Our founding fathers are spinning in their graves at how quickly their dream of a self governed America is unraveling. They fought against British rule and the inequity of taxation without representation. However in this very county today we are being ruled by a group of people who have as much disdain for us as England had for the colonies. We are no longer being “represented” by our elected officials. Our constitution is on its death bed and yet, how many American’s can you talk to today who blithely state, “I hate politics, I don’t vote, and they all lie anyway”? This attitude is one that is deeply troubling and must be reversed.
If we don’t feel that our government leaders are honest, it is WE who are to blame. If you can’t manage to get your head out of the TV set long enough to write a letter to your representative or make a phone call to a senator and let them know you are watching and what you expect of them, how can you expect that they will NOT become corrupt? We have let the government “run itself” for so long that the machine now thinks it can decide for itself what is best for the people.
If “We the People,” do not care enough to collectively rise up and put the government machine back into its place it is ourselves that will pay the price. What is it going to take for YOU to get off your ass and turn off the TV? Your children’s blood will be running in the street as they give their lives to take back by force what you gave away out of apathy and laziness.
Read, get informed, write a letter, give money, talk to people, demand the truth, Vote, organize, resist, don’t give your rights away; pick something and get it done this month! Just because you cannot do everything is not an excuse to do nothing and even though you are only one person, if you do what you can, it will be enough.
Showing posts with label Anti-war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anti-war. Show all posts
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
By the People
What I had once supposed was the right of passage for hippies in the 1960's.. had become for me a trial of hope. Were we only a few.. "left wing moon bats", not informed about the "reality" of the war? Or was I on the side of good, the side of sanity?
As the day built, more and more people came.. the news media, of course, maintains that there were less than 100,000 people there. But I know better. Everywhere you looked there were people. Their ages ranged from 6 months to 90 years old from all walks of life.
What struck me most about this march was the unity in calling for an end to this horrible war, and the knowledge that our government has become corrupt. The level of anger, frustration and contempt for our current president was obvious, as was the deep sense of love for our country. This was not a group of people trying to "change" America.. this was a large group of Patriots reclaiming what has been lost in the last 6 years.... A government OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
These were people that had "skin in the game". They were loved ones of soldiers in Iraq or of soldiers killed there. They were soldiers themselves, and others who are being ground down under the weight of the debt.This "peace" movement is about so much more than peace, it so much more than it was in the 60's.
It's not about love and peace this time... it's about fighting for our country from domestic enemies and restoring our place in the world as the example of goodness and democracy.It's time to turn off the TVs folks.. it's time to get to the streets. This country of ours is not a reality show.... it is all we have really to pass onto our kids. Let us pass on something worth having.
As the day built, more and more people came.. the news media, of course, maintains that there were less than 100,000 people there. But I know better. Everywhere you looked there were people. Their ages ranged from 6 months to 90 years old from all walks of life.
What struck me most about this march was the unity in calling for an end to this horrible war, and the knowledge that our government has become corrupt. The level of anger, frustration and contempt for our current president was obvious, as was the deep sense of love for our country. This was not a group of people trying to "change" America.. this was a large group of Patriots reclaiming what has been lost in the last 6 years.... A government OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
These were people that had "skin in the game". They were loved ones of soldiers in Iraq or of soldiers killed there. They were soldiers themselves, and others who are being ground down under the weight of the debt.This "peace" movement is about so much more than peace, it so much more than it was in the 60's.
It's not about love and peace this time... it's about fighting for our country from domestic enemies and restoring our place in the world as the example of goodness and democracy.It's time to turn off the TVs folks.. it's time to get to the streets. This country of ours is not a reality show.... it is all we have really to pass onto our kids. Let us pass on something worth having.
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