When I was younger, I knew I lived in the best country the world had to offer. I felt great joy in my luck for being born here, and pride in the accomplishments of my elders. I looked at all the wonderful things around me, and understood how extremely fortunate I was in comparison to virtually anyone outside the United States, in terms of freedoms and material comforts.
This has changed, as I think of my own children growing up. I am virtually powerless to halt the revisions taking place right now. I can only vote my conscience and hope for the best, knowing deep inside these hopes are impotent in the face of fear and hatred surrounding them. Over the last five years I have looked to the future with a mixture of dispair and frustration, as this country I truly love becomes something I do not like.
One is forced in this climate to look at a larger picture, and in some ways compromise principles in hopes of stopping some measure of the degradation so obvious , and painful. I have never been a Democrat, and in fact spent the majority of my life as a Republican, Even up to the first incarnation of a Bush Presidency....I can no longer support what that party represents, as it seems to be Killing the American Spirit I grew up with.
I only Pray I am not forced to vote for Hillary....But I cant see her damaging our counrty in the way Bush has.
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Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha
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