. Not anymore. Is the President listening to the ones who have the guts to state their views? Why are the views of the People of the U.S. so different and opposite of the views we are being shown in the media? I live here in America and talk to many people, the numbers I would see in the media are quite skewed to fact. Who is writing the script? Is it the People?
How long will this Injustice last? What rights will we forsake next? Will I be thrown into a hole, because my views don’t match this ‘administration's’? When will the people realize what is truly going on? How deep of a hole has to be made before the country wakes up to realize we are no longer right or just? How many innocent people from our country and the world will have to be lost? How hated will America become before the people rise to stop the bloodshed? Will we be able too? Or will all who disagree be placed in our prisons?
This ‘aggressive act’ will also go down in infamy. Never again will America be respected because it has been whored out to the select few. As the World rises up to stop America’s Hitleristic and destructive ways, where will that bring its people? What will happen when all those perks that we have become accustomed to, disappear? Those inexpensive ‘things’ that we enjoy will no longer be sent to us from the World. We will have become separated, isolated, alone and disgraced. This is the direction we are moving now but how can the people stop it?
We may have to wait till the dust settles, then we will have to start picking up the pieces, God’s plan will continue. But, by allowing this atrocity to occur, it will be a very long time before we will be able to hold our head up to our world. We may end up going down in our standards of living much, much further than we can even envision at this time. Will we become like Russia? Or worse? I don’t know, I only know our direction, which isn’t and hasn’t been good for three years running. But it could change. ;>) I can’t give up on Hope, Justice and the TRUE AMERICAN WAY. I have faith that eventually the PEOPLE will insist on its return!!
And I’m already certain where my loved ones and I are going, no matter what happens earthly.
Thorpe Saxton
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The Truth is in Living LOVE and it Will set you Free.
Written 03-30-03
Posted by Thorpe
at 6:56 PM EDT
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