Wednesday, April 06, 2011

"What I Believe" or "Why I Still Support Our President"

Too often I have failed to dream about what I would like to see happen in this country. I have become increasingly discouraged about so many things that I have seen happen around me in the last two decades that I have traded my optimism for resentment, blame and distrust. I tried to tell myself that my youthful hope simply evolved from a naiveté, unsophistication and lack of general knowledge about the true evils of this world. Now I believe I understand the degradation that has occurred before my own eyes. I think we all have a sense of blaming a willing coalition of politicians and conglomerates for the deregulation of the media, the diversion of valuable tax dollars to selfish schemes and the loss of so many protections for the common, hard-working people that have been the backbone of this country. Perhaps most disheartening of all is the deep divisions that seem to turn us blindly against each other. After the nightmare presidency of Bush, turning our precious notions of decency and responsibility upside-down, I was left with very little in the way of dreams.

But if I still could, I would dream of an America where our minds could truly be free, fed by the lofty aspirations and honest reporting of a society united by a common goal of caring for every citizen and keeping our commitments around the world. An America where the cold-hearted and insane ramblings of agitators like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck were simply relegated to the trash can of ignorance and prejudice as they once surely were in my childhood. I would dream of an America where knowledge and achievement were valued above ideology and narrow-mindedness. I would dream of an America where school employment centers did not rest until every graduate had been placed in a position of gainful employment. I would dream of an America where even the great robber barons and captains of industry remembered the value of charity and philanthropy. I would dream of an America where conservatives and liberals alike could work together in a spirit of enlightened self-interest seeing our nation as a whole, not a tapestry of haves and have-nots. I would dream of building more libraries in more small towns and promoting life-long learning for anyone who would seek it. I would dream of an America where the accumulation of wealth would be balanced by care and protection of American families, singles and senior citizens, with pensions and health care and rewards for honest toil.

6 comments:

  1. I'm sorry, I didn't know you did a post on the same thing you commented to me, because I just put your lovely words in a POST!!! Do you mind??

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  2. Actually, the post was inspired by your words.

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  3. Gosh your poetic. The post on Sue's blog got me thinking about who this Flying Junior person is. I'm glad I stopped by, I'll have to stop by more often when my coffee cup is full!

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  4. What a bunch of fatuous self-fellating maroons, you LeftLibProggs.

    Stay in California. I'll be so glad when that state collapses, to give example to the rest of the nation just what Democrats can do with their dirty socialism and their looters-buying-votes-from-moochers-with-other-people's-money, and what happens when the money runs out.

    So long, suckas! Except for the few Red counties, we'll give California to the Chinese, to pay off the Democrat Debt. Good riddance.

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  5. That last commenter has major issues..psychological in nature I believe.

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  6. I liked your post. This morning I rewatched a Rachel Maddow video from a year or so ago in which she listed all the accomplishments of the Obama administration.

    He should have no trouble winning a second term.

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