Subtle Rantings

This letter came to me from another blog I read, The Jeffersonian. A blog that has some great content on current politics and how they relate (or don’t) to the Constitution.

This letter to the editor below is from a resident in Billings, MT. Read and discover why America Will fail.

Letter to the Editor of the Billings Gazette:

Link: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/03/06/opinion/letters/40-ailsus.txt

What a strange lot we Americans are. For instance:

There is a war going on which about 70 percent of us oppose and want our troops brought home. So what do we do? Sit on our butts and do nothing.

We have a Congress which points fingers at those on the other side of the aisle, calls one another names, investigates baseball players of all things, and does nothing. So what do we do? Sit on our butts and do nothing.

We have the worst slate of presidential candidates imaginable. So what do we do? Sit on our butts and do nothing.

Our government is going to take $300, $600, $1,200 or whatever out of one of our pockets and put it in the other, The cost of administering this farce will be staggering no doubt. So what do we do? Sit on our butts and do nothing.

The food industry is gouging us at the grocery store and the oil industry is more than gouging us at the gas pump. So what do we do? Sit on our butts and do nothing.

What can we do? There are millions and millions of us. We can do anything to which we are willing to put our hands and our minds.

Al Bishop
Billings

The sad part is he’s right. The other sad part is most American’s WANT to do nothing. They want to be sheep. They want to live their lives and let someone else take care of their problems and responsibilities. God forbid we actually take some responsibility, it may interrupt our American Idol viewing or MySpace time.

What’s even sadder is we currently have the worst batch of presidential candidates I have ever seen, or could imagine. Both Democratic candidates will turn us into a Socialistic country just like Russia. You’ve heard the road to hell is paved with good intentions right? Then there’s McCain who will take away all civil liberties by use of fear and the “threat” of terrorism. He’ll extend the un-Patriot Act and continue warrantless surveillance programs on the citizens of America. No one will fix immigration.

Sure many will argue that we have it so much better than other countries and that at least we have some form of Democracy and so on. Yes, that may be true, however, some of us that have a little foresight and can look back at history, see exactly where we’re headed. However, there is still hope. Maybe there really can be a revival in the land. Maybe people’s hearts will change and their minds will awaken and say no more of this tyrannical control. While most people believe religion is the problem with our country, I believe religion is both the problem and the solution.

Either way you look at it, 2008 is just the beginning.

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